Principal Project Engineer, Quality Engineering (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-10-23

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 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

This position is for a seasoned Quality Engineering professional. Works as an individual contributor to achieve objectives that have a significant impact on multi-site quality health across the Avionics locations in Iowa, New Jersey and Germany. May manage Quality processes and/or projects. Uses experience and knowledge to influence the development, modification, application, and maintenance, or quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols. This is an onsite position and will require the employee to be at the facility.

What You Will Do:

• Lead for quality-focused mentoring and will function as a site subject matter expert in quality engineering and methodologies.

• Develops proactive quality initiative strategies and drives their implementation.

• Conducts processes to modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems and protocols.

• Collaborates internally to ensure quality standards are in effect.

• Ensures that projects and process control documentation are compliant with requirements, objectives and/or contracts.

• Coaches and mentors Quality Engineers on escape management procedures, root cause analysis, and recommends corrective action for design problems for internally produced products & processes.

• Responsible for data/metrics gathering, generation, and analysis for Iowa Quality.

• Leads projects and efforts in alignment with key metrics tracked on the Iowa Quality control tower to ensure effective execution and recovery in get to green efforts

• Responsible for leading teams on Iowa Quality projects.

• Evaluates RCCA performance and effectiveness to identify/evaluate trends.

• Developing and presenting regular management presentations.

• Familiarity and competency with Business Analytics tools.

• Utilizes UPPAP core elements (e.g. PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.) to identify and develop recommendations for managing risk in product development.

• Responsible for development of new inspection metrics, technologies, and/or methodologies to assure product conformance and effectiveness of the inspection practice

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience

• Root Cause experience

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Relevant ASQ certification and/or engineering degree preferred.

• Manufacturing experience

• ACE/Six Sigma Certification

• Familiarity with creating/using dashboards in Tableau and/or PowerBI

• Mentoring experience

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 Benefit  

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions  

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program 

• Doctor on Demand, v