Floor-Based Manufacturing Quality Engineer - Defense

Leidos LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Defense Systems Mission Assurance seeks a Manufacturing Quality Engineer in Huntsville, AL to own process control, inspection, and product conformance on the production floor.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and design teams to ensure executable and inspectable work instructions, qualify processes, and lead root-cause analyses and continuous improvement efforts in a high-stakes defense environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience; or master’s degree with two years.
• Four (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.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 / ISO 9001 requirements AS9102 First Article Inspections and GD&T.
• Demonstrated experience with root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies, SPC and MSA.

Responsibilities

• Establish in-process inspection points, acceptance characteristics, and evidence requirements on the floor.
• Develop and monitor processes including welding, composites, coatings, heat treat and bonding.
• Review work instructions to ensure executability and inspectability with clear ownership boundaries.
• Dispositions for FAIs and MRB activities; support supplier part approvals.
• Develop manufacturing quality metrics and translate data into actionable reports.
• Lead Kaizen, Six Sigma projects, and rate-readiness activities.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Statistical Process Control

Process Capability

First Article Inspection

GD&T Interpretation

Power BI

CMM Programming

Lean Manufacturing

DCMA / Government QA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree with two years of relevant experience

Tools

Solumina

Power BI

Minitab

CMM Programming

Job description

Leidos Defense Systems Mission Assurance seeks a Manufacturing Quality Engineer in Huntsville, AL to own process control, inspection, and product conformance on the production floor.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and design teams to ensure executable and inspectable work instructions, qualify processes, and lead root-cause analyses and continuous improvement efforts in a high-stakes defense environment.