F-35 Delivery Operations Quality Analyst, Senior (Level 3)

Job Description

We are Lockheed Martin

This position will report to the Associate Manager of F-35 Quality Delivery Operations with responsibility for F-35 Product-Quality activities to support the following build areas : Aircraft Finishing Facility (AFF), Acceptance Test Facility (ATF), Fuel Test Facility (FTF), Ground Operations, Flight Operations, DD-250 (artifact collection and aircraft preparation stage for sale to USG), and Ferry (delivery to customers around the Globe).

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

Providing timely, responsive, and exceptional Quality Inspection and Analysis capabilities.

Perform Safe for Flight release of fighter aircraft for delivery operations. Analyze open defects / discrepancies to determine airworthiness.

• F-35 Delivery Operations Quality liaison between Production and DCMA Teams in multiple build areas.
• Directly responsible for conducting surveillance audits for compliance to the F-35 Quality Management Plan.
• Building and Maintaining professional working relationships with teams across the F-35 program including Production, DCMA, Engineering, Production Planning & Control (PP&C) and Q&MS colleagues.
• Develop and implement inspection plans, procedures and tools that effectively detect product defects.
• Analyzing and interpreting data and metrics in a manner that leads to actionable intelligence and continuous improvement.
• Support Action Requests (AR) and associated Field Service Reports (FSR) from field customers, participate in Corrective Action Request (CAR) activities, and process Quality Assurance Record (QAR) functions that address product nonconformances, Lost Tools and FOD incidents.

What’s In It For You

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy :

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work / life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition

Fort Worth, TX

This position is in Fort Worth, TX

Desired skills

Associate degree in aviation, manufacturing, management, leadership, or related discipline

Experience with Product-Quality methods either from the quality or manufacturing perspective

Experience exercising Aircraft "Safe for Flight Release" or "Exceptional Release" certification.

Fighter or bomber aircraft maintenance and sortie (flight) generation experience

Experience managing FOD incident, Lost Tool, mishap, and product nonconformance investigations

Ability to effectively navigate complex product and process-related requirements to validate nonconformances and develop corrective actions in coordination with DCMA and Production colleagues.

Experience with Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) or similar Aircraft maintenance management Systems, Shop Floor Manager (SFM) or similar manufacturing system, Product Data Management (PDM) or similar engineering database, Quality Assurance Documentation System (QADS) or similar system.