Senior Quality Engineer

** Job *
* Your future starts here!  Kick off 2026 with a career that makes a difference at Leonardo DRS in West Plains, MO. We're growing and actively hiring for multiple openings across a variety of roles. If you're motivated, ready to learn, and eager to make an impact, we want to hear from you. Explore our open positions and apply today:  

The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business is a recognized leader in the design and integration of complex technologies into new and legacy systems and platforms for global military and commercial customers. We are a 6 year running Top Workplace in the Greater St. Louis area.

** Job Summary*
* ** Job Responsibilities*
* + Responsible for developing program or project quality system processes and supporting product quality improvements

+ Lead the efforts to develop maintain and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities

+ Ability to lead a group of engineers, technicians, and inspectors

+ Responsible for leading groups of engineers on customer programs or projects to achieve quality goals and milestones

+ Responsible for driving process and product improvement initiatives across multiple functional disciplines

+ Perform analyses of program requirements and prepare responsive quality plans, procedures, schedules and resource allocations to assure optimum quality support

+ Review and approve engineering / test and contractor documentation and provide input to assure that appropriate quality requirements are addressed

+ Develop and implement formalized quality system processes, procedures, and work instructions

+ Lead the efforts to gather, organize, monitor, analyze and report on information on products and processes

+ Provide ongoing quality system support to include performing internal audits, ensuring implementation of root cause corrective actions

+ Lead product quality improvement teams, Material Review Boards and Failure Review Board

+ Evaluate and dispose of non-conforming material

+ Provide technical support for Assembly / Test / Inspection personnel to include executing workmanship improvement plans, developing inspection methods and criteria, specifying appropriate sampling plans, interpreting, and revising specifications, and processing non-conforming materials

+ Act as main customer and senior management interface in resolving customer quality issues and driving root cause and corrective action on process and product quality issues

+ Develop and deploy SPC initiatives internally and at suppliers

+ Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions

+ Lead and execute customer quality program requirements

+ Monitor development activities to assure contract compliance, as required

+ Develop new procedural controls to address all aspects of quality programs

+ Develop and generate statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or process testing results, etc. and recommends action as required

+ Establish programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and processing equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities

+ Responsible for financial impacts of quality process controls and inspections

+ Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization

** Job Responsibilities Part II*
* -    Attend appropriate customer, business, or program meetings

-    Prepare quality engineering reports and recommendations

-    Monitor and mentor junior quality engineers

-    Provide regular reporting of progress and status

-    Completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements

** Qualifications*
* -    Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years of experience

-    Proficient technical expertise and application domain knowledge

-    Proficient in deploying and using Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and analytics to predict failure trends and report quality ROI metrics to executives.

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