Quality Engineer

Location: Springfield

Quality Engineer Needed For Leading Manufacturing Company

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Kevin Finlay
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Salary: $90,000 - $120,000 per year

A bit about us:

My client is a leading manufacturing company who is growing! They are looking to add a Quality Engineer to their team who is responsible for supporting aerospace quality assurance activities for manufacturing, repair, inspection, test, supplier quality, customer quality, and regulatory compliance.

Why join us?

Compensation Up To $120,000

Job Details

Essential functions and Responsibilities

Quality System, Regulatory, and Customer Compliance
Support and assure compliance with applicable aerospace regulatory and quality system requirements, including AS9100, ISO 9001, FAA Part 21 production approval requirements, FAA Part 145 repair station requirements, and applicable customer-specific quality requirements.
Review products and documentation in accordance with applicable customer, regulatory, military, industry, and internal quality requirements.

Contract, Technical Data, and Quality Planning Review

Review customer purchase orders, drawings, specifications, quality clauses, repair instructions, ATPs, OMMs/CMMs, and flow-down requirements to ensure quality planning, inspection, documentation, and release activities are properly defined before work is performed.
Work closely with Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, and Inspection personnel to resolve quality-related issues involving design, methods, tooling, procedures, costs, and product conformance.
Establish, revise, and maintain written procedures, instructions, and quality documentation related to product quality assurance activities.

Nonconforming Material, MRB, and Corrective Action

Participate in Material Review Board and nonconforming material activities, including defect investigation, containment, disposition support, customer notification support, and verification of corrective actions.
Perform root cause analysis using tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone/Ishikawa, and other structured problem-solving methods to identify appropriate corrective and preventive actions.

Inspection, Test, FAI, and Product Release

Oversee critical testing and inspection activities; coordinate inspections with customers, source inspectors, government representatives, and internal inspection personnel as required.
Analyze and document inspection and test results to support product acceptance, customer release, and corrective action activities.
Review raw material certifications and approve raw material for production release when required.
Prepare, review, and approve product data packages, including inspection records, test reports, material certifications, special process certifications, traceability records, and customer-required documentation.

Customer, Supplier, and Delegated Quality Activities

Communicate directly with customers, suppliers, auditors, inspectors, and internal stakeholders in a clear, professional, and technically accurate manner.
Interface directly with customers to support quality planning, customer concerns, source inspection, audit support, product release, and issue resolution.

Education and Skills Requirements

Four-year technical degree or equivalent experience required;
Mechanical Engineering degree preferred.
Four to eight years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience in aerospace, defense, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Experience working in a manufacturing environment with frequent shop floor interaction, including direct support of production, inspection, test, engineering, and customer-facing quality activities.
Working knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 requirements required.
Experience preparing, reviewing, or approving AS9102 First Article Inspection Reports required.
Familiarity with FAA 8130-3 documentation, repair station documentation, FAA Part 21 production approval documentation, or FAA Part 145 repair station documentation preferred.
Familiarity with APQP/PPAP, AS9145, AS13100, key characteristics, process capability, and MSA preferred.

Experience with root cause analysis and corrective action methods, including 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone/Ishikawa, containment, corrective action, preventive action, and effectiveness verification.
Experience reviewing aerospace technical data, including drawings, specifications, purchase orders, ATPs, OMMs/CMMs, material certifications, special process certifications, and customer quality clauses.

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