Design Quality Engineer - Level 4

Job Description

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a full‑time experienced Program Quality Engineer to perform as the Design Quality Engineer of a team of quality engineers that will execute Engineering Quality Assurance tasks on new Program Designs.

Responsible for ensuring quality engineering input is accounted for and modeled appropriately in all value chains such that the total Cost of Quality (CoQ) is right‑sized throughout the life of a program. Working with management, design engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing engineering, and sustainment the design quality engineer provides input to the contract review processes, requirements distillation processes, program planning processes, product design processes, product quality planning processes, supplier quality / sourcing activities, and sustainment operations.

This role will need to be able to operate in both model‑based and non‑model‑based programs and communicate functional requirements to the 1

LMX capability development teams to ensure that the quality design processes are incorporated into new business systems.

• Leverage keen knowledge of aerospace, mechanical, electrical and/or structural engineering to collaborate with design engineering throughout the design maturing and release processes to identify and define proper datum schemes, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), key characteristics, statistical tolerancing, and other requirements of concern
• Participate in Program Technical reviews and boards
• Identify and correct inspect ability issues of designs prior to engineering release
• Create first article inspection datasets for parts requiring first article inspection (FAI) within the product lifecycle management (PLM) system
• Identify inspection technology choices and options to downstream facilities and planning organizations
• Create and manage sampling plans and assign to relevant product characteristics so production planning can plan the details of the shop floor work instructions
• Use the digital thread to model impacts from expected quality performance levels on the program’s production system and schedule and coordinate changes as required to product designs or manufacturing plans
• Assess programs’ readiness states against quality readiness level (QRL) gates for programs throughout their acquisition lifecycle with respect to the Design and Planning Processes

• Quality Sciences Experiences - FMEA, DOE, SPC, etc.
• Performed RCCA and Continuous Improvement Projects
• F-35 Product Knowledge
• Team Center and Catia Experience
• Trained in Interchangeability and Replaceability
• Familiar with Engineering Design Attributes
• Experience with Key Characteristics Management

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Part‑time Remote Telework:
The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Mid‑Senior level

Part‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Defense and Space Manufacturing