Program Quality Engineer — Defense Quality & FAI Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos Defense Sector Mission Assurance seeks a Program Quality Engineer to act as the quality focal point for assigned programs. You will translate contract quality requirements into executable quality plans, own nonconformance resolution, and drive continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with program management, engineering, and manufacturing, performing FAI/AS9102 and supplier approvals while building dashboards in Power BI and leading root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline with 4+ years of experience, or Master's with 2+ years.
• AS9100/ISO 9001 knowledge is required.
• Experience reading engineering drawings, specifications, and GD&T.
• North Alabama area residency or willingness to relocate to Huntsville, AL area.
• Strong communication skills with ability to present findings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as quality engineering point of contact for assigned programs and support problem identification and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain program quality plans and inspection plans, and flow down quality requirements from contracts to manufacturing and suppliers.
• Review contract quality requirements and identify processes, tooling, and documentation needed for compliance.
• Execute and disposition First Article Inspections (FAI/AS9102) and supplier part approvals.
• Develop and maintain quality metrics (CPK, control charts, MSA) to monitor QC system effectiveness.
• Lead root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, fishbone) for corrective actions.
• Build and maintain data for trends; participate in MRB activities for nonconforming material.
• Provide day-to-day technical direction and inspection guidance to Quality Technicians/Inspectors.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Corrective action

Quality engineering

GD&T reading

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

Power BI

Minitab

Solumina MES

Job description

Leidos Defense Sector Mission Assurance seeks a Program Quality Engineer to act as the quality focal point for assigned programs. You will translate contract quality requirements into executable quality plans, own nonconformance resolution, and drive continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with program management, engineering, and manufacturing, performing FAI/AS9102 and supplier approvals while building dashboards in Power BI and leading root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence.