Quality Engineer II

Twenty-Six Defense, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions, and aftermarket support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, and commercial aviation markets. With facilities throughout the U.S., Twenty-Six Defense supports those who contribute to the national security of the United States. Twenty-Six Defense is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high-technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications.

Twenty-Six Defense, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions, and aftermarket support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, and commercial aviation markets. With facilities throughout the U.S., Twenty-Six Defense supports those who contribute to the national security of the United States. Twenty-Six Defense is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high-technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications.

The Quality Engineer I is responsible for supporting product and process quality throughout the manufacturing lifecycle in a highly regulated aerospace and defense environment. This role ensures compliance with customer, regulatory & internal quality requirements while driving continuous improvement initiatives to reduce risk and improve performance.

The Quality Engineer I role works cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Program Management and other functions of Quality to resolve production issues, improve process capability and ensure compliance to AS9100 and customer requirements.

• Production & Manufacturing Support
• Provide daily quality engineering support on the production floor
• Review and approve manufacturing plans (production files, MOI’s, PI’s, etc.)
• Ensure compliance with AS9100, customer flow-downs, and internal QMS procedures
• Support production readiness for new builds, configuration and engineering changes
• Nonconformance & Corrective Action
• Support root cause & corrective action (RCCA) activities using 8D, 5
  
  WHY, Fishbone, PFMEA and other problem-solving tools, overtime develop the ability to lead these events
• Investigate internal nonconformances, rework, scrap and escape(s)
• Drive timely and effective corrective and preventative actions to prevent recurrence
• Support containment activities and risk assessments for quality issues affecting delivered or in-process hardware.
• Process Control & Improvement
• Monitor & analyze production quality data, trends, and defect metrics
• Support implementation and oversight of statistical process control (SPC), when required, and process capability improvements
• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce variation, rework, and cost of poor quality
• Participate & lead in Lean/Six Sigma and waste-reduction activities within manufacturing
• Inspection & Compliance
• Ensure inspection methods & acceptance criteria align with engineering drawings and specifications
• Support first article inspection (FAI) per AS9102 for production builds and process changes.
• Assist in validation and control of special processes and critical manufacturing steps
• Ensure compliance with requirements for traceability, serialization and configuration control.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Manufacturing & operations to improve producibility and reduce quality risks.
• Lead material review board (MRB) activities including technical input on dispositions and evaluations.
• Interface with customer and government representatives…