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Quality Engineer (Build Reliability Engineer) 2nd Shift - Millennium Space Systems

The Boeing Company

El Segundo, CAFull-time$107–193K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$107–193K/yr
Location
El Segundo, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

The Quality Engineer (Build Reliability Engineer) identifies, resolves, and eliminates spacecraft and product manufacturing quality issues. The role partners with design and manufacturing teams to improve hardware reliability and initiates corrective actions. It supports product development and production, develops quality plans and inspection processes, investigates failures, and advances continuous improvement. The team is hiring at Level 3–4, and the position requires travel up to 20% of the time.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Manufacturing Quality EngineeringMechanical ManufacturingAvionics ManufacturingAssembly ProcessesTesting ProcessesInspection ProcessesDrawing InterpretationSpecification InterpretationAS9100Interpersonal SkillsCollaborationProcess ControlsLean PrinciplesMeasurement Systems AnalysisDesign of ExperimentsStatistical Process ControlRoot Cause AnalysisCorrective ActionAdvanced Product Quality PlanningMetrologyPFMEAControl PlansProblem SolvingMechanical AssembliesComposite SystemsFluid Component AssemblyComposite LaminationCNC MachiningFormingBendingBondingDrillingFasteningAvionics IntegrationFluid Pressure TestingWelding

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Related4+ Years Manufacturing or Quality EngineeringMaster's in Engineering or RelatedUS CitizenshipSecurity Clearance EligibilityConflict of Interest Assessment

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Quality Engineer (Build Reliability Engineer) 2nd Shift - Millennium Space Systems

Company: Millennium Space Systems

Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation.

Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.

Job Summary

The Quality Engineer (Build Reliability Engineer) will be responsible for identifying, resolving, and eliminating spacecraft and product manufacturing quality issues. You will be a key partner with both design and manufacturing, driving the teams and the hardware to higher levels of reliability. This position will also be responsible for initiating corrective actions with our manufacturing and engineering teams.

This position's internal job code is Quality Engineer. Our team is currently hiring for a Level 3-4.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Responsible partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams through product development and production to create quality plans for flight hardware, including identification of key characteristics, prototype testing for functionality and manufacturability, first article and detailed inspection planning, and consideration of past failures and lessons learned
  • Develop, implement and validate Lean test and inspection processes for new and existing products and process, ensuring that criteria are objective and that quality goals are consistently met
  • Monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp-up using a suite of quality and analysis tools
  • Conduct regular build quality reviews to ensure that design intent is achieved and well-communicated; identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in designs and processes to improve manufacturability, collaborating with integrated product teams to drive improvements and address high-impact and repeating non-conformances
  • Investigate failures in production, test and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes in order to reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes
  • Contain suspect or known non-conforming product, providing guidance to quality inspectors, technicians, shop supervisors and engineers to assist in quarantining and rework activities
  • Support the shop floor in continuous improvement and the advancing of a Lean, autonomous production system through creation of standard rework/repair guides, removal of redundant or unnecessary inspection, and improved control and optimization of critical processes

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
  • 4+ years of experience in a manufacturing or quality engineering role
  • Knowledge of mechanical and avionics product manufacturing, assembly, test and inspection processes
  • Ability to read drawings, interpret specifications, and provide technical input to assembly and test procedures
  • Intermediate knowledge of AS9100 quality standards
  • This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. A final U.S. clearance Post Start is required

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, enthusiasm for the team’s spirit of innovation and mission of improving reliability in cutting-edge technology
  • Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, or electrical engineering
  • Demonstrated application of process controls in high volume manufacturing, test, and quality environment
  • Dedicated to adopting a Lean approach to quality without compromising safety or reliability
  • Knowledge of quality tools such as Lean principles, measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, advanced product quality planning (APQP), metrology, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem-solving approaches
  • Experience developing or supporting any of the following products/processes
  • Complex mechanical/structural assemblies
  • Advanced composites systems
  • Fluid component/valve assembly
  • Pre-preg lamination/curing composites
  • CNC machining, forming, bending
  • Bonding, drilling, fastening and other assembly manufacturing processes
  • Avionics integration and testing
  • Fluid system pressure testing
  • Welding (OTW)

Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Drug Free Workplace: Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.

Additional Information:

  • This position requires travel up to 20% of the time

Total Rewards: At Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, 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.

Millennium Space Systems 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: Level 3: $107,100 - $157,500 Level 4: $130,900 - $192,500

Millennium is DDTC-registered, ITAR-compliant Company. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance. Additionally, applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance. We encourage all interested candidates to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified.

Language Requirements: Not Applicable

Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement: 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.

Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive 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. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift: Shift 2 (United States of America)

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,934 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$107–193K/yr
  • California median$110–165K/yr335 salary ranges
  • US median$90–149K/yr1,841 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $150K, is 8% above the California median midpoint ($138K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 414 open Quality Engineer jobs in California and 2,934 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,379 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,693 of the 2,934 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 4, 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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