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Quality Engineer I

BAE Systems

Nashua, NHFull-time$65–110K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$65–110K/yr
Location
Nashua, NH
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

BAE Systems seeks an early-career Quality Engineer to support the THAAD program in its Precision Strike business area. The role focuses on ensuring compliant products through requirements flow-down and compliance, with support for production builds, product acceptance, customer sell-off, first article inspection, and manufacturing quality. A background in production programs will benefit the candidate.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Drawing Interpretation, requiredSpecification Interpretation, requiredCommunication, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredTeamwork, requiredIndependent Work, requiredQuality Assurance Engineering, nice to haveProduction Processing, nice to haveProcess Definition, nice to haveRework and Repair, nice to haveLean Six Sigma, nice to haveDefense Contracting, nice to haveComplex Electronic Assembly Manufacturing, nice to haveFirst Article Inspection, nice to haveCustomer Requirements Flow-Down, nice to haveProduct Acceptance Presentation, nice to haveDocumentation Package Preparation, nice to haveHardware Inspection, nice to haveQuality Management Systems, nice to haveQuality Auditing, nice to haveConfiguration Control, nice to haveRoot Cause Corrective Action, nice to have

Qualifications

Engineering or Technical Bachelor's, requiredGreen Belt or Black Belt, nice to haveActive Secret Clearance, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

Are you inspired to join an organization with a strong culture, that s focused on ensuring we are hearing all voices, being brilliant on the basics, and developing our teams and leaders? BAE systems puts our customers first exemplified by our missions: We Protect Those Who Protect Us

BAE Systems Precision Strike (PS) business area is seeking an early career Quality Engineer to support the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring BAE Systems builds compliant product to our customers. Requirements flow down and compliance will play a significant part of everyday life. An understanding of production programs will benefit you in this role.

Responsibilities in this role will include support to the production build process, product acceptance and customer sell off, first article inspection, as well as additional quality support of production manufacturing.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • In pursuit of an Engineering or Technical Bachelor's degree with a targeted graduation date of Dec 2026 or current Engineering or Technical Bachelor's degree

  • Ability to read, interpret and understand a drawing, print and specification

  • Communication in a clear, concise and professional manner with multiple customers in different organizations, functions and the US Government

  • Interpersonal communication is verbal and written formats

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications including word, excel, power point

  • Ability to learn BAE Systems software and data management programs

  • Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplined team

  • Ability to work independently with little to no oversight

  • Producing high quality work in a face paced, dynamic work environment

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Prior Quality Assurance Engineering experience

  • Production Hardware and Software processing

  • Program process definition and documentation

  • Rework and Repair processing

  • Support to Production manufacturing

  • Lean Six Sigma tools

  • Green Belt/ Black Belt experience or certification

  • Hands on experience in a Defense Contracting Environment

  • Preferred active secret clearance

  • Familiarity with the following:

  • Manufacturing of complex electronic assemblies

  • First Article Inspection (FAI) AS9102

  • Customer Requirements and flow down into program execution and tasking

  • Presentation of product to customer for acceptance/ "sell off"

  • Preparation of documentation packages for customer review

  • Hardware Inspection Criteria

  • Quality Management Systems (AS9100)

  • AS9145 - Advanced Product Quality Program

  • Quality Auditing

  • Configuration Control and Hardware Configuration Reporting

  • Participation Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) activities

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $64926 - $110374

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,845 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$65–110K/yr
  • New Hampshire median$90–142K/yr20 salary ranges
  • US median$90–149K/yr1,869 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $88K, is 27% below the New Hampshire median midpoint ($120K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineer salary ranges in New Hampshire.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 32 open Quality Engineer jobs in New Hampshire and 2,845 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Hampshire
Experience
Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (2,307 postings).
Education
1,648 of the 2,845 open Quality Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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