Program Quality Engineer

Description

About Barber-Nichols:

Barber-Nichols (BN) is a premier provider of custom turbomachinery solutions serving the Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics, and Energy industries. Our team consists of industry leaders who collaborate closely with equally accomplished customers to deliver technologies that advance their markets and establish enduring partnerships. At BN, we foster a results-driven environment that values professional growth, rewards achievement, and supports innovation. From designing the blower for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan to engineering critical components for the U.S. Navy’s MK-48 program, BN’s portfolio spans some of the most exciting and impactful projects in the world. For those seeking to contribute to impactful projects alongside a highly skilled team, BN offers an exceptional place to build your career. 

Position Summary:

The Program Quality Engineer oversees program quality and provides support to various functional departments including Manufacturing, Engineering, Procurement, Program Management and Sales as needed to ensure product quality and continual improvement as well as addressing cost, competitiveness and customer expectations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee product programs to ensure quality and contractual requirements are met.
• Review and understand contract requirements and properly create flow down requirements internally and to suppliers.
• Support engineered product programs from design through production.
• Support contract manufactured product and programs through production.
• Review contract related purchase orders to ensure contract requirements are captured and communicated to suppliers.
• Manage and coordinate customer source inspections.
• Support customer audits by providing objective quality evidence of compliance.
• Review production route cards to ensure proper quality, customer, and applicable hold points are in place.
• Review drawings and provide input to production for proper route card creation of parts, subassemblies, and top-level assemblies to ensure contract requirements are met.
• Support customer meetings as company quality representative.
• Support required customer documentation throughout the program.
• Create Certification of Conformance and data packages based on contract requirements.
• Review, assess and manage as built conditions and reports to meet customer contract requirement.
• Monitor, assess, and improve design and program quality, in-process production, inspection, and assembly performance to ensure program requirements are maintained.
• Monitor in-process assembly and test to ensure proper execution per program requirement.
• Review applicable test results to ensure results of the test are compliant with customer requirements.
• Review inspection plans prior to incoming and in-process quality control inspection.
• Coordinate incoming inspection per contract and internal requirements.
• Review certification and data package on incoming material and assemblies if applicable.
• Document the defect/out of specification condition to Material Review Board for review and disposition determination.
• Plan for improvement which considers product safety and compliance to support countermeasures and corrective actions.
• Oversee implementation of countermeasures and corrective/preventive actions as necessary in support of improvements.
• Perform internal process audits to confirm process and contract compliance
• Continuously improve procedures, processes and methods to ensure quality with zero defects and/or escapes, which are measured by completion of predetermined improvement initiatives.
• Identify areas for improvement in process and product relating to quality and contract requirements and elevate them to Management Team.
• Assist continuous improvement teams to help drive company-wide improvements.
• Review company drawings and identify manufacturability, inspect ability, contract compliance and process improvements.
• Develop, monitor, and update data requires for internal BN and customer communications.

Requirements

To qualify for this position, an individual must posse the knowledge, training, experience and abilities required.

Education and Training:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other engineering discipline or combination of education and experience.

Experience:

• Three years' experience in quality engineering or quality assurance
• Three years' experience with recognized quality systems (ISO, AS, QA, TS).

Additional Requirements:

• Overtime may be required.
• Travel up to 20% of working time.

Desired Job Qualification:

• Training certificates (CQE, CQA, CQT) are desirable.
• Experience in a complex metal manufacturing environment - aerospace environment preferable.

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range for this role is $80,000-$95,000 and is commensurate with the applicant’s experience. This range represents the anticipated minimum and maximum base for this position. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant’s qualifications (education, training and/or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.

Barber-Nichols offers a comprehensive benefits package including: 

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• FSA and HSA with company paid HSA quarterly contributions
• Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) with 4% Company Match and Profit Sharing
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (NYSE: GHM)
• Generous PTO and Paid Holidays with an option to purchase additional PTO
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Performance-based bonus program
• Paid Parental Leave, Military Leave, Jury Duty, and Bereavement Leave

To view our full list of benefits, please visit Careers - Barber-Nichols.

ITAR Requirements: To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Barber-Nichols must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e., current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158. Security clearance is not required for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Barber-Nichols is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to a workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of any type. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by law. Barber-Nichols will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. 

Barber-Nichols participates in E-Verify, the federal program for electronic verification of employment eligibility.