Quality Engineer

DCS; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS is seeking a Quality Engineer to support a DoD acquisition customer in Warren, MI. The role requires leadership of quality activities, ensuring contractor compliance with design and quality standards, and coordination with government agencies.

Qualified candidates will hold a BS in Engineering or equivalent, have 8+ years of relevant experience, and be able to obtain a DoD Secret clearance. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality efforts on DoD programs.
• Expertise in ISO 9001:2015 quality systems and auditing.
• Ability to work with Government leads with minimal oversight.
• Must be U.S. citizen and able to obtain DoD clearance.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, implement, and manage quality on DoD programs.
• Oversee contractor activities to meet design requirements and quality standards.
• Provide QA input for program management documents and statements of work.
• Coordinate with managers, testers, and government agencies to translate requirements.
• Review system performance, assess risk, and recommend improvements.
• Ensure contract compliance and advocate for necessary changes.
• Develop sampling plans per MIL-STD-1916, ANSI Z1.4, and other standards.
• Maintain quality data and metrics; audit contractor QA systems.

Skills

Quality management

Root cause analysis

Leadership

ISO 9001

Education

BS in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

DCS is seeking a Quality Engineer to provide critical support for our Department of War acquisition customer located in Warren, MI. The successful candidate will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently in a dynamic environment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Plan, develop, implement, and manage Quality on assigned programs over the DoD acquisition lifecycle ensuring that system developer/Platform Integration and manufacturing contractors meet their responsibilities for product quality in accordance with the development/production contract requirements, and that systems fielded to Soldiers are high quality and meet user requirements.
• Oversee contractor activities to ensure that their fabrication and/or modification of vehicles adheres to design requirements and to quality standards.
• Develop Quality input for program management documents to include acquisition plans and strategies, source selection evaluation plans, supportability strategies, system engineering plans, statements of work, specifications, and product descriptions. Ensure appropriate contract clauses are specified in contracts.
• Coordinate with product managers, users, independent test agencies, and other Government agencies to translate operational requirements into practical system concepts and specifications.
• Review and evaluate system performance, assess risk, and make recommendations with respect to product acceptability.
• Assure compliance with contractual scope, schedules, specifications, and other requirements, and when appropriate, recommend program and contract changes.
• Develop or evaluate sampling plans based on MIL-STD-1916, ANSI Z1.4, and other appropriate industry standards.
• Participate in post-award conferences, program reviews, design reviews, and conferences as the Quality Engineer on assigned programs.
• Evaluate design efforts to ensure performance issues are identified, evaluated, and addressed.
• Review and ensure adequacy of all test plans, procedures, and reports for assigned programs, for both Government and contractor tests, as well as all failure reports.
• Monitor testing to ensure test is conducted in accordance with approved procedures, and report results to the PM.
• Ensure effective root cause identification and corrective actions are in place for all failures, as well as, adequacy of validation and implementation plans.
• Evaluate engineering change proposals and waivers/deviations for quality and perform physical and functional configuration audits.
• Prepare contract letters for Government Quality Team Lead review and COR signature for of all quality related contract data.
• Maintain all quality data and metrics.
• Conduct audits of contractor quality management systems and system assembly and test procedures, to ensure contractor adherence to ISO 9001, the specification, and to all contract requirements.
• Evaluate contractor Quality data, metrics, and process controls.
• Work with contractors to improve their Quality system, processes, and implementation of process controls.
• Conduct continuing review and evaluation of system performance through review of reports, correspondence, data, collected field data, product and process audits, and observation of internal operations.
• Develop Product Assurance Suitability Statement for material release.
• Ensure Product Quality Deficiency Reports are adequately addressed and tracked.
• Work with DCMA and monitor DCMA support provided to PM programs, ensuring establishment of Quality Assurance Letters of Instruction (QALIs) and/or Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) where required, and review DCMA surveillance plans for adequacy.
• Up to 20% travel may be required for this role.
• This role necessitates being co-located with our customer at their facility in Warren, MI on a full-time basis.

Required Skills:

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
• BS in Engineering or equivalent and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Subject matter expert for Quality and the ability to lead Quality efforts on assigned programs with minimal oversight from the Government lead.
• Extensive experience with ISO 9001:2015 Quality System Requirements and Auditing.

Desired Skills:

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.