Senior Quality Engineer; Onsite

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Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA,  USA

United States of America

Onsite

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Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our Cedar Rapids team and play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, reliability, and performance of mission‑critical aerospace products. In this individual contributor role, you will serve as a trusted quality partner across engineering, manufacturing, and program teams—applying deep technical expertise to prevent defects, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.

Your work will have a direct and meaningful impact on product quality, customer confidence, and overall business performance.

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will lead quality planning and execution across both program and product domains, utilizing tools such as PPAP, PFMEA, MSA, and process control methodologies to proactively identify and mitigate risk. You’ll support new product introductions, work transfers, and process changes, while also driving root cause analysis, corrective actions, and escape management when issues arise. This role is ideal for a seasoned quality professional who thrives in a manufacturing environment, is comfortable navigating complex technical challenges, and can confidently partner with stakeholders at all levels—from factory floor teams to engineering leadership—to uphold the highest quality standards in aerospace manufacturing.

• Conduct processes to modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems and protocols.
• Provide explanations of testing and inspection plans, methods, and technologies to assure reliability and conformance of products and processes.
• Provide analysis and recommendations for corrective actions for nonconformities and/or design problems for internally produced products & processes.
• Utilize PPAP core elements (e.g. PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.) to identify and develop recommendations for managing risk in product development.
• Conduct reviews to ensure all requirements are met for work transfer and process change management, including Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance.
• Review process control documentation to ensure compliance with requirements, objectives, and/or contracts.
• Work with product design and specification, devise testing plans, methods, and equipment to assure the reliability of the product. Collaborate internally to ensure quality standards are in effect.
• Develop proactive quality initiative strategies and drive their implementation.
• Perform Escape management procedures, root cause analysis, and recommend corrective action for design problems for internally produced products & processes.
• Be responsible for both Program and Product Quality Engineering.
• Develop new inspection technologies or methodologies to assure product conformance.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Manufacturing process knowledge (assembly, inspection, test).
• Demonstrated ability to understand engineering drawings, work instructions, Bill of Materials (BOMs), consumable materials control, process disciplines and tool control.

• Strong interpersonal skills with experience in negotiating, having difficult conversations, and the ability to work well with factory management, hourly employees, and internal stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline is highly desired.
• Prior experience in a quality‑focused role is preferred.
• Experience with ZDP, ACE, Lean, Six Sigma, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret technical…