Senior Quality Engineer - ISO 9001 & Naval Shipboard QA

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works; Brunswick (ME); On-site; USD 84,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental Insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Health savings accounts

Life and disability insurance

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Health coaching

Athletic trainers

Employee assistance program

Onsite health services

Job summary

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works is seeking a QA professional to execute quality assurance across departments, ensuring ISO 9001 compliance for shipbuilding for the US Navy. You will drive safety, audits, and documentation to uphold program quality.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and developing work instructions while leading corrective actions and supplier audits as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with ISO9001 or similar system in ship-building or other highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience operating independent audits for certification of known quality standards (ISO preferred).
• Background in Quality Assurance or Control within regulated industries such as aerospace/defense, pharmaceutical, or marine.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and document quality processes and to work with cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel for supplier audits and yard support.

Responsibilities

• Safety leadership: identify hazards and ensure safe practice execution.
• Project execution: use BOS to track work and report progress daily; audit QMS and implement corrective actions.
• Quality management: ensure products meet requirements and regulatory standards; review quality data for trends.
• Training and development: create work instructions and develop team competencies.
• Team collaboration: lead stakeholder teams to resolve quality issues and report actions to leadership.
• Continuous improvement: drive corrective actions and use A3 methodology to improve quality and processes.

Skills

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001

Audits

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

BIW Apprentice graduate preferred

Tools

BOS

MACPAC

MS Excel

MS Access

MS Project

Visio

Job description

General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works is seeking a QA professional to execute quality assurance across departments, ensuring ISO 9001 compliance for shipbuilding for the US Navy. You will drive safety, audits, and documentation to uphold program quality.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and developing work instructions while leading corrective actions and supplier audits as needed.