Quality Engineer, Sr.

GKN Aerospace Careers•Garden Grove, CA

25d

About The Position

The Quality Engineer is responsible for driving continuous improvement in product quality, reducing the cost of poor quality, and enhancing customer satisfaction. This role leads root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and quality system compliance to ensure products meet all internal, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
4 years of professional quality experience in aerospace manufacturing (or 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience in manufacturing in lieu of degree).
2 years of professional experience with AS9100/ISO9001 quality standards for manufacturing.
Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations and/or program requirements.

Nice To Haves

Aerospace or aircraft parts manufacturing
Quality Accreditation.
Graduate Degree in Engineering.
Experience with MS Office, specifically Excel and Minitab.
Quality systems experience (AS9100, inspection, FAI, PRB/MRB).
Lean and Continuous Improvement skills / 6 Sigma background.
Quality Inspection.

Responsibilities

Improve, monitor, and maintain customer quality performance ratings.
Collect, analyze, and interpret performance and defect data to drive root cause corrective actions (RCCA) and reduce cost of poor quality.
Serve as the primary customer interface for quality-related inquiries, issues, and escalations.
Lead structured root cause analysis and problem resolution activities across manufacturing cells.
Drive timely and effective corrective action responses for both internal findings and customer-initiated corrective actions.
Conduct process, product, and system audits to ensure compliance with AS/ISO standards and internal procedures.
Evaluate and disposition nonconforming product; verify closure and effectiveness of corrective actions.
Perform AS9102 First Article Inspections and present results to customer representatives as required.
Facilitate product delivery activities with customer and government oversight agencies.
Prepare and report daily, weekly, and monthly quality metrics.
Track corrective actions and improvement initiatives through full implementation and control phases.
Ability to work weekends as needed to support production and customer demand.