Quality Tech IV

Job Description

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BAE Systems is looking for a Quality Engineering Technician (QE Tech) to join our innovative prototype facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

In this dynamic role, you will be at the heart of our development process, working closely with Quality Management, Operations, and Engineering to validate compliance with technical drawings and contractual quality requirements. You will play a critical role in ensuring the precision of our Prototype Network products by operating portable Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) for both component and assembly-level inspections.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Precision Inspection: Perform detailed dimensional, data, and visual inspections across a wide variety of prototype products and processes, including manufacturing, assembly, test, and receiving.
• Collaborative Support: Act as a key resource on the prototype shop floor, collaborating with multiple internal customers to solve problems in real-time.
• Safety First: Uphold the highest safety standards and consistently utilize required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to ensure a secure working environment.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Typically requires a High School diploma and three years Quality related experience, or the overall equivalent;
• Must be capable in performing inspection duties to quality requirements, and inspection instructions;
• Experienced in GD&T, with knowledge and expertise in blueprint interpretation;
• Knowledge and hands-on experience using measurement and test equipment and familiar with calibration recall processes to ensure product conformance;
• Expertise setting up, programming, and operating a portable coordinate measuring machine (probe, laser tracker and scan);
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, to effectively liaison, interface, and collaborate with engineers, shop technicians, procurement, management, and the customer pertaining to product and process issues;
• Ability to generate concise problem description of non-conforming situations with detail and accuracy;
• Competency to create non-conformance documentation in accordance with company policy and procedure(s);
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment (prototype preferred), and specifically, with fully integrated systems;
• Must be capable of working both independently and in a team environment (shop technicians, engineering, DCMA, management, supply chain);
• Must be comfortable working in, around, and on large equipment;
• Capable of performing shop-process and product inspections / audits including:
  • Fabrication / machining
  • Manufactured parts
  • Receiving and surface plate
  • Packing/shipping verification
• Computer skills to include MS Office and related industry software applications. (Experience with Polyworks software preferred.);
• Must be able to uphold safety policies and procedures, including PPE requirements and Job Safe Practices.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience with calibration gage tooling recall;
• End item assembly / integration;
• Electrical harness and component inspection;
• Computer tools experience (Oracle, TIPQA, etc).

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $66017 - $105628

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 Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

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.