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We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.\nYour greatest work is ahead!\nLeidos’ Defense Systems Mission Assurance is seeking a Manufacturing Quality Engineer to serve as the quality engineering focal point on the production floor, owning process control, inspection execution, and product acceptance for manufacturing operations as they scale to rate. This role is embedded in day-to-day production - fabrication, machining, mechanical and composite assembly, welding, painting and coating, and flight hardware assembly - and is responsible for ensuring that what is built is executable, inspectable, and demonstrably conforming at the point of manufacture. This position is based in the Huntsville / North Alabama, AL area.\nThis is a hands-on individual contributor position reporting to the Manufacturing Quality Manager, Defense Systems Mission Assurance. The Manufacturing Quality Engineer partners with manufacturing engineering, production, and design engineering to make work instructions executable and inspectable, to establish inspection and metrology capability at the point of manufacture, and to resolve nonconformances at the source. The role provides day-to-day technical direction to Quality Inspectors and Technicians on the floor but carries no direct supervisory responsibility.\nIf this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!\nLeidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here!\nAre you ready to make an impact? Share your resume with us today!\nPrimary Responsibilities.\nManufacturing Process Quality & Process Control\nServe as the quality engineering point of contact for assigned production areas, cells, and manufacturing processes.\nEstablish and maintain in-process inspection points, acceptance characteristics, and objective evidence requirements within the production routing.\nDevelop, qualify, and monitor special and key manufacturing processes - including welding, composites, coatings, heat treat, and bonding - against applicable specifications.\nSupport process qualification, tooling and fixture acceptance, and gauge and metrology selection for new and transitioning work.\nMonitor process performance and initiate containment when a process drifts out of control.\nWork Instruction, Configuration & Acceptance Baseline\nReview manufacturing and engineering work instructions to confirm they are both executable and inspectable - covering sequence, drawing and specification references, configuration and effectivity, required tools and gauges, acceptance characteristics, workmanship criteria, inspection, witness, and hold points, and required objective evidence.\nProvide quality inputs to work instruction, traveler, and inspection plan changes while maintaining clear ownership boundaries with Engineering for technical content.\nVerify that the floor works from authoritative, current, point-of-use data and drive elimination of uncontrolled reference sets and locally downloaded copies.\nProduct Conformance, Inspection & Material Review\nExecute and disposition First Article Inspections (FAI/AS9102) and support supplier part approvals for parts entering the production line.\nParticipate in Material Review Board activities, perform or coordinate engineering evaluation, and disposition nonconforming material with documented acceptance.\nProvide day-to-day technical direction and inspection guidance to Quality Inspectors and Technicians on the production floor.\nSupport internal and external quality audits, including AS9100 surveillance, customer audits, and government source inspection.\nQuality Data, Metrics & Statistical Analysis\nDevelop and maintain manufacturing quality metrics - including first-pass yield, escape and defect rates, process capability studies, control charts, and measurement system analysis.\nBuild and maintain statistical data collection and analysis to surface trends affecting product quality at the operation and cell level.\nTranslate quality data into actionable reporting for manufacturing and program leadership, including rate-readiness inputs.\nRoot Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement\nLead root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, fishbone) on floor-generated nonconformances, escapes, and rework drivers.\nInitiate and execute quality improvement activities, such as Kaizen and Six Sigma projects, to reduce defects, rework, and inspection cycle time.\nSupport value-stream mapping and flow improvement activity, including point-of-manufacture inspection and adjacent metrology cell implementation that shortens the loop between manufacture and acceptance.\nVerify that implemented corrective actions are effective and sustained.\nInspection Capability, Qualification & Rate Readiness\nSize inspection, calibration, and metrology demand by operation, shift, skill, inspection type, and production-rate profile to support capacity planning and proposal basis of estimate development.\nSupport workmanship proficiency qualification of inspection and manufacturing personnel, including structured job instruction, mentor-observed task demonstration, and requalification triggers.\nSupport rate-readiness assessments and production readiness reviews for assigned areas.\nCross-Functional, Supplier & Government Interface\nPartner with manufacturing engineering, production, design engineering, and supply chain to resolve quality issues at the source.\nCollaborate with DCMA and other government and/or customer quality assurance organizations.\nInterface with supplier and customer quality representatives on quality issues and verify effective corrective action is implemented.\nTravel occasionally for in-person engagements with internal customers and suppliers across multiple Leidos sites.\nAll other reasonable duties, as assigned.\nBasic Qualifications.\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience; or master’s degree with two (2) years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of direct experience working in manufacturing operations in support of defense contracts may be substituted for the degree.\nFour (4+) years of hands-on quality engineering experience in a manufacturing or production environment. Eight (8+) years of relevant experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree.\nWorking knowledge of:AS9100 / ISO 9001 requirements\nAS9102 First Article Inspection\nEngineering drawings, specifications, and GD&T\nManufacturing processes, tooling, fixturing, and inspection methods\nGovernment and customer quality assurance requirements\n\nDemonstrated experience with root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies in a production setting.\nDemonstrated experience with statistical process control, process capability, and measurement system analysis.\nAbility to work on the production floor and in shop environments, including exposure to manufacturing operations and personal protective equipment requirements.\nMust be proficient in utilizing Microsoft Office products.\nKey CompetenciesManufacturing Quality Engineering\nProcess Control & Process Qualification\nFirst Article Inspection & Part Approval\nRoot Cause & Corrective Action\nStatistical Analysis & Process Capability\nNonconformance Disposition & Material Review\nDrawing & GD&T Interpretation\nWork Instruction & Inspection Plan Development\nTechnical Problem Solving\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nWritten & Verbal Communication\n\nStrong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings to manufacturing, program, and customer stakeholders.\nCandidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.\nAbility to obtain security clearance\nPreferred Qualifications\nASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or equivalent certification\nSix Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification\nAS9100 internal auditor training or experience\nExperience with Solumina or a comparable MES/quality management system\nExperience building quality dashboards and reporting in Power BI\nFamiliarity with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab\nExperience with flight hardware, composites, welding, or coatings quality requirements\nExperience with CMM programming, inspection method development, or metrology capability planning\nExperience supporting a production rate increase, line transition, or factory transformation\nWorking knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles, takt-based flow, and value-stream analysis\nPrior experience supporting DCMA or government source inspection activities\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nAugust 31, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.\n Pay Range:\nPay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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