# Principal Quality Engineer

Job Summary: The Principal Quality Engineer is an experienced-level position where the incumbent must possess an advanced level of quality engineering knowledge. Tasks at this level fall in areas where technical requirements are substantially complex. The Principal Quality Engineer's primary role is to identify, implement, and measure the success of a variety of Black Belt projects designed to improve engineering processes. Responsibilities and Tasks: Identify opportunities and innovations to drive continuous improvement. Provide black belt-initiated project support. Provide Six Sigma support to the engineering group, including data analysis and DMAIC facilitation. Provide quality assurance direction on engineering projects and support for design controls. Ensure the process of verification and validation of engineering projects. Participate in the Technical Process by defining and executing risk assessment. Participate in the Management Requirements Process by overseeing requirements flow-down effectiveness and coverage. Lead and facilitate the Causal Analysis and Resolution Process. Facilitate the Common Failure Review Board. Assist in the Risk Management and Opportun

- **Id**: 3950779
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/twenty-six-defense-principal-quality-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fort Worth, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-08T05:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T00:30:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2139
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Soldier Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 3837257
- **Name**: Twenty-Six Defense
- **Domain**: 26defense.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/26defense>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Dayforce

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 37
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **Design Controls** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T03:13:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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