Quality Engineer 3 (New Iberia, LA) 27486

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Date: Mar 5, 2026

Location: Fort Johnson, LA, Louisiana, United States

Company: HII's Mission Technologies division

Requisition Number: 27486 

Required Travel: 26 - 50%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $80,080.00 - $114,400.00 

Security Clearance: Ability to Obtain 

Level of Experience: Mid 
 

 

This opportunity resides with Uncrewed Systems (UxS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Uncrewed Systems comprises unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomy software.

HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
 

 

 

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

 

To learn more about Mission Technologies, click here for a short video: https://vimeo.com/732533072

Come Join HII! Where hard stuff is done right!

This position will be located in New Iberia, LA 

HII Unmanned Systems is seeking an experienced candidate to come join our team! As our new Supplier Quality Engineer, you will:

  • Oversee all aspects of the Quality Management System (QMS) as it applies to our Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) programs.
  • Collaborate with the Sub-contract Management Team to ensure sub-contractor Statement of Work (SOW) quality requirements are defined and subsequently met.
  • Collaborate with design teams to ensure quality assurance and control requirements are accounted for as early in program lifecycle as possible.
  • Conduct supplier and sub-contractor audits to ensure compliant performance, drive process standardization, waste elimination, and continuous improvement.
  • Travel to supplier locations to ensure quality requirement clarity, conduct capability or quality risk assessments, and/or resolve quality problems.
  • Travel to other HII sites to lead quality improvement initiatives and/or quality assurance assessments as it relates to USV programs
  • Collaborate with other mission partners, both across HII as well as external strategic partners, to ensure a robust USV quality program. 
  • Work with purchasing to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported and that appropriate and timely corrective actions are implemented.
  • Maintain and update critical supplier audit system and schedule.
  • Monitor, communicate and improve key supply chain KPI’s, including Supplier OTD (Past due), DPPM and waste.
  • Establish specific short / long term supplier quality goals.
  • Champion problem solving and root cause analysis activities with suppliers and customers to eliminate recurrence of non‐conformances.
  • Work to resolve supplier technical issues in a timely manner to ensure continuity of supply.
  • Develop long‐term supplier relationships and generate and implement cost reduction ideas.
  • Strategically lead supplier performance improvement projects to increase the supplier capability of consistently meeting our requirements. Projects may include process analysis, value stream mapping, process capability and throughput analysis, 6‐Sigma, 5S and Kaizen events.
  • Communicate engineering and manufacturing specifications to supplier technical teams.
  • Actively manage suppliers to ensure there are no regressions with the implementation of new processes.
  • Aide in the new, probationary and rejected supplier transition processes.
  • Assure compliance to all applicable legal requirements pertaining to the environmental aspects and impacts.
  • Work to help achieve the performance goals established in the environmental measurement areas.
  • Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any non‐conformities relating to product, process, and quality systems.
  • Identify and record any problems relating to the product process and quality system, Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions.

What you will be doing.....

Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. Collaborates with engineering laboratory and production functions to ensure quality standards are in place. Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess control and manage risks of product quality and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications. Audits quality systems for development acceptance criteria (parameters based on product result). May undertake root cause analysis of incidents requiring corrective action. Ensures that corrective measures and deviation meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements. May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality. May be certified in lean and six-sigma quality methodologies and utilize quality tools to help drive continuous improvement.

What we are looking for...

  • 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a goverment clearance and be willing to do up to 30% travel
  • Must have strong verbal and written communication skills, work well with diverse groups of people and be able to function independently of direct supervision.
  • Must have shipyard construction or quality oversight of boat fabrication experience.
  • Must be willing to travel to sub-contractor sites, supplier locations, and alternate HII facilities.
  • Preference for experience or certification in weld inspections.
  • Preference for experience in US Coast Guard (USCG) and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) governed environments associated with naval/commercial ships.
  • Preference for experience in ISO 9000 or AS9100 manufacturing environment.  #LI-MH1

Bonus Points for...

  • Understanding of project management and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) requirements.
  • Knowledge of various quality system methodologies 8D, Lean, 5 Why’s, Pareto Analysis, Six Sigma, 8-D, DFMEA, PFEMA, PPAP, etc.

Physical Requirements

May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.

HII is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

 

Why HII
We build the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

 

Recognized as one of America’s top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you’ll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

 

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

 

Do You Need Assistance? 
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.