Sr Quality Engineer

• Pay or shift range: $90,000 USD to $112,000 USD The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

About CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense

CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is focused on the design, development, and manufacture of specialty fluid and motion control products for demanding aerospace and defense applications. CIRCOR products are flying on most commercial and military aircraft, including single and twin aisle air transport, business and regional jets, military transports and fighters, and commercial and military rotorcraft. Other markets include unmanned aircraft, shipboard applications, and military ground vehicles.

Business units are in Corona, California;
Warren, Massachusetts;
Hauppauge, New York;
Paris, France;
Uxbridge, UK; and Tangier, Morocco. Parent company CIRCOR International is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is headquartered in Corona, California.

POSITION DETAILS

Position Summary

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer shall support the business in the areas of new product development, lean implementation, process capability improvement, daily production support, project management, technical data interpretation/analysis (engineering drawings, specifications, technical publications, component maintenance manuals, purchase orders, etc.), and quality system management.

• Interface with customer Quality representatives on all Quality-related issues and activities. RCCA, Concession submittals and Quality Clinic
• Knowledge of FAA regulations and standards.
• Advanced problem solving, including analyzing, investigating and following up.
• Drive manufacturing process capability improvements through variation reduction, error-proofing, and implementation of statistical process control.
• Collect and analyze quality data to identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement of products and processes.
• Provide leadership on problem solving teams to drive root cause analysis and Corrective/Preventive Action (CAPA) plans.
• Represent Quality department on the New Product Introduction (NPI) teams. Perform contract review and drive design-for-quality activities.
• Review and approve First Article Inspection reports per AS9102.
• Perform Purchase Order review for existing and legacy programs.
• Review customer Source Control Drawings, Specifications, and Quality requirements.
• Support Supplier Quality Engineering for supplier quality development.
• Validate and respond to Corrective and Preventive Action Requests (CAR/PAR) from both internal and external customers.
• Witness the tear down and evaluation of the customer-returned products in the MRO area.
• Participate on Material Review Board (MRB) and Configuration Control Board (CCB) processes.
• Develop process flow charts/diagrams and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA).
• Create statistically valid control plans for manufacturing processes.
• Use lean and six sigma tools to drive process and product variation reduction.
• Conduct and participate in the internal and external quality system, process, and product audits.
• Provide technical leadership to inspection team members.
• Support product/process certifications and approvals.
• Develops, monitors and analyzes product/process trend data in order to optimize manufacturing performance and minimize product and process variability and associated production costs.
• Develops and establishes problem/process root cause and definitive corrective action plans necessary to reduce Scrap, Rework and Repair costs.
• Coordinates / makes modifications to existing procedures, production processes, engineering specifications, and inspection…