Senior Quality Engineer - 14969

DRS Consolidated Controls, Inc

DRS Consolidated Controls, Inc. (DRS-CCI) is the premier supplier of instrumentation & control systems for critical applications in U.S. Navy ships. DRS CCI is a leading innovator and supplier of shipboard hydraulic to electric actuation conversion solutions that reduce construction and lifecycle costs. Since the 1960s DRS CCI, under our Consolidated Controls legacy name brand, has provided Nuclear Regulatory Commission certified safety, and non-safety, analog and digital distributed controls systems for US and international nuclear power plants. Products include shipboard control systems and panels, high-performance networks, tactical displays, controllers, circuit cards, detectors/transmitters, and specialty reactor plant instrumentation and control equipment. The division designs, qualifies and manufactures products that help our sailors maintain our nation’s maritime supremacy and our industrial customers to operate safely and efficiently. We operate on a 9/80 work schedule with core works of 80 hrs in 9 days and every other Friday off. www.drs-cci.com

Job Location Danbury, CT

Title: Senior Quality Engineer

Position Summary:

This position would be responsible for developing program or project quality system processes and supporting product quality improvements. You will be responsible for leading the efforts to develop maintain and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities. You should have demonstrated ability to lead a group of Engineers, technicians and/or Inspectors as well as have experience with 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B.

Duties and Responsibility:

• Responsible for developing program or project quality system processes and supporting product quality improvements
  • Lead the efforts to develop maintain and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities
  • Ability to lead a group of engineers, technicians and/or Inspectors
  • Responsible for leading groups of engineers on customer programs or projects
  • Responsible for driving process and product improvement initiatives across multiple functional disciplines
  • Performs analyses of program requirements and prepares responsive quality plans, procedures, schedules and resource allocations to assure optimum quality support
  • Reviews and approves engineering/test and contractor documentation and provides input to assure that appropriate quality requirements are addressed
  • Develops and implements formalized quality system processes, procedures and work instructions
  • Leads the efforts to gather, organize, monitor, analyze and report on information on products and processes
  • Provides ongoing quality system support to include performing internal audits, ensuring implementation of root cause corrective actions
  • Leads product quality improvement teams, Material Review Boards and Failure Review Boards
  • Evaluates and dispositions non conforming material
  • Provides technical support for Assembly/Test/Inspection personnel to include executing workmanship improvement plans, developing inspection methods and criteria, specifying appropriate sampling plans,
• interpreting and revising specifications, and processing non-conforming materials
  • Acts as main customer and senior management interface in resolving customer quality issues
• and driving root cause and corrective action on process and product quality issues
  • Develops and deploys SPC initiatives internally and at suppliers
  • Evaluates and makes recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives supplier
• continuous improvement processes
• Responsibilities include leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and
  • Reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions
  • Leads and executes customer quality program requirements
  • Monitors development activities to assure contract compliance, as required
  • Develops new procedural controls to address all aspects of quality programs
  • Develops and generates statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or
• process testing results, etc and recommends action as required
  • Establishes programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and processing
• equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities
  • Responsible for financial impacts of quality process controls and inspections
  • Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization

Basic Qualifications (include education and years of experience required):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience and a
• minimum of 5 years of experience
• Must have experience with 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B
• Proficient technical expertise and application domain knowledge
• ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred
• Proficient with ISO Standards, 6 Sigma tools, Statistics
• Ability to understand military specifications and to read blue prints
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and writing skills
• Ability to define problems and drive to root cause and effective corrective action

This position could require the ability to obtain and retain any applicable security clearances, including interim security clearances, within a time period to be established by the Company

DRS Consolidated Controls, Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. IND