Senior Engineer, Quality

Date Posted:

2025-09-08

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX17: Advanced Structures - Fort Wor 4630 N. Beach Street , Haltom City, TX, 76137 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

As a Senior Engineer, Quality Engineering, you will be a technical focal for all facets of the Quality Engineering discipline for Fort Worth Military Landing Gear and be expected to effectively collaborate and partner with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering, and Customers, to ensure functional and business objectives are met.

You play will a critical role in monitoring quality metrics to drive continuous improvement, identifying and contributing to numerous initiatives/projects to address complex problems, overseeing rapid problem resolution, and ensuring overall effectiveness of stringent Quality and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the transformation of Military Landing Gear Quality by applying strong knowledge of Quality Engineering principles.
• Contribute to Quality Engineering activities across the assembly lifecycle, from design through delivery.
• Independently manage assigned tasks or small-scale projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality objectives are met.
• Apply Continuous Improvement and CORE methodologies to identify and resolve issues in manufacturing and quality processes.
• Investigate and support resolution of quality issues, including customer escapes, audit findings, and internal defects. Assist in implementing Corrective Action Plans.
• Participate in Root Cause Corrective and Preventive Action (RCCA/CAPA) processes. Support cross-functional teams in problem resolution and follow-up verification.
• Use Root Cause Analysis tools to investigate and resolve moderate complexity issues; assist in implementing mistake-proofing solutions.
• Assist in identifying improvement opportunities in quality processes, documentation, or inspection methods.
• Provide guidance on quality standards, specifications, and procedures within assigned scope.
• Review and provide input on engineering and manufacturing changes impacting quality.
• Maintain and improve quality documentation such as inspection plans, control plans, and work instructions to ensure alignment with engineering and production needs.
• Collect, analyze, and report on quality metrics (e.g., SRR, escapes, nonconformances) to support problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the planning and execution of product/process audits and follow-up actions, including corrective action verification.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure quality is maintained throughout the product lifecycle.
• Identify and help address key defect drivers to improve product and process quality.
• Foster a culture of proactive problem solving and risk awareness within the work area.
• Interact with customer quality representatives and DCMA as needed to support audits and inspections.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant standards, tools, and best practices in quality engineering.
• May provide guidance or mentorship to early-career engineers or technicians.

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.
• Experience with AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Experience with participating root cause corrective action (RCCA) and applying quality methodologies and tools.
• Experience in Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement practices.
• Experience with data mining and analysis of large datasets.
• Experience participating in cross-functional projects and reporting Quality KPIs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• RTX CORE Professional Certification.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).
• Proficiency in Excel, SAP, Solumina MES, and Tableau.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.