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Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Lexington, MA💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Ensure manufacturing processes and products meet quality standards through inspections, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration on quality assurance protocols.

Role type

Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Builds

Complex hardware/software systems for defense and military applications

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Quality Management Systems (QMS), Statistical Process Control, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA/8D), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), mechanical and electrical metrology, electro-mechanical design knowledge, supplier qualification, audit execution

Preferred skills

Lead auditor for AS9100 or ISO 9001-based QMS, high mix low volume manufacturing experience, Integrated Dewar Cooler Assemblies (IDCAs) and Infrared (IR) Cameras manufacturing experience

Technologies

AS9100, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, IATF 16949

Responsibilities

Drive improvement in product design, manufacturing, and supplier reliability; Develop and improve KPIs for product quality; Lead investigations to find root cause and implement corrective actions; Support supplier inspection and incoming quality programs; Execute MRB activities and containment actions for defective material; Partner with production to define quality requirements for customer shipments

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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