Senior Quality Engineer - Ejection & Propulsion (onsite)

Senior Quality Engineer

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer, to support the Development Quality & Integrity function within the Mission Systems strategic business unit. Ideal candidates should possess a passion for problem solving and satisfying customers through the delivery of improvements to the global engineering ecosystem, including providing compelling gains to the consistency, efficiency, and productivity of product development efforts across engineering processes and programs. The focus of this position will be to analyze Development processes and develop new methods to improve productivity, efficiency, and operational costs.

Development Quality & Integrity is at the forefront of providing state-of-the-art quality initiatives that dramatically increase engineering productivity and effectivity. Our recognized success has been based on the informal, and highly cooperative team environment we've put in place, as well as across-the-board depth of talent. Employing some of the most talented, dedicated people on the planet is not by chance. People from all over the globe choose Collins Aerospace as the place to build a rewarding career, while helping create and deliver communications, integration, and engineering solutions that our global customers demand so that our world keeps moving and stays connected. It's an exciting time to become a part of our team. Join us and discover how high your career can soar at Collins Aerospace.

What You Will Do

• Provide solutions to complex technical design quality problems using established quality practices
• Stay current with evolving industry quality methods and implement relevant improvements
• Lead the development, implementation, and adoption of processes and procedures
• Review design products and processes for compliance with contract, regulatory and business requirements and assess work practices for adequacy
• Develop methods to ensure the successful completion of program quality assessments
• Partner with quality and program leadership to identify, escalate and resolve quality issues
• Communicate effectively with product development and testing teams through both written and verbal channels
• Knowledge of emerging quality and design development paradigms such as APQP, agile and DevSecOps
• Collaborate with leadership to evaluate and improve processes related to the design and release of design artifacts
• Define, negotiate, and support quality requirements for projects with focus on hardware/mechanical design

The successful candidate will have mature skills and competencies in many of the following domains:

• Proficiency in quality engineering methods and practices
• Experience in design and development, including requirements capture, implementation, verification, validation, and ongoing support
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and transition-to-production activities, such as planning, assembly, inspection, and testing
• Background in one or more of the following areas: operations quality, test equipment, modeling and simulation, firmware and configurable logic, systems engineering, mechanical/electrical engineering, or supplier quality
• Ability to develop and interpret metrics, and perform data analysis to drive improvements
• Ability to travel upwards of 25%

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• Background in quality engineering or mechanical engineering
• Experience with ZDP, ACE, Lean, Six Sigma, and Root Cause Analysis

Qualifications We Prefer

• Ability to read and interpret specifications
• Data Mining experience
• Quality Certifications (ASQ, CQE)
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to navigate difficult conversations and work effectively with factory management, hourly employees, and internal stakeholders
• Familiarity with engineering drawings, work instructions, bills of materials (BOMs), consumable material controls, process discipline, and tool control practices

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.