Quality Engineer - Leidos

Description

Unleash your potential at Leidos, where we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. Leidos is a Fortune 500™ company aimed at embracing and solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Through science and technology, Leidos is making the world safer, healthier, and more efficient.

Our Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) quality team at Leidos is looking for a Quality Engineer to work in our new manufacturing facility in Ladson, SC. The Leidos Security Enterprise Solutions (SES) team has developed a suite of integrated solutions for aviation, ports, borders, and critical infrastructure customers around the world. We provide automated threat detection for weapons, narcotics, explosives, contraband, and undeclared goods, as well as nuclear and radioactive materials, by leveraging industry leading screening technologies, AI/ML capabilities and advanced biometric tools. We have more than 24,000 products deployed across 120 countries, including best-in-class security checkpoint and inspection systems for people, checked baggage and more.

The Quality Engineer is responsible for leading production quality focused projects in support of new production startup for the Ladson facility. Also, duties will include supporting supplier related issues as they arise to ensure compliance and fit for use.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform internal, external and supplier audits in accordance with ISO 9001 standards, create audit finding reports, determine/initiate appropriate corrective and preventative actions and close out audit findings.
• Facilitate the escalation of unresolved supplier quality issues to include issuing Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCAR)
• Develop and improve production processes and procedures to meet and exceed acceptable quality levels for supplier performance standards.
• Understand requirements and assist with ensuring appropriate flow down into the supply chain. Work closely with functional managers, cross-functional staff, and key subcontractors to ensure quality outputs, aiming to minimize the costs of rework, waste, and maximize customer satisfaction.
• Support the development and collection of performance metrics. 
• Provide timely metrics and audit outcomes to Quality Management to gauge progress towards quality objectives.
• Develop weekly and monthly reports that provide measurements with trends over time and highlights performance issues with mitigation strategies.  
• Report quality status and quality issues, with resolution plans, to Quality Management
• Establish and maintain strong and productive relationships with key stakeholders ensuring that the objectives are understood and incorporated into a framework of continuous improvement.
• Ensure adherence to all standards, Leidos policies, and best practices. 
• Ability to multi-task, complete tasks without direct supervision, and function in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint)
• Ability to support domestic and international travel.
• Oversee the SES Non-conforming Material Process & Material Review Board (MRB) for their specific site.
• Other duties as required and or assigned by Program Quality Manager

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience or Master's degree with 2+ years experience. Will consider additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must have the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance (US citizenship required).

Preferred Qualifications  

• Experience working with the Power Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
• Formal auditor training / auditing experience
• Certified Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt 

Check out the links below to learn more about Security Enterprise Solutions (SES)
https://careers.leidos.com/pages/security-enterprise-solutions    
https://www.leidos.com/markets/aviation/security-detection 

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.