Senior Aerospace Program Quality Engineer

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Flexible work schedules

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Senior Quality Lead to manage program quality requirements across the full life cycle, including proposals, reviews, start-up, development, production and support.

The role partners with program teams and suppliers to ensure quality plans, metrics and risk management are in place, delivering Return to Green plans and effective relationships with DCMA/Customer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of aerospace manufacturing experience.
• Experience with AS9100 or an equivalent quality management system.
• Technical leadership ability, e.g., leading projects or mentoring engineers.
• Experience managing safety, quality, cost, and schedule and reporting metrics.
• Ability to liaise between Production Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between Quality labs and key stakeholders.
• Coordinate testing requests and oversee capital projects for the Labs.
• Manage capital requests and maintenance for testing instrumentation.
• Lead continuous improvement projects using the A3 methodology.
• Prepare reports and deliver findings to leadership.

Skills

Aerospace manufacturing

AS9100 knowledge

Technical leadership

Quality metrics

Cross-functional liaison

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Senior Quality Lead to manage program quality requirements across the full life cycle, including proposals, reviews, start-up, development, production and support.

The role partners with program teams and suppliers to ensure quality plans, metrics and risk management are in place, delivering Return to Green plans and effective relationships with DCMA/Customer.