Quality Engineer

Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of

We’re committed to the quality of work we do at every level. You’ll achieve more with us through our training, high standards, and focus on preparation. 

Help us set the bar high across our entire organization so we can keep exceeding customer expectations. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the reliability of aviation maintenance, product safety and quality, and drive continuous improvement opportunities. 

As a Quality Engineer, your work will directly impact our operation by driving improvements in COPQ, product quality, and process efficiencies.

Immune Specific Accountabilities

• Recognizes and understands flight/product safety critical parts and processes.
• Responsible for immediately reporting flight/product safety concerns.
• Participates in proactive risk analysis of flight/product safety critical parts and processes.
• Recognizes and understands the Just Culture policy.

What you’ll do:

• Maintains a safe work environment through compliance with all established safety and environmental programs.
• Analyze defect data and establish trend charts for review by management.
• Lead root cause and corrective action for customer returns and warranty reviews.
• Conducts studies to stabilize or improve process capabilities and efficiencies. 
• Performs internal process and product audits to ensure conformance to all internal and external requirements. 
• Audits new processes to evaluate precision and accuracy of production, testing, & measurement equipment. 
• Analyzes and summarizes compiled data from test and inspection reports. 
• Generates statistical reports identifying quality concerns for submission to various levels of management for review and corrective action. 
• Researches quality methodology and solves quality problems with engineering staff. 
• Assists process & training department with the development and presentation of training sessions on quality activities in areas such as measurement methodology, statistical process control and test fixture operations. 
• Monitors assigned projects for work in progress to ensure that quality and regulatory standards are met and that project designs are effective through the entire process; approves changes to designs or schedules as necessary.  
• Produces periodic project status reports comparing actual to forecasted timelines.
• Provides, on an as required basis, technical advice with respect to quality system criteria, airworthiness and regulatory requirements.
• Carries out special projects as assigned. 

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Quality Management, Aviation Safety, Engineering or similar) with minimum of 3 years of experience in Quality or QA Engineering or equivalent of 5 years of experience with Associates Degree.
• Strategic planner with excellent project management and leadership ability.
• Strong communicator in both verbal and technical writing.
• Thorough knowledge of quality analytical tools and problem-solving methodology.
• Able to problem solve, process information quickly, challenge current processes and take initiatives towards improvement.
• Works well in a collaborative team-based environment.
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret blueprints or technical figures.
• Working knowledge of production management computer systems.

Preferred Characteristics:

• Experience in an MRO or other aerospace industry.
• Experience in aviation maintenance, precision machining, NDT or welding.
• Thorough knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry standards related to maintenance and certification for products processed by the organization.
• Thorough knowledge of gas turbine engine theory and performance.
• Thorough knowledge of NADCAP, AS9100, AS9110, and/or ISO9001

Benefits that make life better:

• Comprehensive Healthcare
• 401(k) with 100 company match; up to 5 vested
• Paid Time Off starting on day one
• Bonus opportunities
• Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short- & Long-Term Disability
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Learning & Training opportunities