Quality Systems Specialist (Senior or Lead)

Quality Systems Specialist (Senior or Lead)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Systems Specialist (Senior or Lead) to join our team located in Everett or Tukwila, WA!

The Senior Quality Systems Specialist, also known as the Deputy Quality Management Representative or QMS Focal, plays a critical role in supporting the Quality Management System Representative (QMR) in the strategic oversight, maintenance, and continual improvement of the site's AS9100-certified Quality Management System. This position ensures robust compliance across multiple program platforms and supports integration with a foreign-based Part 145 repair station.

This is a high-impact role at the heart of our quality mission. You’ll help shape the future of our QMS strategy, drive excellence across global operations, and ensure we meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

 

This position will require ~50% travel between Tukwila and Everett.

 

Position Responsibilities:

Level 4

• Leads Quality reviews of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Develops Quality budget and cost estimates. Leads multi-function, multi-site groups to develop company directives, policies, processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed.
• Leads stakeholders in analysis of process data, metrics, models and flows to identify root cause of complex problems and development and implementation of preventive or corrective actions.
• Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics to continuously improve process capability.
• Conducts quality source selection and process capability assessments of suppliers' ability to meet program quality requirements and support business decisions.
• Develops Quality criteria for supplier source selection and a coordinated response for review and approval by senior management.
• Develops scope, schedule, plans and leads hardware, software and system level audits to determine compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, related business, regulatory and customer requirements, and reports results to management.
• Trains senior management on preparation for third party audits.
• Analyzes data to provide material review dispositions for complex nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
• Assists in the development of new standard repairs for nonconforming materials, parts and equipment.
• Works under minimal direction.

Level 5

• Leads Quality reviews of complex proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development.
• Develops Quality budget and cost estimates.
• Represents the Company on industry working groups to develop industry standards for quality.
• Advises senior leadership on development of business strategies that influence directives and policies.
• Advises multi-function groups on development of processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed.
• Consults in high level reviews of corrective actions at the enterprise and customer level to assure that trends or systemic issues are identified and advises on development and implementation of preventive or corrective actions.
• Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics to continuously improve process capability.
• Develops new applications for statistical tools to maintain and improve process capability. Conducts business unit risk analysis to determine audit focus areas. Develops and manages business unit audits plans and schedules. Trains and advises senior management on preparation for third party audits. Perfo