Lead Quality Engineer

ApTask; Beltsville (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ApTask in Maryland seeks a Quality Lead to ensure quality systems and manufacturing processes are robust and continuously improved. You will lead the Quality Leading Indicators program, oversee Supplier Quality, audits, and special processes, and mentor staff across Beltsville Plant.

You will develop corrective actions, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and prepare for customer and third-party assessments, driving compliance and delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field required.
• Minimum 3 years in aerospace manufacturing or quality environment preferred.
• Experience leading quality systems and audits a must.
• AS9100/ISO 9001 knowledge strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary contact for QLI execution and drive actions for program success.
• Coordinate, direct and prioritize Supplier Quality, quality calibration, audits, and special processes.
• Lead the Quality team to maintain a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify training and mentoring needs and develop the team accordingly.
• Ensure readiness for customer and third party assessments and host auditors.

Skills

Quality leadership

Supplier quality

Quality systems

Audits

Continuous improvement

People management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Graduate degree

Tools

MS Office

Quality software

Job description

Ensure the Quality of Client's products through the development and enforcement of Quality Systems and manufacturing processes while ensuring a continuous improvement atmosphere. Provide direction and supervision to personnel in the functions responsible for Quality Leading Indicators (QLI), Supplier Quality oversight, Quality calibration, audits, special processes while assisting HPWTs. Develop robust tracking, evaluation and structured corrective action activities.

Develop and mentor employees on subjects relating to Quality Systems across a broad spectrum of manufacturing, auditing and processing activities. Ensure fidelity of Quality systems tools, Supplier Quality interaction, reporting, techniques, inspection equipment and processes as appropriate. Lead continuous improvement effort to focus on taking operations to next level.

• Act as a primary organizational contact for Quality Leading Indicators (QLI) execution and ensure appropriate actions are deployed to ensure success of the program.
• Coordinate, direct and prioritize Supplier Quality, Quality calibration, audits, and special processes activities to ensure that leading priorities are focused on key objectives of Quality, compliance, cost, and delivery.
• Lead Quality team to ensure continuous improvement activity is at the forefront.
• Identify the training/mentoring/development needs of the team and ensure those needs are addressed.
• Develop, set and achieve goals associated with the Quality Systems team that are aligned with the Quality Department and Beltsville Plant.
• Communicate Quality Systems issues to front line leaders site personnel and assist them in root cause and sustainable corrective action.
• Deploy Client Business System tools, where appropriate or required, to improve Quality Management System effectiveness..
• Ensures organizational readiness for customer and other third party assessments related to the product or process. Hosts Customer and Third Party Auditors as needed.
• Coordinates Supplier Quality activities both interdivisional and within supplier QMS.
• Respond to notifications from customer portals, relating to Beltsville products, to ensure actions are being completed and customer requirements are being met or exceeded.
• Review customer requirement updates to ensure compliance

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum 3 years' experience in an aerospace manufacturing or quality environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Graduate degree from an accredited institution

5 years in an Aerospace quality manufacturing role

3 years managing people

5 years working in a quality systems function

Additional Information:

Read and understand Blue Prints, Specifications, and Requirements

Quality System Knowledge (e.g. AS9100, ISO 9001, TS16949)

Coordinate measuring system knowledge

ASQ CQE or CMQOE is preferred

Significant proficiency in MS Office software and Quality software is required

Opportunity to gain exposure to and work with many cross functional teams