Quality Systems Specialist

Title: Quality Systems Specialist

Location: Austin, Texas, 78702, United States

Department: Support

Job Description:

Jeppesen ForeFlight is currently looking for a Quality Systems Specialist to join their team in the United States. A successful candidate will serve as an independent quality consultant providing end to end quality management support to all management levels in the company, across product teams, and functional organizations at all locations. Primary assignments are activities that require knowledge of the quality discipline. This is a hybrid role, requiring 2-3 days in the Austin, TX office per week. Candidates must live in Austin, TX metro area. 

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Leads the introduction and/or maturation of new and/or existing quality management systems and their successful re-/certification(s)


• Ability to independently develop solutions to a variety of complex problems by using established policies, and procedures


• Creates and provides education and coaching on Corporate Quality Services (e.g., audits and compliance, investigations, improvement, embedded services, corrective action, documented information) and quality management principles


• Develops metrics providing quantitative measures regarding process health and capability to enable the business to make decisions based on facts


• Performs audits (i.e. product, system, and process) to determine conformance with standards (e.g., ISO 9001, RTCA DO-200B/ ED-76A), regulatory and customer requirements. Represents internal customer during external audits


• Works with higher level management to determine need for and implement process improvements impacting multiple organizations and locations for continual improvement


• Conducts non-conformance investigations to determine root cause and follow-up on resolution to ensure completion of corrective and preventive actions. Coordinates the reporting and provides trend analysis for non-conformance incidences


• Continuously seeks to expand and improve personal knowledge in the area of quality management best practices  Assists in the development and promotes adoption of new processes or changes to existing processes


• 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


 

 

 

 

 

 

  Basic Qualifications:

 

• 6+ years of experience implementing and/or maintaining a quality management system


• 3+ years of experience utilizing process improvement and problem-solving methodologies


• Experience using or applying metrics to measure performance to ensure high quality delivery

 

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• ISO-9001:2015  and/or ISO 27001:2022 Lead Auditor certification is highly desired


• Experience working with RTCA DO-200B/ED-76A and AC 20-153B is highly desired


• Certified Quality Auditor or other professional certifications highly desired


• Six Sigma Green Belt highly desired


 

 

 

About Jeppesen ForeFlight

 

Jeppesen ForeFlight is a leading provider of innovative aviation software solutions, serving the Commercial, Business, Military, and General Aviation sectors globally. Combining Jeppesen’s 90-year legacy of accurate aeronautical data with ForeFlight’s expertise in cutting-edge aviation technology, the company delivers an integrated suite of tools designed to enhance safety, improve operational efficiency, and sharpen decision-making.

 

 

 

 

 

Why You Should Join

 

At Jeppesen ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees, and we empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. We strive to provide our team and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but not limited to the following:

 

 

• Medical, dental, vision insurance with Employer paid health premiums


• Open PTO Policy


• 401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting


• 12 Weeks Paid Parent Leave


• Flight Training Rewards

 

 

 

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well market and business considerations: Summary Pay Range: $100,000-$130,000

 

 

 

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