Lead Quality Engineer
About The Position
Unison, a GE Aerospace company, is the leading provider of differentiated engine controls, accessories, and performance monitoring solutions in the Aerospace, Defense & Space segments. Serving both original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers, Unison designs, manufactures and supplies the most advanced components and systems in the world. Quality Engineer is responsible for driving product and process quality within manufacturing operations, with a strong focus on reducing Cost of Poor Quality, preventing and resolving customer disruptions, and ensuring compliance with aerospace regulatory and customer requirements. This role partners cross-functionally with manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and customer teams to improve process capability, contain escapes, and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering or quality discipline) + Minimum of 3 years of experience manufacturing, engineering or quality discipline.
Nice To Haves
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
- Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
- Established project management skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead initiatives to reduce COPQ, including scrap, rework, repair, escapes, and warranty-related losses.
- Investigate internal and external quality issues using structured problem-solving methods and drive effective corrective actions.
- Develop and maintain containment plans to minimize customer disruptions and ensure timely response to quality events.
- Monitor production quality performance through key metrics such as defect rates, yield, escapes, MRB, rework, and customer complaints.
- Ensure compliance with applicable aerospace regulations, industry standards, and customer requirements (for example AS9100, FAA requirements, NADCAP as applicable, and internal quality procedures).
- Support audits, regulatory inspections, and customer reviews; ensure timely closure of findings.
- Partner with manufacturing and engineering teams to improve process controls, inspection methods, and error-proofing.
- Review nonconformances, support root cause analysis, and disposition issues in alignment with regulatory and customer requirements.
- Drive process validation, control plans, PFMEA updates, and quality risk assessments for production processes.
- Support supplier quality and incoming quality activities when production issues are linked to external sources.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, compliance, and proactive risk identification across the shop floor.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
- Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability insurance
- life insurance
- paid time-off for vacation or illness
- Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
