Quality Engineer, Aerospace/Defense — Flexible Schedules

Lockheed Martin; Littleton (AL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a quality engineer to apply robust quality principles across design, materials, and production, collaborating with program management, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure top quality. The role includes investigations into failures, corrective actions, and improving supplier performance.

The ideal candidate has a mechanical/electrical/aerospace or industrial engineering background with 3–8 years in high-reliability industries and hands-on ISO 9001/AS9100

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3-8 years of quality-engineering experience in space, aerospace, defense, or a high-reliability industry.
• Hands-on experience with ISO 9001 / AS9100, MIL-STD-1916, or similar standards.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD-L, and configuration-management data.

Responsibilities

• Apply quality principles across design, incoming material, production control, and product evaluation.
• Collaborate with program management, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and customers on quality issues.
• Engage in product failure investigations and corrective/preventive action.
• Develop strategies to improve internal and supplier performance and productivity.
• Evaluate quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Design and analyze inspection and testing processes and conduct product quality tests.
• Engage in supplier selection and maintain certification programs.

Skills

Quality engineering

Engineering drawings interpretation

GD-L & CM data

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace or Industrial Engineering

Tools

ISO 9001 / AS9100

MIL-STD-1916

Quality management systems

Job description

Lockheed Martin is seeking a quality engineer to apply robust quality principles across design, materials, and production, collaborating with program management, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure top quality. The role includes investigations into failures, corrective actions, and improving supplier performance.

The ideal candidate has a mechanical/electrical/aerospace or industrial engineering background with 3–8 years in high-reliability industries and hands-on ISO 9001/AS9100