Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Department: Quality Assurance

Reports To: Quality Assurance/Control Manager

Location: On-Site – Newark, CA

Travel: Negligible

FLSA: Salaried, Full-Time, Exempt

Revision Date: December 2025

The Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for testing systems and procedures to ensure they meet technical standards and creating quality and safety documentation. QA Engineers identify technical issues and investigate their root causes, proactively recommending solutions that improve product durability and overall performance. Commitment to and support of the Company Core Values are key to success in this position.

• Develop and grow multi-level relationships with customers, suppliers, auditors, and other interested parties in support of organizational goals
• Ensure processes within QA are followed and documented; develop and implement improvements
• Facilitate process definition, measurement, and improvements. Accountable for communication and collaboration to facilitate company-wide process improvement.
  • Lead internal audits to document compliance with internal and external requirements; support external audits to verify compliance
  • Lead Corrective and Preventive Action process to drive high-impact process improvements
  • Lead Nonconformance process to ensure efficient control and disposition of nonconforming outputs
• Measure and report performance of the QA department in a way that meets all requirements and needs of internal and external customers
• Measure and report on performance of key improvement processes
• Support and report internal and external schedule/delivery compliance
• Inspect part as required to achieve operational goals. Perform all functions of the job while adhering to established quality policies and procedures
• Uphold the company core values
• Other duties as assigned

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Competence with Inspection Tooling
• Understanding of GD&T, flatness, profile, surface texture
• Competence in Epicor ERP system
• Competence with AS9100 requirements
• Must be able to follow instructions and procedures and work with minimal supervision
• Must be capable of reading drawings and inspecting the work being performed

• BS in related discipline; may be substituted with commensurate experience
• Minimum 7 years of directly related experience
• Must have exposure in an AS9100 environment
• Demonstrated competence with GD&T and inspection processes

Ability to speak and understand basic safety and manufacturing instructions.

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers. Ability to multiply and divide with tens and hundreds.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Authorization to work in the United States. To conform to U.S. export control regulations, you should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands and fingers;

handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.…