Principal System Quality Engineer — Lead RCA

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance programs

Employee clubs and activities

Cultural activity discounts

Job summary

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA seeks a Principal System Quality Engineer to ensure products meet the highest quality standards. You will investigate issues, review SOWs, RFPs, design plans, and procedures to understand requirements and function.

You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Security clearance will be required for this role.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor of Science degree in an Engineering discipline.
• Requires 7-10 years experience in quality engineering or other engineering role.
• Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and support to customers, suppliers, and employees in resolving issues.
• Assist in the improvement of manufacturing, process, and product efficiency to reduce nonconforming products.
• Ensure products meet the organizations and customers quality and product integrity requirements.
• Support product development or operations team by providing analysis and expertise throughout the inspection process.
• Lead a cross functional team in the determination of root cause of failures.
• Identify when failure analysis is necessary, along with providing recommendations of the corrective measures.
• Analyze data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurrence and future defects.
• Subject Matter Expert in quality standards and principles, knowledgeable and experienced in multiple technical disciplines.
• Ability to independently assess customer needs and evaluate solutions to complex problems
• Ability to lead quality teams, providing technical oversight and mentoring less experience engineers.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Lean Six Sigma

ISO 9001/AS9100

Quality analysis

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Job description

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA seeks a Principal System Quality Engineer to ensure products meet the highest quality standards. You will investigate issues, review SOWs, RFPs, design plans, and procedures to understand requirements and function.

You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Security clearance will be required for this role.