Sr. Quality System Engineer

Overview

Business Profile: PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products consists of specialized manufacturing businesses that produce fasteners, precision components, systems, tooling, and engineered system solutions for a diverse group of end customers in automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets.

PCC Engineered Products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership ensure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve.

Location Profile:

Located in North Hollywood, CA, Avibank Manufacturing, Inc.,a PCC Company, a part of the Engineered Products Group, is among the world's leading manufacturers specializing in the design and production of sophisticated fasteners and multi-component fastening systems and devices, solving difficult engineering and critical performance problems.

The Senior Quality Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for the development, execution, and continuous improvement of the site Quality Management System (QMS) in compliance with AS9100, NADCAP, FAA regulatory requirements, and applicable customer and PCC standards. This role serves as a technical expert for quality systems and regulatory compliance, with primary responsibility for audit readiness, corrective action effectiveness, special process oversight (Heat Treat, NDT, Coatings), and direct interface with regulatory agencies.

The Senior Quality Engineer leads complex quality initiatives, and partners closely with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure the continued production of flight-critical hardware.

• Maintain and improve assigned elements of the AS9100-compliant QMS in alignment with FAA, NADCAP, and customer requirements.
• Support FAA audits, inspections, and regulatory interactions as a technical quality interface.
• Ensure controlled documentation (procedures, work instructions, forms, records retention) remains compliant, current, and audit-ready.
• Support process change management activities affecting regulated processes.
• Interpret regulatory, industry, and customer requirements and translate them into executable quality controls.

• Plan, conduct, and lead internal audits in accordance with AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.
• Support customer, third-party, NADCAP, and FAA audits, serving as a primary technical responder.
• Drive timely closure of audit findings through root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and effectiveness verification.
• Escalate systemic or high-risk findings to the Senior Quality Manager with data-based recommendations.

• Provide quality leadership and oversight for NADCAP-accredited special processes, including:
• Lead NADCAP readiness activities, internal assessments, and audit responses for assigned scopes.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to ensure process qualifications, validations, and controls meet NADCAP and customer requirements.

• Lead and facilitate complex root cause investigations using structured methodologies, including:
• Coordinate systemic corrective actions, ensuring proper containment, risk assessment, and recurrence prevention.
• Analyze quality escapes and drive corrective or preventive actions with measurable effectiveness.
• Verify CAPA effectiveness through data analysis, follow-up audits, and performance monitoring.

• Serve as a primary quality user for customer quality portals, ensuring accurate and timely submission of:
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs for customer portal responses and ensure alignment with internal CAPA records.
• Monitor portal-driven metrics, findings, and customer feedback; escalate systemic risks as needed.

• Analyze and report quality performance metrics, including:
• Support development and use of dashboards and scorecards to drive focused improvement actions.
• Provide regular quality performance updates to leadership and support management reviews.

• Ensure FAI / AS9102 readiness and delivery for new and modified products.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, control plans, PFMEAs, and quality deliverables.
• Review CMM and inspection data to support qualification of new products and production tooling.
• Support MRB activities and disposition of nonconforming material in compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.

• Deliver and facilitate training on QMS requirements, customer expectations, and quality tools, including:
• Facilitate problem-solving workshops and corrective action reviews to…