Quality Engineer

Job Title

Quality Engineer

Basom, NY.

Direct Hire

Aerospace and Defense

$69,000-$86,500/yr

40 Hours/Week

• Ensure manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and quality management processes comply with ISO 9001:2015 standards and customer requirements.
• Lead resolution of quality issues through root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain and improve audit systems, quality documentation, and cross-functional quality processes.

• Support manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and quality management processes to ensure compliance with internal, customer, supplier, and ISO 9001:2015 requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal, supplier, product, and component audit systems.
• Plan, execute, and follow up on audits, nonconformities, corrective actions, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead quality issue resolution activities, including containment, RMAs, sorting, warranty investigations, and field failure analysis.
• Perform structured root cause analysis and corrective action processes using methodologies such as 8D.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through quality metrics, trend analysis, and process effectiveness evaluations.
• Ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements, including PPAP and SESPA activities for new products and process changes.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, supply chain, suppliers, and customers to improve product and process performance.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready quality documentation, procedures, reports, and corrective action records.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Quality
• 5+ years of experience across multiple quality functions in a process-driven manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS), inspection methods, and manufacturing quality controls.
• 5+ years of experience with supporting or conducting internal, supplier, product, and component audits, including planning through closure.
• 5+ years of experience with managing quality issues across internal operations, suppliers, and customers, including containment and corrective actions.
• 5+ years of experience in documenting, presenting, and communicating quality information for audits, management reviews, and decision-making.

What Sets You Apart:

• Working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and ability to apply requirements to manufacturing, inspection, supplier, and customer processes.
• Proficiency in quality and process improvement tools, including 8D, root cause analysis, CAPA, statistical analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, for data analysis and reporting.
• Understanding of customer-specific and divisional quality requirements, including PPAP and SESPA deliverables for new products and changes.
• Ability to evaluate and demonstrate process and system effectiveness using objective evidence and data.
• Knowledge of GD&T and technical drawing interpretation.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate technical quality information across cross-functional teams (e.g., Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Safety, Supply Chain).
• Self-directed, organized, and capable of working independently while contributing effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Good communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to communicate in English.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• This role involves a mix of desk-based engineering tasks, on-site inspections, and interaction with manufacturing processes, requiring moderate physical activity in varied environments.
• Hand and Finger Use/Dexterity:
  Uses hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls occasionally to moderately (30‑40% of the time), with manual dexterity and arm-hand steadiness for tasks like sketching, operating computers, or handling small tools; near vision needed for detailed drawings or screens.
• Standing/Walking:
  Traverses moderate distances or remains in an upright stationary position frequently (30‑40% of the time) to inspect production lines, collaborate with teams, or evaluate equipment on the shop floor.
• Bending/Twisting/Reaching:
  Positions self by bending, twisting, or stretching the body occasionally (20‑30% of the time) to access equipment, inspect machinery, or reach workstations; moderate flexibility needed.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Talent Rise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.