Program Quality Engineer Sr

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* Description:

** Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity  While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve  We're creating future ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision  We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world  We're advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation  And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you

The candidate will work with the Program Quality Team supporting Development Quality for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense  THAAD  Program as a Senior Program Quality Engineer  This meaningful role will help develop and lead execution of various Quality projects and support efforts for the THAAD Program  Under minimal direction, the ideal candidate will utilize Quality Engineering methods to evaluate and initiate actions to identify and control sources of variation detrimental to quality, cost, and schedule targets  Emphasis will be placed on validation of key process capability

Scope of responsibility also includes: lead root cause, corrective and preventive action investigations/ decisions/ validations, actions, integration tasks, along with area improvement strategy and planning  The candidate will assist various management, staff, vendors/ suppliers, customers, and partners with initiatives to optimize processes and methods to ensure compliance to customer contractual requirements and continuous improvement initiatives in the areas of cost, efficiency, Quality Assurance, and customer satisfaction

Responsibilities will include but are not be limited to:

- Lead lab floor activities - review manufacturing work instructions, perform hardware inspections, witness test activity, generate non conformance documentation, and conduct regular floor walks

- Develop & cascade program quality requirements flow down to supply chain, mapping to requirements and contractual milestones

- Manage quality data and associated key business metrics

- Run business processes to measure and improve quality performance and update/ improve departmental procedures as the need arises

- Responsible and accountable for delivering effective methods and initiating improvements that will drive and improve overall quality performance

- Conduct/ coordinate process and product evaluations and assessments

- Conduct Root Cause and Corrective Action  RCCA  investigations

- Review and approve First Article Inspection  FAI  reports

- Collaborate with leaders from various functions to assure compliance and continuous improvement

- Support Quality contributions of Proposals and Control Account Management efforts

- Provide local Customer interface

- Mentor and guide less senior personnel

- Travel may be required

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* - Bachelors or master's degree in a technical or any related discipline with 3  years of experience

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Excellent interpersonal skills needed for collaboration, communication, and presentations

- Results focused with effective scheduling and/ or organizational skills

- Ability to adapt to changing environments while meeting customer requirements

- Problem solving skills at a highly refined level

- US citizenship required with ability to obtain an interim secret clearance

** Desired

Skills:

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* - Experience with Quality processes and procedures

- Experience with Root Cause Analysis  RCA

- Experience interacting with internal and external customers

- Experience in developing and reporting quality metrics

- SAP/ERP and SharePoint experience

- Familiarity with Material Review Boards  MRB  and Failure Review Boards  FRB

- Experience with Aerospace hardware
- Green Belt Trained/Certified
- Familiarity with Lean/Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement

- Data records management experience

- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functional and program organizations Experience working with different program life cycles

- Experience working with manufacturing work instructions and suppliers

- Experience working with AS9100/ ISO 9000 standards

- Counterfeit material prevention

- Experience with design improvements, design for manufacturability, corrective action boards Quality Requirements Flow down

- Analytical problem solving & root cause determination

- Risk based decision making & mitigation planning

- Leadership, mentorship & collaborative teamwork

- Currently active Secret clearance

** Security Clearance Statement:
** This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration

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