Senior Quality Engineer
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Job Location:
Marlborough, NH - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 90000 - 120000
Posted on:
04-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Spectrum Control most departments operate on a 4-day 10-hour work schedule in exchange for a 3-day weekend. We offer competitive wages and PTO plus our benefits begin on day 1 of employment. Come join a workforce where we put you first!
Position Summary: The Senior Quality Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the consistent delivery of high-reliability electronic components to our commercial and aerospace & defense customers. This position supports compliance with customer industry and regulatory quality standards while driving continuous improvement in design manufacturing and supplier processes. The Technical Quality Engineer serves as a key liaison between engineering operations suppliers and customers to resolve complex quality challenges and maintain our reputation as a trusted partner to prime contractors and tier-one OEMs.
Compensation Range: $90000 to $120000.00 annually.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development maintenance and auditing of the companys Quality Management System (QMS).
- Ensure compliance with aerospace and defense quality standards including AS9100 IPC and contract-specific requirements.
- Coordinate and maintain group qualification activities for parts in accordance with MIL-PRF-38534M requirements.
- Support cross-functional collaboration to ensure part compliance with military and customer-specific standards.
- Prepare and deliver accurate timely quality documentation packages to prime contractors and customers.
- Supports RCCA investigations to resolve internal supplier and customer quality issues.
- Support MRB activities by leading the disposition of nonconforming parts and coordinating corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects scrap and rework using data-driven methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma Lean).
- Monitor and reduce Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) through data analysis and targeted quality improvements.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Quality or a related technical field (Electrical Engineering preferred).
- 37 years of quality engineering experience in the electronics aerospace or defense manufacturing industry.
- Strong knowledge of electronic components circuit boards and associated manufacturing/inspection processes.
- Experience working with aerospace & defense prime contractor quality systems and flow-down requirements.
- Demonstrated proficiency in RCCA failure analysis and problem-solving tools (8D Ishikawa FMEA).
- Familiarity with AS9100 ISO 9001 and applicable regulatory requirements (e.g. ITAR EAR).
Skills & Competencies
- Technical: Proficient in quality engineering methods statistical analysis and reliability concepts.
- Executional: Strong organizational and time-management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Interpersonal: Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with engineering operations suppliers and customers.
- Behavioral: High attention to detail adaptability in dynamic environments and commitment to continuous improvement.
- Analytical: Data-driven decision making with ability to distill complex technical issues into actionable steps.
Other Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance (if required by program or customer).
- Industry certifications (CQE CQA Six Sigma Green/Black Belt) preferred but not required.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Office in manufacturing facility
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Third-Party Recruiters
Please note that per Spectrum Control Policy we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our values and expectations. Any employment agency person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Spectrum Control will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency person or entity. If you or your agency are interested in becoming an approved vendor please contact
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Six Sigma
- Design Controls
- FDA Regulations
- ISO 9001
- Minitab
- Root cause Analysis
- ISO 13485
- Quality Systems
- Quality Management
- As9100
- Manufacturing
About Company
Spectrum Control is a global leader in high-performance RF and microwave signal processing and conditioning, and electromagnetic interference protection. For more than 70 years our company has led the way in developing reliable, high-performance technologies for powering and condition ... View more
