Quality Engineer Manager

The Boeing Company; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 102,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. in Wichita, Kansas, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, seeks a senior QA professional to ensure quality, reliability, and safety across complex aerostructure programs. You will shape quality systems, lead cross-functional reviews, and drive corrective actions in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

The role emphasizes RCCA, FAI familiarity, and collaboration with Assembly, Fabrication, and Supply Chain teams to meet stringent standards and customer expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• 5+ years’ experience in a quality discipline.
• Experience in Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.
• Experience in Aerospace or a Manufacturing environment.
• Functional inspection experience.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Develops processes, systems, and equipment to ensure quality, reliability, and safety.
• Provides quality system design and analysis review to validate decisions.
• Analyzes requirements to develop methods, procedures, and metrics.
• Performs material review dispositions for nonconforming items.
• Performs audits and testing of products, processes, and measurement systems.
• Ensures configuration management and participates in design/product reviews.
• Conducts benchmarking and analyzes performance data to improve quality.
• Performs root cause analyses and supports corrective actions.
• Interacts with employees, suppliers, customers, and regulators to ensure compliance.
• Uses statistical methods to ensure safety, reliability, and process capability.

Skills

Quality management

Root Cause Analysis (RCCA)

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Continuous process improvement

Leadership

First Article Inspections (FAI)

Multi-priority management

Aerospace manufacturing experience

Education

ABET-accredited Engineering degree

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units(“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develops processes, systems, and equipment that ensure the quality, reliability, and system safety of company or procured products and services.
• Provides quality system design and analysis review to validate the integrity of quality decisions that affect products and services.
• Analyzes contractual, product definition, and specification requirements for the development or modification of methods, procedures, and metrics needed to ensure that quality standards and practices are attained.
• Analyzes and provides material review dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts, and equipment.
• Performs scientific evaluations and analyses and processes audits.
• Tests and approves products, processes, equipment, and measurement systems.
• Ensures that resulting processes provide for configuration management.
• Participates in design and product reviews to ensure that producibility, inspectability, reliability, safety, Quality System integrity, and business process management objectives are met.
• Performs such research as benchmarking to industry standards; analyzes and compiles performance reports and process control statistics in order to determine and improve process capability or product quality.
• Performs root cause analyses.
• Recommends and supports the implementation of corrective actions that are necessary to reduce or eliminate nonconformance to design specifications.
• Interfaces with company employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements.
• Develops and uses statistical methodologies to ensure that specified levels of safety, reliability, and process capability are achieved, maintained, or improved.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program
• 5+ years’ experience in a Quality discipline
• Experience in Quality Management System (QMS) requirements
• Experience in Aerospace or a Manufacturing environment
• Functional Inspection experience
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively work multiple simultaneous assignments in a fast-paced, rapid change environment.
• Support multiple functions such as Assembly, Fabrication, and Supply Chain
• Root Cause and Correct Action (RCCA)
• Project management
• Computing - Microsoft Office applications.
• SAP experience

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Excellent interpersonal skills for working cross functionally across teams.
• Analytical, demonstrated ability to analyze requirements and prioritize accordingly.
• Strong leadership ability
• A focus on continuous process improvement
• Exceptional time management skills
• Working familiarity of First Article Inspections (FAI)
• Functional experience in First Article Inspection (FAI)
• Familiar with multiple inspection methodologies: inspection tools, machines, CMM etc.
• Experience in conducting a Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) associated with a complex technical issue
• Experience leading cross-functional teams

Drug Free Workplace:

We are a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

We strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

We also provide eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range: $101,900 - $156,250

Kansas Tax Credit:

Join Spirit AeroSystems' Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

Export Control Requirements:

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.