Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

This position is part of the Rotary and Mission Systems business area, where employees across Canada support engineering, systems integration, training, sustainment and in-service support programs for Canadian and international military customers across land, air and sea.

Specific Job Description:

We’re looking for a detail-oriented individual to join our team and support and ensure our products meet the highest standards of functionality, reliability and performance.

• You will develop and implement program quality plans, and procedures using statistical quality control data, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses
• Ensures that program documentation and records are compliant with contractual requirements
• Interacts with Program Management and Subcontractor Management organizations for related QA activities
• Audits Lockheed Martin Canada and external providers' Quality Management System for workmanship, deficiencies, effective corrective actions, and validation of compliance to company’s management system and compliance to ISO 9001:2015. Generates and reviews audit reports for completeness and conformity to quality management system requirements
• Assists with external audits at LM Canada sites
• Reviews, analyzes and reports on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems
• Investigates problems and develops disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies. Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met
• Ensures that corrective action measures are effective and meet acceptable reliability standards
• Supports CMS (Combat Management System) 330 Tech Refresh and engineering support and in-service support contracts
• Supports Harbor Acceptance Trials and Sea Acceptance Trials.

Required skills, qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or diploma in a related field
• Experience in Quality Management Systems (e.g., AS9100 / ISO9001:2015)
• Experience with CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Model
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, processes and best practices
• Works well both in a team setting and independently
• Good communicator with excellent writing and computer skills; must be effective within all organizational levels, both internally and externally
• Manufacturing / Production experience with Canadian military product, systems, specifications, and critical inspection processes
• Experience in implementation of continuous improvement initiatives to achieve program and/or company objectives.

Desired skills, qualifications and experience:

• AS9100 or 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Certification
• Experience working at shipyards
• Experience with the Department of National Defence
• Experience working with JIRA software and Confluence collaborative workspace
• Experience in the following standards:
• ISO/IEC 90003:2018, ‘Software Engineering - Guidelines for the Application of ISO 9001 to Computer Software'
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015, Systems and Software Engineering -- System Life Cycle Processes
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.1-2014, Standard for Application of Systems Engineering on Defense Programs
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289:2015, Systems and software engineering - Content of life-cycle information products (documentation)
• NIST SP 800-160 Vol. 1 Rev 1, Systems Security Engineering - Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure System
• Experience working in QA software role or similar software development lifecycle role (including requirements analysis, design, code, integration and test).