Job Description
The Design Quality Analyst will lead and execute data analytics, metric assessments and statistical process control across Tactical Solutions. This role will establish and promote consistency in design analytics, SPC, trends, correlations and lessons learned analyses, within manufacturing execution, ensuring that Tactical Solutions stays ahead of the curve in Quality and industry best practices.
The Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit plays a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution – from strategic capital investments, industrial operations and an efficient supply chain, to state-of-the-art manufacturing and test operations and top-notch facilities management.
What You’ll Do:
- Leverage data to drive risk-based decision making - increasing efficiency and reducing costs while maintaining required quality levels.
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Assist programs with Key Product Characteristic database and tool set up.
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Utilize supplier and production data to establish sampling and inspection plans.
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Set up monitoring of manufacturing data for trends and out of control events to drive proactive corrective actions.
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Run correlation studies to validate and establish Key Product/Process Characteristics’ relation to end item performance.
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Predictive analysis - utilize manufacturing data to monitor ongoing trends and predict manufacturing outputs, potential failure points and yield.
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Analyze anomaly data for trends and assist in root cause corrective action.
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Establish and normalize relevant production and quality metrics.
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Leverage lessons learned, product and process similarities to drive early life design improvements.
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Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
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Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
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Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
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May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
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May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 4 or more years related experience.
- Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master’s Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
- Demonstrated experience in manufacturing analytics, including SPC, DOE, yield, anomaly analysis, and CoPQ.
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Ability to assess small data sets and determine confidence intervals.
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Familiarity with sampling and inspection plans based on SPC.
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Experience making data-driven risk versus reward assessments.
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Familiarity with Quality Engineering principles, tools, methods, and standards.
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A proactive self-starter with excellent time management skills and a high attention to detail.
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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to represent QA in cross-functional teams and customer meetings.
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A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Experience with RF frequency data.
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Familiarity with JMP, Python, MATLAB, AI agents and automation.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $97008 - $164914
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 participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.
