Quality Engineer-Aerospace at TRIGO – Redmond, WA

Quality Engineer-Aerospace at TRIGO – Redmond, WA

Under general supervision and reporting to the Senior Director of Quality Operations, The Quality Engineer is responsible for executing and expanding on key initiatives inside of the supplier quality organization, including the execution of various supplier quality engineering related activities such as Compliance, Process and Product Audits, MRB, FAI Witnessing, Review and Sign off, Problem Solving, Corrective and Preventive Actions, Supplier Performance Reporting and other Quality Improvement Activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conducts activities to modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems and protocols
• Provides explanations of testing and inspection plans, methods and/or technologies to assure reliability and conformance of products and processes
• Provides analysis and develops recommendations for corrective actions for nonconformities and/or design problems for internally produced products and processes
• Utilizes PPAP core elements (e.g., PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.) to identify risk in product development and propose risk management solutions
• Provides reviews and ensure requirements are met for work transfer and process change management including Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance
• Reviews process control documentation to ensure it is in compliance with requirements, objectives, and/or contracts
• Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality evaluation, control systems and protocols for materials being processed into partially finished or finished products
• Working with product design and specification, devises testing plans, methods, and equipment to assure reliability of product. Collaborates internally to ensure quality standards are in effect
• Develops proactive quality initiative strategies and drives their implementation
• Designs and implements product engineering changes to satisfy quality issues raised by customers
• Responsible for both Program and Product Quality Engineering
• Responsible for development of new inspection technologies or methodologies to assure product conformance
• Maintenance of data integrity (0% error rate)
• Designing of queries, compiling of data, and generation of reports in a dashboard
• Create and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to present findings to stakeholders
• In depth research of defect trends
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skill:

• Must have a machining background or experience
• Familiarity with optics and electronics assemblies
• 8+ years of hands‑on experience as a Quality Engineer in an Aerospace Manufacturing Environment
• 5-8 years of FAI experience with AS9102 (FAI) standards at a quality engineering level.
• Strong understanding of various Engineering Processes, Standard Drawings Conventions, Interpreting Drawing, Specifications, and GD&T
• 5-8 years’ experience hands‑on experience with the ISO
  9100 and AS9100 Quality Management Systems Processes, especially in Production, Quality, and logistics
• Knowledge of, (or hands‑on experience preferred), with FAA, EAR, and ITAR standards and regulations
• Experience leading customer audits
• Strong verbal, written and communication skills
• Project management, time management, problem solving and organization
• Ability to work as an effective team member and lead other team members

Additional Desired

Skills:

• Prior practical experience and implementation of Quality Engineering tools and systems such as: DOE, FMEA, SPC, RCCA, APQP, PPAP, controls plans, material control, process control, systems performance, product evaluation, MSA, metrology, automated measurement, and software is preferred.

General Requirements:

• Ability to pass background and drug screen
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance required.
• US Citizenship
  
  Required:
  
  TRIGO ADR AMERICAS can restrict hiring to US Citizens when government contracts require us to do so. 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(2)(C).

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience
• Proven expertise in SQL, Tableau and Python
• Proven experience pulling and analyzing data…