Posted today
Top Secret
$83,300 - $112,700
Unspecified
Everett, WA (On-Site/Office)
Job Description
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Systems Specialist to join our KC-46 Quality team in Everette, WA or Tukwila, WA.
This position will play a mission-critical role ensuring the safety, reliability, and global readiness of the Air Force's next-generation refueling tanker. Bring your engineering rigor and systems thinking to a high-visibility defense program where your hands-on technical expertise and cross-functional leadership will directly impact aircrew safety, fleet performance, and on-time delivery. Lead quality innovation-driving root-cause fixes, supplier excellence, drawing reviews, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), process surveillances, and MECR (Manufacturing Engineering Change Request) approvals-to implement world-class quality systems and continuous improvement across the KC-46 lifecycle. If you thrive on rigor, stakeholder collaboration, and making measurable impact, your attention to detail and passion for aerospace quality will directly enable mission success for warfighters around the globe.
Position Responsibilities:
A typical work day will have a variety subjects but not limited to:
Skills needed for success in this role:
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Travel:
Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies .
Total Rewards:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range:
$83,300 - $112,700
Applications for this position will be accepted until Mar. 06, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details:
US based job, US Person required
Relocation
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Systems Specialist to join our KC-46 Quality team in Everette, WA or Tukwila, WA.
This position will play a mission-critical role ensuring the safety, reliability, and global readiness of the Air Force's next-generation refueling tanker. Bring your engineering rigor and systems thinking to a high-visibility defense program where your hands-on technical expertise and cross-functional leadership will directly impact aircrew safety, fleet performance, and on-time delivery. Lead quality innovation-driving root-cause fixes, supplier excellence, drawing reviews, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), process surveillances, and MECR (Manufacturing Engineering Change Request) approvals-to implement world-class quality systems and continuous improvement across the KC-46 lifecycle. If you thrive on rigor, stakeholder collaboration, and making measurable impact, your attention to detail and passion for aerospace quality will directly enable mission success for warfighters around the globe.
Position Responsibilities:
- Assists in review of proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements to prepare quality assurance plans and tests for hardware and software products, processes and services
- Maintains Quality directives, policies, processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed using established procedures
- Collects and verifies data to support the identification of root cause routine problems
- Provides ideas and concepts for corrective action development
- Supports quality source selection and process reviews of suppliers' ability to meet program quality requirements
- Assists with hardware, software and system level audits to determine compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, related business, regulatory and customer requirements
- Documents audit results in standard formats
- Compiles data and provides recommendations for material review disposition
- Works under general supervision
A typical work day will have a variety subjects but not limited to:
- Work on a dynamic team supporting KC46 Quality
- Participate reviews of the designs, prototypes, and other requirements work products to ensure they fulfill the requirements.
- Perform project tasks that meet identified requirements by application of, or in accordance with, accepted project management standards in the industry (e.g., PMI, Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK], ANSI, and ISO standards)
Skills needed for success in this role:
- Ability to analyze processes, systems and data to identify function requirements for application or system design
- Skill at defining and prioritizing critical requirements
- Ability to bridge business goals, user needs and feasibility when designing future system solutions.
- Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate complex decision making
- Ability to lead from within a team
- Develops Quality criteria to support supplier selection activities. Leads various reviews to ensure quality attributes are incorporated into product designs.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- More than 1 year experience analyzing processes, applications, systems and data to identify functional requirements for application or system design
- Knowledge in technical content management discipline and/or process
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
- Project management experience and credentials desired
- Experience in changing process writings desired
- Factory experience preferred (Manufacturing or Quality)
- Experience working with AS9100 and/or similar QMS standard
Travel:
Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest assessment process
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies .
Total Rewards:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range:
$83,300 - $112,700
Applications for this position will be accepted until Mar. 06, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details:
US based job, US Person required
Relocation
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
group id: 10117050
N
