Quality Engineering Associate Manager

Standard Job Description

The Quality Engineering Associate Manager leads a team of quality professionals while providing direct, hands-on quality engineering support to programs and production operations. This is a working manager role that balances personnel leadership, resource management, and technical execution.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in quality engineering, with the ability to apply practical quality principles, resolve complex quality issues, and drive continuous improvement while developing and leading a high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead and develop the team: Manage daily operations, establish priorities, allocate resources, mentor employees, and drive team performance to meet organizational and program objectives.
* Provide hands-on quality engineering support: Directly support assigned programs and production operations through development, review, and implementation of quality requirements, standards, procedures, work instructions, and control plans.
* Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate with program management, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, suppliers, and customers to resolve quality issues and achieve program objectives.
* Improve quality performance: Monitor quality metrics, analyze trends, identify systemic issues, and implement improvements that enhance product quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
* Oversee quality systems and compliance: Support quality audits, assess process effectiveness, identify deficiencies, and ensure compliance with applicable quality standards and requirements.

Basic Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in quality engineering, quality management, team leadership, or related functional activities.
* Demonstrated quality engineering experience developing, reviewing, and implementing quality requirements, standards, procedures, methods, work instructions, and control plans.
* Experience leading teams, projects, or functional activities, including establishing priorities, allocating resources, and driving performance.
* Experience using quality metrics and performance trends to identify issues, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement.
* Experience leading cross-functional root cause investigations and corrective/preventive actions using tools such as 8D, 5-Why, Fault Tree Analysis, FMEA, and process flow diagrams.
* Ability to collaborate across functional organizations to resolve technical and operational issues.
* U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Desired Skills

* Previous experience as a Quality or Manufacturing Engineer, preferably supporting manufacturing or production operations.
* Previous experience managing or leading quality or manufacturing engineering personnel.
* Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or another STEM discipline.
* ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and/or Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA).
* Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
* Experience with AS9100 interpretation, implementation, and compliance.
* Strong understanding of production operations, inspection methods, measurement equipment, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
* Understanding of quality audit techniques and quality management systems.
* Experience with SAP/ERP, Apriso, SharePoint, Tableau, or other business intelligence tools.
* Strong communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $104900.00 - $194700.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

* Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
* For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.