Aerospace Quality Engineer

Job Description

Qarbon Aerospace is a premier manufacturer of cutting‑edge composite components and assemblies at all levels of complexity, with products installed on the industry’s most advanced commercial and military aircraft, and space vehicles. As a US‑based company with a global footprint of more than 1,650,000 ft² of state‑of‑the‑art facilities, Qarbon Aerospace has the capabilities and resources to solve the market’s toughest challenges with Quality Assured.

With more than 100 years of experience, we build quality into every fiber, letting your ideas take flight.

The Quality Engineer 3 provides technical support to production operations and helps establish the quality system and production inspection related activities on their assigned project(s). The Quality Engineer 3 position has knowledge of relevant technologies and can operate unassisted on routine tasks on a deployed multi‑functional team and helps ensure the quality system meets stakeholder requirements including technical compliance, adherence to production processes and standards, and business case (including quality, delivery, and cost).

Supports the production process with technical knowledge for tooling, part fabrication, assembly, and delivery. Supports implementation of "state of the art" processing technology as it applies to both materials and techniques for tooling, part fabrication and assembly.

• Works under occasional supervision from senior engineers and program leadership in a team environment.
• Skills should align with working knowledge of process development, process control, manufacturing support and related technical activities in an aerospace production environment:
  • Subject matter expert for manufacturing of composite components and large aerospace composite and metallic assemblies ensuring parts, assemblies, and tools meet industry standards and customer requirements.
  • A key member of team(s) that work from engineering requirements to develop inspection processes & methodologies, including providing guidance to lesser experienced team members; develops First Article Inspection (FAI per AS9102) pre‑plans/bubble drawings and methods.
  • Responsible for implementation of inspection tooling, equipment, and production planning, from original concept through to production. Responsible for validating of tooling functionality and or part conformity, and production part quality in timely manner to support the customer delivery schedule.
  • Identifies and coordinate’s introduction of new technology in line with the assigned Program / Value Stream requirements.
  • Supporting the Make vs. Buy & subsequent supplier selection process.
  • Adheres to all applicable business & quality processes and procedures such as FAA, DoD, Export Control, ITAR, Nadcap, AS9100 and customer contractual requirements.
  • Has knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma Tools to predict and improve process yield. Some level of related formal certification is preferred.
  • Supports deployment of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools to evaluate customer designs and process concepts and assist in manufacturing process down select. A minimum mid‑level knowledge and previous work experience with PFMEA’s is a must.
  • Has knowledge of Practical Problem‑Solving techniques such as A3, 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa Diagrams, and Pareto Analysis to determine the origin of a failure, its impact to overall business, and determine containment and countermeasure actions to eliminate recurrence of nonconformances.
  • Publishes Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) and associated metrics such as Quality (including defect trends, cost of poor quality, non‑conformances, corrective actions), Delivery (completion of Quality related activities in line with the agreed schedule), Recurring and Non‑Recurring Costs.
  • Is the primary technical representative for customer and supplier technical topics, meetings, audits, and reviews as required.
  • Maintain positive team relationships with internal and external customers, as well as peers.
  • Other related duties as required due to changes in business processes or customer requirements.

• Must be a US Citizen or a…