Quality Engineer

501554 Quality Engineer

Work Location: Huntsville, AL

Schedule: Full Time; 40 hours per week 8 hours per day in office (remote work is not authorized)

Relocation: Negotiable

IronMountain Solutions is seeking a Quality Engineer supporting an upcoming Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) effort in Huntsville, AL. The ideal candidate will have experience in overseeing quality control processes throughout product lifecycle, implementing best practices, and ensuring that products meet both industry standards and customer expectations. The QA Team supports multiple DoD contracts delivering products and services for the full lifecycle of aviation and missile systems, including requirements definition, prototyping, design, integration, test, assembly, production, logistics products, documentation, sustainment, product improvement, lifecycle support, and obsolescence management, and configuration control. The Quality Engineer will be responsible for driving continuous improvement, managing audits, and ensuring that all aspects of our manufacturing process consistently deliver high-quality hardware products—from contract award through final delivery and closeout.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Education and General Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, etc.) is required and at least twelve (12) years of relevant experience associated with production & quality control of technical items related to aviation systems.
• In-depth knowledge of ISO 9001 and other quality management systems (QMS) and standards within the hardware manufacturing industry such as: ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 27000, ISO 31000, ITIL and other industry-specific certifications.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience in data-driven decision-making and root cause analysis ensuring that products and services are meeting the quality guidelines through regular assessment.
• Proven ability to work within a diverse team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills for continuous improvement including creation of training guidelines for individuals completing manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes, hardware testing methods, tools for product inspection, and review of objective evidence of conformance.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance standards (e.g., UL, CE, RoHS).
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to quality improvement including the development of new quality assurance procedures as required.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct acquisition planning and development by reviewing current LRSO contract language to ensure quality management is addressed. Evaluate and ensure contractors follow accepted quality standards (ISO 9000, AS9100, and CMMI).
• Ensure Quality of Design (Engineering Analysis) of all Sensors & Dev/Mods Products by participating in all Preliminary/Critical Design Reviews and provide guidance to the contractor to fix any noted shortcomings.
• Participate in Qualification Testing of products and material during the design and production phase of the program by: Assuring proper engineering requirements/flow down, assuring that engineering requirements are understood/tested, and analyzing data for Determination of Design Margins and providing input, as required.
• Conduct Special Test and Inspection Equipment Management by participating in Validation & Control of Sensors & Dev/Mods hardware/software by conducting: Functional and Physical Configuration Audits, Software Source Code Verifications, Fault insertions and isolations, and Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R) Analyses.
• Conduct Production Line Validation/Qualification through: Process Control Analyses (Statistical Techniques), Process Capability Analyses (Lean/6 Sigma), and Mapping Factory Test and Inspection to Process Capabilities.
• Participate in Production Testing (First Article/QV) by assuring Proper Engineering Requirement Flow-down to Test Points; Designing, Developing, and monitoring First Article Testing; and Developing and Validating Factory Acceptance Testing Processes (ATPs). ATPs include Critical Process and parameter identification and Mapping, mandatory Test/Inspection Point Identification, Statistical Process Capability Analysis, Test Equipment Validation, and Developing Sampling Plans (Quality Risk Trades).
• Develop Quality Metrics and track/analyze contractor performance against those metrics. This includes being a Key Corrective Action Board (CAB) Participant, Key Participant in Contractor’s Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) Process, Assess/Analyze Contractor’s CAB and RCCA Process, Metric Trend Analysis (statistical) and Reporting, Program Quality Health Evaluation and Reporting, and Program Quality Risk Evaluation and Reporting
• Conduct Materiel Release functions to include Assure Quality Hardware is delivered to the Warfighter, fully support Unconditional, Conditional & Urgent Releases, assure all Engineering actions are closed, ensure all Qualification Tests are complete, assure all Waivers/Deviations have been analyzed, properly mitigated and do not affect “qualified baseline.”
• Provide recommendations, findings, and decisions to program PM and senior management in the accomplishment of various Program objectives.
• Keep PM informed of technical status of assigned tasks, program status, significant program events, controversial issues, program reviews, and other relevant issues.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use tools or controls; normal physical activity (reach with hands and arms; climb stairs); and communicate effectively with all levels of employees and leadership. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 25 pounds.

Clearance Requirements: The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance is required. Per federal requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this level of clearance.

IronMountain Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer