Quality Engineer – Aerospace Sealants and Coatings

PPG•Shelby, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

PPG's Aerospace business is seeking a passionate and driven Quality Engineer to support the development, manufacturing, and sustainment of sealants, coatings, and adhesives product lines at the Shelby site. This role is part of the Shelby Quality Organization and provides subject matter expertise in quality sciences to drive compliance and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. The Quality Engineer will interface with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and S&T teams, as well as customers and suppliers, to ensure product and process integrity from design through delivery and sustainment. This is an on-site role reporting to the Quality Manager at the Shelby, NC facility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Math, Science, Computer Science, or commensurate experience required.
Working knowledge of AS9100, ISO standards, and aerospace regulatory compliance is required.
Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply

Nice To Haves

Certifications such as CQE, CQA, Six Sigma, or Lean are preferred.
Strong background in aerospace, quality sciences, RCCA, SPC, and Continuous Improvement preferred.

Responsibilities

Continuously improving product quality and manufacturing processes, support production team to troubleshoot production batches of coatings and sealants to ensure FTQ
Lead RCCA analysis using statistical quality tools and corrective action implementation with cross functional teams
Create, Maintain and Revise Process Flow Diagrams, Lead and facilitate cross-functional PFMEA sessions with Engineering, Manufacturing, and operations team. Develop, implement, and maintain Control plans for all product families and manufacturing processes in accordance with AS9100 requirements.
Cost savings for the plant by reducing cycle time, improving first pass yield, and reducing scrap using Global quality tools.
Provide training on quality improvement topics, communicate with internal/ external customers, support new product qualifications and special projects
Apply continuous improvement methodologies, manage customer complaints, and monitor quality performance data, and Quality SOP’s.
Be the subject matter expert for Quality training, review Quality training effectiveness
Ensure flow down of program and regulatory quality requirements across engineering, procurement, production, and sustainment processes.
Drive closure and accountability for NCMRs, Customer Complaints, SQARs, CARs, MRB, MOC, and audit findings.
Collaborate with S&T on batch ticket review, analyze technical documentation, and manufacturing data.