Senior Quality Engineer

DRS Daylight Solutions business provides industry-changing photonic engine technology for government and commercial markets, including defense and security, quantum information sciences, life sciences, and industrial process control. As a laser technology pioneer, Daylight Solutions has delivered more mid-IR systems to more applications world-wide than any other company. Daylight laser solutions span the full spectrum from UV to visible to NIR to mid-IR.

 

At DRS Daylight Solutions, you will be eligible for competitive pay, great benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k match, 9/80 work schedule, and Tuition Assistance. Our Daylight family-oriented culture allows you to receive hands-on training, professional development, career advancement and exposure to the latest and greatest technology, where our motto is "To protect with Light". Come join the family!

 

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/or inspectors
• Responsible for leading groups of engineers on customer programs or projects
• 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 Boards
• 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
• 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
• Specialties may include:
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Laser Engineering
• Optical Engineering
• Supplier Quality Engineering

 

Job Responsibilities Part II

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
• ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred