
Manufacturing Quality Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Bloomington, MNFull-time$99–110K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
General Dynamics Mission Systems seeks a Manufacturing Quality Engineer to design, implement, and maintain quality assurance protocols, conduct inspections, analyze production data, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure compliance with standards and support national defense missions.
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Job Duties
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus 6 months relevant experience.
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. Citizenship is required.
Responsibilities for this Position
General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Manufacturing Quality Engineer. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nation's core defense/intelligence services and systems. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
Designs, implements, and maintains quality assurance protocols and methods for processing materials into partially finished or finished products
Designs methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of production processes, production equipment and finished products
Performs analysis of reports and production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to quality standards and procedures when necessary
Reviews Documents/Drawings/Instructions for conformance to requirements
Compares defects against standards and recommends dispositions, and verifies implementation of rework
Collects, organizes and analyzes project data, generates and/or reviews metrics
Performs audits, assigns corrective action, and verifies implementation
Participates in project reviews and meetings including technical design reviews, technical peer reviews
Verifies compliance to defined requirements
Witnesses and or monitors test activities
Receives instructions from immediate supervisor
Contact with multiple work groups
Works under general supervision
Interfaces with various engineering disciplines, manufacturing, program management, and other quality personnel
Some contact with project leaders and other professionals within the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality departments
Works as an individual technical contributor on one or multiple project
Participates as an active member of the project team
Interfaces with customer representatives
Provides resolution to problems of moderate scope
Travel may be required
Security clearance may be required
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Very solid knowledge of engineering (i.e., software, electrical, systems, etc) methodologies, tools, and standards
Very solid knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, CMMI, ISO 14001ASME, ANSI, EIA, etc.
Very solid knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Very solid written and verbal communications skills
Ability to think creatively
Ability to multi-task
Very solid skills in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
Very solid ability to clearly recognize and report relevant to sound quality engineering practices
Very solid knowledge of interpretation of drawings
Very solid skills in reviewing documents/drawings/instructions for conformance to requirements techniques
Very solid skills in reporting quality activities, findings, and issues both in writing and verbally
Very solid interpersonal skills
Very solid knowledge of use of relevant inspection/measurement tools and techniques
Very solid computer skills, both desktop software and required factory or engineering tools
Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
Experience with the following:
First Article Inspections
Root Cause Tools
Corrective Action Initiatives
Process Improvement
Stock Sweeps
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Target salary range: USD $98,759.00/Yr. - USD $109,560.00/Yr.
Company Overview
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
General Dynamics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. EOE/Disability/Veteran
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Experience Required
2 - 20 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$11.41 / Hourly
Postal Code
55431
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
2026-75226
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 2,960 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$99–110K/yr
- Minnesota median$85–120K/yr93 salary ranges
- US median$90–149K/yr1,884 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is close to the Minnesota median midpoint ($103K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 121 open Quality Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 2,960 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Actalent14 open
- Boston Scientific8 open
- General Dynamics Mission Systems (this employer)8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,345 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,729 of the 2,960 open Quality Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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