Principal Quality Analyst

Act as a liaison between staff and management, relaying updates and advocating for team needs Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, and other functions to ensure quality standards are in place and to resolve issues. Able to conduct/support internal process evaluations and develop process evaluation reports. Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards through execution of scheduled and unscheduled audits. Develop, collect, and track metrics for process health and performance monitoring. Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products. Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements. Responsible for updating Quality and Mission Assurance (QMA) plans/procedures. Works with and provide support with our quality assurance inspection group. Promptly responds to technical issues that arise on the production floor utilizing work instructions, design documents, and specifications. Read and interpret blueprint and engineering drawings and be able to document non-conformances. Work with the Engineering team to ensure that part requirements are correctly described and documented in the production workplans. Processing of MRB nonconformances. Perform AS9100 audits to ensure compliance with standard requirements. 5 Years related experience with a Bachelors; or 3 Years related experience with a Masters; or 1 Year related experience with a PhD; or 9 years of related experience will be accepted in lieu of Bachelor's degree Must have an Active U.S. Government DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret; etc.) Experience in developing or reviewing Root Cause / Corrective Action activity Experience with quality management systems to support program processes, audits, and/or improvements. Experience in processing, monitoring, data collection, analysis, and metric reporting for overall program and segments Experience with

SAP/S4 ERP

transactions Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Efficient at MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other office systems. Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results. Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a team. Self-Starter and ability to work through an issue to closure. 5+ years Quality Management System (QMS) and Root Cause Corrective Action analysis 2 years experience working in an AS9100 or ISO9001 compliant organization. Continual Improvement Risk Analysis and Management Experience with document control process Experience with manufacturing, quality controls, inspection and/or non-conformance controls. Active Secret clearance Work is performed within the confines of standardized company and industry policies, practices, and procedures.