Quality Engineer - NCQA (Mid-Level or Senior)

Quality Engineer - NCQA (Mid-Level or Senior)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is has exciting multiple opportunities for a Numerical Control Quality Engineer - NCQA (Mid-Level or Senior) to support the Air Dominance Proprietary team in Mesa, Arizona!

This position may be located primarily on 2nd shift and follows a 9/80 working schedule. Initial training and intermittent support may be required on alternate shifts. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future depending on the business needs.

This position will be in support of multi-disciplinary teams and duties include:

• Provides expertise in inspection processes for numerical control, machining, programming and inspection of product produce by automated composite fabrication equipment.

• Establishes technical requirements for manufacturing and producibility.

• Plans and guides the development and integration of machining techniques, manufacturing methods, processes, software and equipment to support the design, manufacture and inspection of parts and assemblies.

• Identifies equipment and approaches, coordinates and assigns work and trains/mentors others.

• Works under minimal direction.

Inspectors in this position inspect tools, machined parts, and assemblies, for conformance with applicable drawings, specifications, quality standards and manufacturing plans, using Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) like machines. Inspectors will also perform verification and validation of NC programs, in-process inspections, and audits.

Successful candidates will have experience with CNC Machining, Composite machining, writing inspection programs, CMM and probing measurement tools.

Position Responsibilities:

• Represents Quality function on team activities to integrate contractual and Boeing Quality Management System requirements into all aspects of proposals and program processes and documentation.

• Provides Quality interpretation of requirements.

• Develops quality metrics, design and production certification plans for small programs to ensure compliance with contractual, Company and regulatory requirements.

• Conducts capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection activities.

• Participates in various reviews to ensure quality attributes are incorporated into product designs.

• Performs analysis, tests and process audits to ensure manufacturing and test readiness.

• Provides material review dispositions for non-conformances.

• Analyzes non-conformance trends to evaluate effectiveness of corrective actions.

• Recommends corrective actions to address non-conformances.

• Performs benchmarking and other forms of analysis to ensure specified processes capability levels are achieved.

• Works under general direction.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• More than 10 years of of experience working in Quality

• More than 10 years of experience with Numerical Control (NC) programming

• More than 5 years of experience in Quality Management Systems (QMS)

• More than 5 years of experience with measurement systems

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Level 4: 10 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, or an equivalent combination of education/experience

• Active U.S Security Clearance

• Experience conducting Inspections using ASME Standards for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T)

• Experience working with Unigraphics (UG)/NX CAD drawings, Vericut and/or similar programs

• Experience working with laser trackers or a CMM (coordinate measurement machine)

• Experience calibrating and/or using coordinate measurement machines, laser trackers, NC mills, Automated Fiber Placement machines and/or optical measurement devices

• Knowledge of measurement systems (e.g., photogrammetry, coordinate measuring machines, laser tracker, laser radar, laser alignment, Keyence blue light scanning, and portable measurement tools).

• Knowledge of technical data verification and validation practices (e.g., Technical review of Engineering Data, Laboratory simulation, or actual procedure demonstration)

• Knowledge of production processes and data needed for defining delivery configurations (e.g., design definition, program directives, and engineer