Quality Specialist III

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• Leads Quality Initiatives: Leads and supports Quality, Engineering, and Operations programs and initiatives designed to achieve operational goals, improve quality, and enhance organizational performance.
• Develops Quality Systems: Develops, implements, and maintains quality assurance policies, procedures, control plans, and work instructions across multiple functional areas.
• Drives Process Improvement: Independently identifies opportunities to optimize internal and external processes, implementing improvements that increase quality, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
• Supports Quality
  
  Certifications:
  
  Contributes to company-level quality certifications and assessments, including CMMI Maturity Level 2/3 and AS9000/AS9100 initiatives.
• Leads Internal Audits: Plans and performs internal audits to evaluate QMS compliance and ensure processes and systems align with applicable industry standards and requirements.
• Performs Quality Inspections: Conducts advanced inspections and quality tests across multiple programs, verifying compliance with engineering specifications, quality standards, and established procedures.
• Drives Corrective Actions: Identifies production, process, and workflow issues, performs root cause analysis, and implements corrective actions to resolve problems and prevent recurrence.
• Manages Program Audits: Plans, schedules, and conducts monthly, quarterly, and annual program audits to evaluate performance, compliance, and adherence to quality requirements.
• Maintains Quality Documentation: Develops and maintains quality documentation, audit reports, work instructions, control plans, and other records required to support effective quality management.
• Manages Quality Risk: Develops risk mitigation strategies, establishes performance metrics, and evaluates methodologies to identify and address potential quality and operational risks.
• Supports Customers: Provides direct customer support for hardware and software failures by troubleshooting issues, identifying root causes, and delivering effective resolutions aligned with customer expectations.
• Manages Supplier Quality: Interfaces with suppliers to ensure quality requirements are met, supports supplier issue resolution, and maintains effective supplier relationships with limited travel as required.
• Ensures Compliance: Monitors adherence to company standards, safety requirements, regulatory guidelines, and quality system requirements across assigned programs.
• Provides Technical Leadership: Collaborates with cross-functional teams and provides quality expertise, guidance, and recommendations to support successful program and organizational outcomes.

• Quality Assurance & Compliance: Applying quality management principles, conducting audits and inspections, interpreting requirements, and ensuring processes consistently meet applicable standards.
• Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving: Investigating complex production and process issues, identifying root causes, developing corrective actions, and implementing sustainable solutions.
• Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to improve quality,…