Quality Engineer

We are looking for a Quality Engineer with manufacturing experience to join our team. In this role, you will support a growing Cable Assembly manufacturing process with APQP process activities and ownership, FAI process support, and general manufacturing process improvements both in the facility and with critical suppliers.  These efforts will support stabilization and improvement of current products to support plant and business critical outcomes.  You will be joining a dynamic team working with products for the aerospace and defense industries.

This position will be located at one of our facilities in Elkton, MD or Newark, DE with the possibility of a hybrid work arrangement.

• →Assure product quality across the supply chain by evaluating non-conforming material, identify and resolve quality issues, and implement process/product changes
• →Partner cross-functionally, both internally and externally, to understand fitness-for-use requirements and support the specification development customer program configurations
• →Facilitate product and process risk assessments and ensure mitigation actions are implemented (e.g., FMEA)
• →Develop, validate, and maintain test methods, inspection processes, visual standards, and sampling plans
• →Support risk-based quality planning and decision making using statistical and technical analysis
• →Provide input to statistical analysis to ensure risks are identified, controls are statistically valid, and performance is objectively monitored
• →Partner with engineering and manufacturing to resolve quality issues and verify and validate root cause mitigation
• →Lead projects to deliver on prioritized continuous improvements using data, analysis, and structured problem-solving in MFG and Supplier Processes as required
• →Communicate quality expectations, risks, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders
• →Document quality activities, decisions, and outcomes within the quality system

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science or a comparable technical degree
• A minimum of 5 years working experience in product, process, or manufacturing quality across the product lifecycle, preferred in a quality engineering role in the aerospace industry
• Experience applying structured quality planning, risk assessment, and validation methods in product or process development (e.g., APQP, FMEA, MSA, SPC)
• Knowledge of statistical methods for risk assessment, control, and decision making such as Design of Experiments (DOE), Gage R&R/MSA, Statistical Process Control (SPC), 5 Why, Ishikawa/Fishbone, and 8D
• Experience successfully interacting with cross-functional teams and influencing others with strong verbal and written communication
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills using statistical and technical data
• Ability to initiate, prioritize, drive to completion, and concurrently manage multiple products and projects in an ambiguous, dynamic team environment
• Ability to travel up to 10%