Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

The Quality Engineer leads production quality assurance for flight hardware and deployable space structures, ensuring products meet rigorous aerospace standards and customer requirements. This role owns nonconformance management, drives root cause and corrective actions, supports supplier quality, and leads continuous improvement of quality systems and processes across production and manufacturing operations.

• Lead quality assurance activities for production and flight hardware manufacturing, ensuring products meet all applicable aerospace and internal quality standards.
• Act as the quality owner for product nonconformances, including investigation, root cause analysis, and coordination of corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage and document nonconformance reports, ensuring timely resolution and effective communication with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
• Apply and maintain compliance with AS9100 standards in production, inspection, and quality management processes.
• Support supply chain quality activities, including new supplier qualification and approval, supplier audits, and supplier on-site visits.
• Create and manage Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs), ensuring robust corrective and preventive actions are implemented and verified.
• Provide source inspection support to verify supplier-provided materials and components meet specifications and quality requirements.
• Identify inefficiencies in quality systems and production processes, and lead initiatives to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability.
• Support qualification and acceptance activities for flight hardware, including inspection, documentation, and validation of compliance to requirements.
• Collaborate with in-house composites manufacturing and mechanical assembly teams to ensure quality is built into processes from concept through production.
• Contribute to cradle-to-grave product lifecycle activities, supporting quality from initial concept through product build, test, and delivery for launch.

• Proven experience in quality engineering within aerospace or closely related industries.
• Hands-on experience with production quality assurance for flight hardware or high-reliability mechanical systems.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of AS9100 standards in a manufacturing or aerospace environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing nonconformances, including investigation, documentation, and resolution.
• Proficiency in root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) methodologies.
• Experience supporting supplier quality activities, including supplier qualification, audits, and on-site visits.
• Ability to lead quality system and process improvement initiatives and drive measurable results.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret technical documentation, specifications, and quality requirements.
• Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.

• Background in aerospace, particularly in flight hardware or space structures.
• Experience with deployable structures, composites, or high-strain composite materials.
• Familiarity with supplier corrective action processes, including SCAR creation and follow-up.
• Experience supporting qualification and acceptance testing, including inspection and compliance validation.
• Comfort working across the full product lifecycle, from concept development through production and delivery.
• Ability to work in both office and manufacturing environments and interface effectively with production personnel.

This role operates in a combined office and manufacturing environment, working closely with teams that design, build, and assemble deployable space structures and high-strain composite components. All composites manufacturing and mechanical assembly are performed in-house, providing direct exposure to the full cradle-to-grave product lifecycle—from concept through production and preparation for launch. The position involves regular interaction with production areas, inspection activities, and supplier-facing work…