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Senior Quality Assurance Technician

DRS Technologies
  • West Plains, MO
  • Autofill and Review
15 days ago

Job Description

Job ID: 115650

The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business is a recognized leader in the design and integration of complex technologies into new and legacy systems and platforms for global military and commercial customers. We are a 6 year running Top Workplace in the Greater St. Louis area.

  • Business Unit: Land Systems

Location: West Plains, MO

Career Functional Area: Quality

Telework Type: No Telework

Relocation Available: No Relocation Benefit available

Type: Full-Time

Schedule: 4/10 (Monday- Thursday)

Shift: 1st Shfit (6:00am- 4:30pm)

Job Summary

Job Responsibilities

  • Responsible for executing complex inspection and verification activities, supporting advanced measurement and tool/fixture certification work, and mentoring junior technicians.
  • Applies deeper print interpretation, supports data collection for trending and effectiveness verification, and provides day-to-day technical support to manufacturing/test while partnering closely with Quality Engineering.
  • Execute complex inspections requiring multi-step setups, tighter tolerances, and more detailed print interpretation; ensure repeatable methods and objective evidence.
  • Support first article inspections/startup verification and in-process verification for critical characteristics; escalate instability conditions per reaction plans.
  • Support tool/fixture certification execution including data collection, verification, and preparation of certification packages; identify method risks and escalate.
  • Collect measurement and defect data to support QE-led trending, root cause analysis, and verification-of-effectiveness activities.
  • Lead containment execution at the floor level (scope confirmation, verification checks, documentation) under Supervisor/QE direction.
  • Mentor and coach QT I-II technicians; support qualification sign-offs as delegated.
  • Provide technical support to Assembly/Test/Inspection personnel including workmanship improvement feedback and inspection method consistency.

Job Responsibilities Part II

Qualifications

  • Requires an associate's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience in the field or in a related area
  • Must demonstrate strong decision-making and leadership skills.
  • Experienced handling small delicate components, using ESD practices
  • Soldering and wire bonding experience a plus.
  • Must be experienced in the safe handling of chemicals.
  • Experienced in the use of various computer applications, including Access, Excel, and Labview.
  • Experience with MRP a plus.
  • Must have good mechanical skills

Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 4/10 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.

  • Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only

Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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Our Vision. To be the leading mid-tier defense technology company in the U.S.

Our Values. The Leonardo DRS culture is defined by our Core Values and Principles:

  • Integrity
  • Agility
  • Excellence
  • Customer Focus
  • Community & Respect
  • Innovation

We strive to uphold them in all aspects of our business practices to inspire our employees and provide outstanding support for our customers.

Nearest Major Market: Springfield

Numbers & Facts

LocationWest Plains, MO
IndustryAerospace and Defense
Company Size5,000 to 9,999 employees
Websitehttp://www.drs.com/

About Company

DRS Technologies, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. Focused on defense technology, the Company develops, manufactures and supports a broad range of systems for mission critical and military sustainment requirements, as well as homeland security.

The Company has been recognized as one of the fastest growing defense technology companies in the world and holds leading market positions in thermal imaging devices, combat display workstations, electronic sensor systems, power systems, rugged computer systems, air combat training systems, mission recorders, deployable flight incident recorders, environmental control systems, telecommunication systems, aircraft loaders, military trailers and shelters, and integrated logistics and support services.

DRS's broad range of mission critical systems and sustainment solutions uniquely position the Company to support the ongoing superiority of the military's Current Force, as well as the modernization and emerging transformation initiatives of the Future Force.

DRS responds to the needs of U.S. and allied military forces, as they engage in day-to-day expeditionary activities, by providing high-tech products and systems that improve the capabilities of many key platforms. The Company also provides a range of military support systems and services. DRS's products are deployed on a wide range of high-profile military platforms and on several platforms for non-military applications.

Our sustainment products, such as environmental control systems, power generators, water and fuel distribution systems, chemical/biological decontamination systems and heavy equipment transport systems, are used to support military forces, humanitarian efforts and peacekeeping. We also provide security and asset protection systems and services, telecommunication and information technology services, training and logistics support services for all branches of the U.S. armed forces and certain international militaries, homeland security forces, and select government and intelligence agencies.

DRS strives to provide quality products and services and stand behind them, to invest in research and development and new market opportunities, and to leverage existing core defense programs and business areas.

Skills

  • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
  • Assemblers Technologyunmatched
  • Business Practicesunmatched
  • Coachingunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Data Collectionunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Insuranceunmatched
  • LabVIEW Programming Languageunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Militaryunmatched
  • Qt GUI (Graphical User Interface) Toolkitunmatched
  • Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • Quality Engineeringunmatched
  • Risk Analysisunmatched
  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Solderingunmatched
  • Startupunmatched
  • Technical Supportunmatched
  • Telemedicineunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Trend Analysisunmatched
  • Wire Bondingunmatched

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