Defense - Hardware Variability Control

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Key Accountabilities:

• Creates measurement plans from engineering drawings that use photogrammetry, laser trackers, articulating arms, or other metrology 3-D instruments to measure assemblies and subassemblies
• Uses computer-aided designs (CAD) graphic user interface software for design
• Set up and operate 3-D metrology instruments to check overall and detailed alignment, fit, or adjustment of assemblies
• Develop training for performing 3-D measurements
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products
• Performs statistical analysis to assess, characterize, control, and manage risks of product quality and associated use conditions and non-conformances
• Ensures that corrective measures and deviations meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements
• Perform root cause analysis of incidents requiring corrective action

Required Qualifications:

• 5-9+ years ofrelated experience
• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance
• Successful candidates must be able to secure Program Access approval
• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• STEM background
• Associate's Degree or higher in a technical field
• Experience with measurement specific software tools (i.e. Spatial Analyzer, Polyworks, Verisurf, Metrology, etc.)
• Hands-on measurement experience in a Lab and Production environment
• Experience with photogrammetry, laser trackers, articulating arms, or other metrology 3-D measurement instruments
• Experience withCATIA, Enovia, 3-D Experience andSAP
• Knowledge/experience with CAD software, such as CATIA and NX
• Knowledge/experience with measurement software such as Spatial Analyzer
• Able to follow complex instructions accurately
• Able to properly use and care for precision measurement equipment
• Able to approach an issue with a logical framework
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience working at elevated heights on ladders, scaffolding and tooling
• Experience safely climbing up and down ladders, scaffolding and tooling

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems' Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.