Principal Quality Engineer – Design & Operations Quality

and achieve customer expectations. This role is pivotal in mitigating program and technical risk, optimizing manufacturing processes, and maintaining the company's reputation for engineering excellence and operational integrity.

are met.

• ✓Cross-Functional Coordination: Synchronize quality activities across:
• ✓Design Quality: Partner with engineering to embed quality into requirements, design reviews, and validation/verification activities to drive defect prevention.
• ✓Production Quality: Directly interface with operations. Support the reporting and troubleshooting of manufacturing deviations and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustainable. Drive optimization of processes.
• ✓Procurement Quality: Oversee supplier non-conformances and issues.
• ✓Proposal Development: Support Program Quality with input to quality-specific portions of technical proposals, including influencing the statement of work and developing basis of estimates.
• ✓Risk Mitigation: Identify and mitigate program and product level quality risks, ensuring a consistent approach to product and process excellence.

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited university (Mechanical or Electrical preferred).
• ✓Understanding and practical experience executing Quality Management Systems (QMS) based on AS9100, ISO 9001, or TS-16949.
• ✓Proficiency in APQP core tools, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Lean, and structured root cause analysis.
• ✓Ability to interpret technical drawings, apply GD&T, and manage product acceptance testing.
• ✓Expert use of M365 (Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio).
• ✓Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to defend technical results to external customers and internal executives.

• ✓ASQ Accreditation (CQM/OE, CQE, or CQA).
• ✓PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
• ✓Black Belt or Green Belt certification.
• ✓Experience in Defense Contracting.
• ✓Direct experience in manufacturing product launch and engineering product release.
• ✓Expertise in supplier component test verification (EMI, ESS, Unit Qualification, FAT).
• ✓Experience with requirement management tools and traceability matrices.

Pay Information

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participat