Quality Engineer -III

Company Overview

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash.,

facility delivers industry‑leading aerospace & defense power, sensing, and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Advanced Air Mobility demonstrators. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains.

The Quality Engineer works under immediate supervision and uses established procedures to control and monitor quality, ensuring products are consistent with industry standards, government regulations, and customer requirements.

• Work cross‑functionally with Engineering, Operations, Suppliers and Customers
• Collect and analyze production data to evaluate product quality
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend corrective actions
• Stop production if serious product defects are present
• Monitor quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency
• Instruct others in quality control and analytical procedures
• Produce reports regarding nonconformance of products or processes, root cause analyses, or quality trends
• Review statistical studies, regulatory standards and trends in the field of quality control
• Identify critical points in the Value Stream and specify sampling procedures
• Drive qualification of product and process changes to ensure only the highest levels of quality are accepted
• Support audits with Defense, Aerospace and Customer Auditors
• Provide support for failure analysis and reliability testing as required
• Review and approve quality document changes – Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Manufacturing Change Orders (MCOs), deviations
• Perform any other task assigned by supervisor or management

• Experience:
  
  0‑8 years of Quality Engineering experience
• Knowledge:
  Understands fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of assigned product or program;
  Knowledge of commonly‑used concepts, practices and procedures within the field
• Skills/Abilities:
  Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
  Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint;
  Full color acuity;
  Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently to meet company standards and deadlines
• Education/Certification:
  
  BA or BS degree in Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering highly preferred
• Eligibility Requirement:
  This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). FAA sensitive position – may be subject to a government security investigation to verify eligibility for access to classified information

• Experience in an Aerospace environment or similar manufacturing setting
• ASQC Quality Engineer Certification

• Standard office environment
• Work requires substantial visual concentration on detail
• Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment
• Manufacturing operations may require the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to: eye safety glasses, gowning, masks, hearing protectors, heel/wrist straps and any other required PPE
• May be exposed to unusual environmental conditions such as loud noises, cold temperatures, confined spaces, dust or fumes
• Standing: circa 10 % of time;
  Sitting: 90 %;
  Lifting (in pounds): up to 25 pounds;
  Pushing (in pounds): up to 25 pounds;
  Mental/Visual: use of computer, microscope;
  Workspace: cubicle/desk/work cell

• Health care, dental, vision, life and disability…