Quality Engineer

Overview

Spirit Aero Systems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit Aero Systems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

• Develops processes, systems, and equipment to uphold quality, reliability, and system safety standards for company or procured products and services
• Provides review and analysis of quality system design to ensure the integrity of decisions impacting products and services
• Analyzes contractual, product definition, and specification requirements to develop or modify methods, procedures, and metrics for achieving quality standards
• Evaluates and provides dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts, and equipment
• Conducts scientific evaluations, audits, and analyses
• Tests and approves products, processes, equipment, and measurement systems
• Ensures processes incorporate configuration management and participates in design and product reviews to meet quality, reliability, safety, and business objectives
• Conducts research, benchmarking, and analysis to improve process capability and product quality
• Performs root cause analyses and supports corrective action implementation to address nonconformance issues
• Interfaces with employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with requirements
• Utilizes statistical methodologies to maintain or enhance safety, reliability, and process capability levels

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program
• 3-5 years of experience in aerospace, quality, engineering or related role
• Proficiency in technical writing

• Experience in strategic planning and operations
• Competence in conducting quality audits, including process and product auditing

Spirit Aero Systems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.