Sr Design Quality Engineer

For over 70 years, Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has been recognized as a leader in the design, production, and support of communication and aviation electronics for customers worldwide. The company's unique balance of commercial and government customers allows it to maintain stability in a volatile marketplace. Leveraging developments across both markets enables Rockwell Collins to reduce costs, extend product viability, and enhance the capabilities of its systems.


POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for providing engineering teams with quality-focused technical and process activities at the project level for new Rockwell Collins product developments, to assure new product design defects are identified and eliminated prior to transition to production.



PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Primary Design Quality Focal Point for those engineering developments assigned.

- Assure new developments meet customer, company, and regulatory requirements.

- Proactively assess development projects on an ongoing basis to determine "health" of the project via process and work product assessment/audit using the appropriate tool sets.

- Project acceptance rate of new designs based on MTBF goals, performance of similar products and BOM content, and drive action plans for improvement.

- Lead the effort to ensure quality issues seen in legacy products (both in factory and field) are eliminated in new designs. Facilitate cross-functional teams (PQA, AE, SCQA, Engineering, Manufacturing) to accomplish this.

- Lead the development and statusing of Quality Plans for those engineering developments assigned.

- Mentor engineering teams regarding process requirements in order to ensure problem-free product and artifact deliveries. Ensure robust design through assisting engineering in the use of appropriate tools and practices.

- Employ Quality-related tools such as Root Cause Analysis, Variation Reduction, Design-of-Experiments, Key Characteristics, etc. as appropriate. Produce metric reports for management review.

- Participate in a contribute to project team meetings, design/drawing reviews, peer reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, TPRs, PDRs, CDRs, and other associated meetings. Provide data collection, analysis, and reporting to support these meetings as required.

- Support Bid&Proposal and Industrial Quality Dossier creation for new product developments as required.

- Perform DFMEAs and First Article Inspections as required for assigned developments.

- Work with Manufacturing Representatives to ensure comprehensive Factory Transition planning, and smooth transition to production.

- Other responsibilities as assigned.



Working knowledge of the aerospace industry, Design Engineering, manufacturing, management, DO-254, ISO-9001, and AS9100 standards and statistical techniques desired. Design engineering experience preferred. Bachelor's degree in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or related field preferred.
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree in applicable engineering or science field or six years related exempt experience plus six years related exempt experience.
Bachelor's Degree in applicable engineering or science field or six years related exempt experience plus eight years related exempt experience.