The Opportunity

Join Boeing Defence Australia as a Quality System Specialist on the iconic E-7 Wedgetail program. As the E-7 Wedgetail quality team is growing, this key role offers the opportunity to ensure our platform meets the highest quality, safety, and regulatory standards by working closely with the wider E-7 team, suppliers, customers, and leadership.

This position is ideal for a professional with strong interpersonal skills, a proactive and systematic approach to ensuring products, services, and processes meet rigorous quality, safety, and regulatory standards, and the resilience to excel in high-pressure environments.

You will:

• Review proposals, contracts, and regulatory requirements to ensure early quality involvement in program development.
• Develop, maintain, and deploy quality directives, policies, processes, procedures, and metrics aligned with program, customer, regulatory, and international standards.
• Analyse process data and metrics to identify root causes of issues and collaborate with stakeholders to implement preventive or corrective actions.
• Conduct research and analyse performance reports and process control statistics to drive continuous process improvement.
• Conduct audits at hardware, software, and system levels to verify compliance with quality management standards and regulatory requirements.

 Note: These are some of the key responsibilities and not an exhaustive list of all tasks associated with this role.

Required Experience

• Minimum 3 years' experience in quality assurance or quality systems, aviation, engineering, or related field.
• Tertiary qualification in engineering, aviation, quality, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven ability to perform root cause analysis, implement corrective/preventive actions, and drive continuous process improvements.
• Analytical problem-solver with data-driven decision-making capability.
• Lead auditor qualifications or a wiliness to obtain upon commencement.

Desirable Experience

• Ability to read electrical schematics and engineering drawings.
• Experience in conducting hardware, software, and system-level audits. 
• Experience in data analysis and managing nonconformances.
• Familiarity with quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001, AS9110) and regulatory requirements are highly desirable.
• Previous experience in the defence sector or having worked for a defence contractor.

Australian citizenship is required, with eligibility for Defence security clearance 

About us

Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) is shaping the future of Australian aerospace by delivering some of the nation's most important capabilities to the Australian Defence Force. BDA currently employs more than 3,000 people across 14 sites in Australia and three international locations and have a range of opportunities available as we plan for future growth.

What's on offer?

We are a business that evolves by encouraging our people to grow, so you will bring a mindset, behaviour and skills to improve the business, processes and yourself. This will see you thrive and achieve the organisation goals whilst being focused on your personal development through formal and informal learning.

We value the health and wellbeing of our employees and offer true flexibility including working from home, compressed work weeks, and opportunities for part time arrangements, allowing you to balance your career with what is important to you outside of work. We will celebrate your successes and achievements with a formal reward and recognition program and employee awards.

Other benefits

• Work on cutting edge projects;
• Attractive remuneration and annual bonus;
• Formal mentoring and training as well as on the job learning;
• Access discounts for health insurance, travel and accommodation;
• Paid study leave, parental leave, Defence leave and First Nation's Cultural Leave;
• Salary packaging options available;
• Health and wellbeing benefits including annual flu vaccinations and Employee Assistance Program;
• Join social and community groups; and
• We explore opportunities to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs and initiatives focusing on STEM engagements.

Boeing Defence Australia works with strong links to our global Boeing community and encourage collaboration with our USA and international counterparts. Boeing aims to build and strengthen meaningful relationships with individuals, communities and suppliers to benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with the support of our Reconciliation Action Plan.

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