Aerospace Quality Engineer II - Inspections & Audits

United Launch Alliance (ULA); Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United Launch Alliance in Denver, CO is seeking a Quality Engineer 2 to join our team. You will develop and maintain quality standards for materials and products, collaborating with engineering, supply chain and manufacturing to ensure contractual requirements flow down to suppliers.

The role emphasizes inspection planning, nonconforming disposition, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. You'll work on-site with occasional supplier site visits up to 25% travel, and you will leverage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field from an accredited college or university.
• Knowledge and understanding or experience with composites, machined components and assemblies.
• Quality metrics development and analysis.
• Contract/SOW generation & review.
• Root Cause Analysis.
• Corrective Action-Preventive Action Disciplines.
• Cause and Effect Analysis experience.
• Formal Auditor Training in ISO9000/AS9100.
• Project Management Skills.
• Green Belt training/certification.
• Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Ability to lead medium to large, complex projects.
• Written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Performs development, modification, application and maintenance of quality standards and protocol for processing materials into partially finished or finished material products.
• Collaborates with engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place and contractual requirements are properly flowed down to suppliers.
• Responsible for the implementation of methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment throughout the procurement process.
• Audits processes, reviews build documentation, and performs physical walkdowns of hardware to verify conformance/compliance.
• Responsible for the control and disposition of nonconforming products, Material Review Board, causal analysis & corrective action, corrective action effectiveness / reliability and documentation, design for manufacturability and inspection planning.
• Collaborates on the design or specification of inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment; supports quality assurance tests; and performs analysis to assess the cost of and determination of responsibility, for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Establishes, expands, and effectively communicates quality data collection and analysis to empower risk management, continuous improvement, and integrated project teams throughout the enterprise.
• May specialize in supply chain management, design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control, AS9100 auditing, customer engagement, and/or research and development.

Skills

Quality metrics

Root Cause Analysis

Corrective Action

Cause and Effect Analysis

Auditor Training ISO9000/AS9100

Project Management

Green Belt

Statistical Process Control

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Job description

United Launch Alliance in Denver, CO is seeking a Quality Engineer 2 to join our team. You will develop and maintain quality standards for materials and products, collaborating with engineering, supply chain and manufacturing to ensure contractual requirements flow down to suppliers.

The role emphasizes inspection planning, nonconforming disposition, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. You'll work on-site with occasional supplier site visits up to 25% travel, and you will leverage