Senior Quality Engineer: Technical Lead, Flexible Schedules

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 129,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a Quality Engineering Sr. Staff to provide technical leadership and direction to improve product and process quality, reliability, and performance on complex defense programs such as the F-35.

The role partners with Production Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Management, and other stakeholders to deliver measurable, sustainable quality improvements. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a track record of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in F-35 or major defense program.
• Experience applying quality engineering principles to complex engineering, manufacturing, or product quality challenges.
• Strong knowledge of engineering requirements, drawings, specifications, inspection methods, and product and process compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence decisions across functional teams without formal management authority.
• Experience working with Quality, Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, government representatives, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering execution: establish consistent approaches to quality engineering, problem solving, analysis, investigations, and process improvement.
• Evaluate designs, drawings, specifications, requirements, processes, and production data to assess compliance, identify risks, and recommend actions.
• Lead root cause investigations, develop corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and verify solution effectiveness.
• Apply statistical analysis, SPC, DOE, reliability methods, and other quality tools to identify variation, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate and improve inspection, testing, process control, and quality assurance methods to prevent defects and ensure consistent product quality.
• Mentor engineers through coaching, knowledge sharing, peer reviews, and guidance on quality engineering methods and best practices.
• Lead cross-functional technical problem solving and quality improvement initiatives with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Program Management, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders.
• Improve quality engineering processes, methodologies, and team effectiveness.
• Guide technical approaches across multiple complex efforts while remaining hands-on with critical quality engineering activities.

Skills

Quality engineering

Problem-solving

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional leadership

Statistical methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a Quality Engineering Sr. Staff to provide technical leadership and direction to improve product and process quality, reliability, and performance on complex defense programs such as the F-35.

The role partners with Production Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Management, and other stakeholders to deliver measurable, sustainable quality improvements. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a track record of