Sr. Program Quality Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-04-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

A01: Rockford - Aerospace 4747 Harrison Avenue, Rockford, IL, 61125 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

Collins Aerospace is on the lookout for a dynamic Onsite Quality Engineering professional, equipped with an engineering or technical degree. This pivotal role involves spearheading Quality Engineering processes and projects, focusing on the aspects of a highly demanding program quality position. As an individual contributor working with a cross-functional team, you will set and achieve objectives that significantly influence our organizational goals.

Your expertise will be instrumental in developing, modifying, applying, and maintaining quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols. Please note that this position requires on-site support and is subject to some intermittent travel requirements ranging from 10% to 25% of your time, with occasional multi-week engagements. If you have a passion for quality engineering and are ready to make a major impact, we want to hear from you!

What You Will Do

• Understand and implement customer quality requirements, ensuring thorough flow down and execution of these requirements across internal production and Collins wide support sites as well as major subcontractors.
• Lead the execution of escape management procedures, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning and implementation, adhering to current standard work.
• Enhance processes to develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols.
• Oversee and resolve nonconforming material and process noncompliance events.
• Provide detailed analysis and explanations of testing and inspection plans, methods, and technologies to ensure product and process reliability and conformance.
• Ensure projects and process control documentation comply with requirements, objectives, and contracts.
• Assist with supplier quality activities, warranty processes, part purges, and MRB activities.
• Develop and implement proactive quality initiative strategies.
• Oversee both Program and Product Quality Engineering responsibilities.
• This position offers relocation eligibility.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
• This position is considered safety sensitive in accordance with NASA Guidelines. Candidate will be subject to drug and alcohol testing per NASA’s regulation SUBPART 1835.5 Drug- Free Workforce

Qualifications We Prefer:

• AS9100 Experience
• MRB Experience
• Advanced degree in engineering or related field
• Experience working with electrical, electronic, and electromechanical devices and applications.
• Experience with managing projects across multiple facilities

You could be a great fit for our Quality organization if: 

• You take immense satisfaction and pride in the quality of your work.  
• You’re the first to point out opportunities for continuous improvement (even outside of work…not at all to the annoyance of your friends and family).  
• You understand the absolute importance of adhering to compliance…all while making your customers proud by achieving a zero-defect quality delivery plan. 

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  
• Tuition reimbursement program 
• Student Loan Repayment Program  
• Life insurance and disability coverage  
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits 
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  
• Adoption Assistance           
• Autism Ben