Senior Associate, Quality Engineer

Job Title: Senior Associate, Quality Engineer

Job Code: 44750

Job Location: Malabar, Florida

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description:

This role is responsible for driving product and process quality by analyzing defect data, implementing data driven corrective actions, and leading continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations. The position partners with engineering, suppliers, customers, and cross functional teams to ensure compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and engineering documentation. This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact on product performance, operational efficiency, and overall customer satisfaction.

Essential Functions:

• Analyze defect data and implement data driven corrective actions
• Review hardware for compliance with engineering drawings
• Drive continued improvement of the quality system and manufacturing processes
• Present corrective actions and process improvements to internal and external audiences
• Review, interpret, and ensure compliance to company policies and procedures, engineering drawings, customer contract requirements, and product test procedures
• Lead containment efforts of non-conforming material
• Communicate directly with customers and suppliers
• Revise and improve manufacturing work instructions
• Initiate and review engineering design changes
• Coordinate material review board (MRB) dispositions for non-conforming product
• Perform internal audits of assigned programs, and support in the preparation for and execution of external audits
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Zero-Defect Plan (ZDP)
• Lean/Six Sigma training (preference is certified green/black belt)
• Understanding of IS09001/AS9100 and related QMS standards
• Experience using RCCA tools such as FMEA, Pareto, 5 Why, 8D, and Fishbone