Quality Engineering Leader - Aerospace & Process Excellence

The Boeing Company; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 88,100 - 157,150; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, seeks a Quality Engineer Manager to lead the Quality Engineering and Quality System Specialist teams in Kansas. This role focuses on driving continuous improvement, RCCA, and ensuring QMS compliance across programs in aerospace manufacturing.

The position emphasizes leadership across functions, data-driven quality improvements, and collaboration with suppliers, customers, and regulatory bodies to meet safety and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree 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 environment.
• RCCA experience with root-cause corrective actions.
• Project management experience.
• SAP experience and MS Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Establishes, oversees, and administers processes, policies, and best practices, and determines resource requirements, acquisition, improvement plans and quality measures.
• Interfaces with other organizations, external suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to define, evaluate and communicate accomplishment of project and program priorities through all phases.
• Provides organizational vision and strategic plan, quality policies, processes, and procedures, as well as process improvements and prevention measures.
• Communicates, educates, trains and coaches customers, suppliers, and internal personnel regarding Quality policies, processes, and procedures.
• Provides cross-functional leadership and Quality technical expertise.
• Manage program quality requirements by aligning efforts to the customer requirements, overseeing product acceptance, ensuring program cadence, develop and maintain charts, communications, presentations.
• Manage Quality Resources
• Manage Continuous Improvement Specialists focusing on manufacturing quality, process improvement, and safety.
• Develop new manufacturing build plans, conduct root cause analysis and other necessary activities as an owner of the manufacturing process.
• Develops quality metrics, design and production certification plans for large programs ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Lead or support resolution of process variation, chronic defects, or escapes (Continuous Improvement).
• Lead reviews to ensure quality attributes are incorporated into product designs.
• Perform advanced analyses to verify process capability levels; provide leadership for key quality initiatives.
• Data analysis to identify trends, failure modes, and process capability.
• Support development and implementation of new technology or manufacturing processes.

Skills

Quality engineering

RCCA

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Process improvement

QA/QMS knowledge

Education

B.S. in Engineering (ABET accredited)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

CMM knowledge

Job description

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, seeks a Quality Engineer Manager to lead the Quality Engineering and Quality System Specialist teams in Kansas. This role focuses on driving continuous improvement, RCCA, and ensuring QMS compliance across programs in aerospace manufacturing.

The position emphasizes leadership across functions, data-driven quality improvements, and collaboration with suppliers, customers, and regulatory bodies to meet safety and quality