Program Quality Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-05
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics -
Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Engineering, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Program Quality Engineer
Firehawk Aerospace is pioneering the development of additively manufactured rocket propulsion systems, combining advanced manufacturing techniques with innovative engineering to deliver safer, more reliable, and cost-effective solutions for aerospace and defense. We are seeking a talented Program Quality Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of rocket motor manufacturing.
As a Program Quality Engineer at Firehawk Aerospace, you will be responsible for executing quality assurance activities in support of development and production programs. This role serves as the primary quality interface for assigned programs, ensuring compliance with AS9100, customer contractual requirements, regulatory standards, and internal quality management system processes. This role works closely with Supplier Quality, Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to ensure product conformity, support issue resolution, and promote continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include acting as the primary quality representative for assigned programs from contract review through production and sustainment, ensuring compliance with AS9100, customer flow-down requirements, regulatory standards, and internal QMS procedures. You will support quality planning activities, review and approve AS9102 FAI reports, deviation requests, and nonconformance dispositions, participate in design and production readiness reviews to identify and mitigate quality risks, lead or support customer escape investigations using structured problem-solving tools to drive effective corrective and preventive actions, analyze quality metrics and audit results to identify trends and implement continuous improvement initiatives, support internal, customer, and regulatory audits with required documentation and expertise, develop and maintain quality procedures, work instructions, and related documentation, and provide technical guidance and support to junior quality engineers and cross-functional teams.
Basic qualifications include a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline, minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in aerospace and defense manufacturing, proven ability to work independently and lead cross-functional initiatives, demonstrated experience in a program quality role, including MRB participation and authority, strong working knowledge of GD&T, experience with AS9100 / ISO 9001 and aerospace and defense customer requirements, ability to interpret engineering drawings, industry and military specifications, and contractual requirements, experience using structured problem-solving methodologies, strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer and supplier interaction, and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Work requirements include a combination of office and manufacturing floor.
Firehawk Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Addison, TX Onsite Full Time
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