QA Engineer

Lamsco West•Santa Clarita, CA

About The Position

The QA Engineer is responsible for establishing production standards and quality-control systems, defining product requirements, monitoring quality-assurance results, and helping engineering teams identify defects and develop solutions. The role implements quality controls, supports production staff in using them, and monitors outcomes. It also involves developing automated testing systems and quality-control workflows, collecting data on product errors, and investigating potential solutions by troubleshooting manufacturing or design processes. The position performs contract and planned reviews, examines customer orders, engineering details, quality clauses, standards, specifications, drawings, models, revisions, and related documentation, and reviews planning and quality-control releases to the shop. It manages customer and internal corrective actions, supports audits and supplier-control activities, coordinates source inspections, performs dimensional inspections, and prepares and submits AS9102 First Article Reports. The role also handles customer requests and returns, maintains nonconformance and quality records and databases, and works with the QA Analyst on quality improvements.

Responsibilities

Perform contract reviews and planned review activities.
Review customer purchase orders and preview orders.
Review parts and assemblies with Engineering.
Review customer quality clauses and special requirements.
Review Boeing Part Standards, customer standards, specifications, part lists, customer drawings, ADNC, data lists, 2D models, 3D Cat models, and related documentation.
Review part numbers and revisions in accordance with customer instructions and notes, including customer MRB and process qualification submittals.
Review finish processes against customer requirements when applicable.
Review planning and QC release to the shop.
Create, issue, respond to, and monitor customer corrective action requests.
Create, issue, and monitor internal corrective actions resulting from customer corrective actions.
Assist with internal, external, and customer audits and communicate audit results as needed.
Initiate supplier-control activities, including supplier survey approvals, onsite audits, and scorecard reviews.
Initiate source inspection requests and coordinate with source inspectors.
Perform dimensional inspections and create AS9102 First Article Reports for customers.
Submit AS9102 reports into Net-Inspect when required by the customer purchase order or notes.
Review previous-source-inspection First Articles and correct First Articles when required by the customer.
Perform delegated source inspections when required.
Respond to customer requests by phone and email.
Handle customer returns (CR).
Enter customer nonconformance parts into the PIT.
Supply RMA information to the Senior Buyer.
Make entries in the NCMR log and Bond Log, and enter information into QA databases.
Work with the QA Analyst to determine quality-improvement factors.
Implement methods to inspect, test, and evaluate the reliability of manufacturing processes, products, and production equipment.
Work to delivery deadlines for products or software.
Assist with Quality Clinic activities.
Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.