Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering

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Supernal is an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company that’s developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle and the ground-to-air ecosystem to support the emerging industry. By creating a sustainable, integrated, and human-centered ecosystem, we are committed to taking a thoughtful and responsible approach to entering the AAM market with a product that meets the high level of safety and reliability in today’s air transportation system.

The future of mobility starts with people. We believe in creative thinking and collaboration to help build a better mobility experience for everyone, improving people’s ability to move – whether for work or play. Join our dynamic team as we strive to be a part of something greater where potential powers tomorrow!

Supernal provides an inviting open-space workplace designed to foster collaboration, which aligns with one of our core values. This position is required to work on-site 5 days a week.

The Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering is a senior individual contributor responsible for collaboratively developing, implementing, executing, and continually improving Supernal's Quality Management System (QMS), while providing hands‑on quality engineering leadership across new product development, aircraft integration, supplier quality, manufacturing, and production readiness. The role translates FAA and aerospace quality requirements into practical processes, controls, metrics, audits, and digital workflows. Working cross‑functionally with Design, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, Safety, Materials & Process, Certification, Operations, and other teams, this position leads risk‑based quality planning and resolves complex product and process issues in support of type certification, production certification, and scalable aircraft production.

• Collaboratively develop, implement, maintain, and continually improve the QMS, including policies, manuals, procedures, work instructions, forms, records, and digital workflows aligned with applicable FAA requirements, AS9100, Nadcap, and company processes.
• Lead execution of aircraft- and program-level Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) aligned with product‑development phases, including PFMEA, control plans, Measurement System Analysis, Statistical Process Control, and process‑capability studies.
• Define and deploy Quality Assurance and Supplier Quality processes for supplier control, qualification, performance monitoring, nonconformance, corrective action, inspection and test, equipment control, training, audit support, and continuous improvement.
• Plan and conduct internal QMS and process audits; support supplier, third‑party certification, and FAA quality‑system audits; drive findings, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification to closure.
• Integrate QMS and Safety Management System (SMS) processes where appropriate to improve consistency, risk visibility, and organizational effectiveness.
• Participate in design reviews, drawing reviews, release/change approvals, and design‑for‑manufacturing activities to improve robustness, producibility, inspectability, and configuration control, as necessary.
• Develop quality plans and inspection/control processes for prototype aircraft, new product introduction (NPI), production qualification, rate increase, and series production; support FAI, PPAP, and process validation activities.
• Lead production‑floor nonconformance control and facilitate Material Review Board activities; perform or lead root‑cause analysis and corrective action using 8D, 5 Whys, Red‑X, and other appropriate methods.
• Analyze quality, test, audit, supplier, and production data;…