Quality Assurance Specialist - Hollywood, FL

For more than 65 years, HEICO Corporation has thrived by serving niche segments of the aviation, defense, space and electronic industries by providing innovative and cost‑saving products and services. HEICO’s high‑energy culture focuses our Team Members on providing high‑quality products and services to our customer base. Our leadership approach creates a dynamic environment that continually challenges Team Members to perform at their best.

For four consecutive years, Forbes Magazine ranked HEICO as one of the 200 "Best Small Companies." HEICO offers competitive compensation, paid vacation and holidays, an excellent 401K plan with company match, and medical, dental, life, and disability insurance.

As a Quality Assurance Specialist, you will join a team of professionals within the Technical Services (TS) organization, which provides quality and engineering oversight, guidance, and assistance to Business Units (BUs) within HEICO Parts Group (HPG). In this role, you will mainly perform quality assurance tasks such as BU compliance audits to FAA regulations, corporate policies, and industry standards. You may also support quality control and process‑excellence tasks/projects.

This position involves significant interaction with BUs at different levels of the organization.

• Develop and maintain mutually trustful relationships with the Technical Services team and BU personnel.
• Assess BU compliance with the HPG quality manual and policies, FAA regulations, and corporate policies through desk reviews and onsite audit activities.
• Classify nonconformances and generate audit reports.
• Conduct risk analysis for identified nonconformances.
• Facilitate and be accountable for closure of Corrective and Preventive Actions arising from audit activities.
• Ensure awareness of HPG corporate requirements at BU.
• Promote a quality‑driven culture throughout the organization by applying effective quality practices and standards.
• Continuously improve HPG quality auditing tools and practices.
• Provide feedback on HPG Quality documentation to ensure regulatory compliance and alignment with business conditions, and facilitate implementation of changes.

• Capture and flow best practices to BUs, harmonizing BU implementation of these practices, including inspection methodologies.
• Act as a process compliance/quality assurance consultant to BUs, enabling a culture of collaboration and best‑practice utilization.
• Create training material and conduct training on quality assurance topics for BUs.
• Assist in developing quality inspection plans to streamline BU inspection methodologies.

• Support the HPG Quality Director in driving closure for customer complaints, analyzing trends, and leading root‑cause and corrective actions to address defect trends. Also help with tracking waivers and mitigation plans as required.
• Conduct risk analysis for identified defect trends in partnership with key BU and TS personnel.
• Support the HPG Quality Director in establishing and monitoring BU quality performance indicators based on audit results and risk analysis.
• Perform additional tasks as required and assigned by the supervisor.

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• Bachelor’s in Science (BS) in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or related field from an accredited institution, and/or a combination of education and experience.

• At least 5 years of product realization experience, including Design, Process Design and Development, Process Analysis, Source Substantiation, Quality Planning, and First Article Inspection reviews.
• Aerospace product quality experience is HIGHLY preferred.

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (desirable).
• ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (desirable).
• SAE AS9100 Internal Auditor (desirable).
• Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable).

• Deep understanding of quality management principles and practices such as ISO 9001, AS9100, etc.
• Ability to interpret requirements to verify drawing and quality requirements and determine conformance of inspection outcomes.…