Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer will play a critical role in ensuring compliance with aerospace quality standards and customer requirements. This position will interface with operation managers to resolve major quality issues, support internal manufacturing operations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. The engineer will be a key contributor to maintaining and advancing AS9100 and NADCAP certifications, with a strong focus on chemical processing, heat treat, and metallic materials (MTL) disciplines.

• Promote advanced quality management systems processes across manufacturing operations.
• Drive internal quality improvements using structured problem-solving tools (A3 Projects, FMEA, 5
  
  WHY, Lean).
• Assess and improve process effectiveness and efficiency to reduce variability and defects.
• Provide defect analysis data collection to support root cause investigations.
• Identify root cause for nonconformance and ensure effective corrective actions are implemented.
• Conduct process audits to ensure NADCAP compliance and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support capital improvements, documentation, and process standardization.
• Support customer audits and regulatory reviews.
• Support organization growth of AS9100 and NADCAP processes.

• Knowledge of NADCAP special processes (chemical processing, heat treat, metallic materials testing).
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate with operations, engineering, and customers.
• Strong analytical, decision‑making, problem‑solving skills.
• Possess understanding of Risk Analysis process, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis process, Fault Tree Analysis, and Requirements and Hazard Traceability processes, Continuous improvement techniques.
• Familiarity with Six Sigma Methodology.

• 4+ years manufacturing experience in a quality engineering field with Aerospace customer experience.
• Direct experience with ISO 9001, AS9100, and NADCAP requirements.
• Hands‑on experience in chemical processing, heat treat operations, and metallic materials testing (MTL).

• Bachelor’s in Mechanical, Material Science, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.