Quality Engineer

Howmet Aerospace•Berea, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Quality Engineer, you'll be part of our team, working as an on-site employee responsible for our Berea, Ohio location. You will ensure product conformity across all Value Streams, maintain the Quality Management System (QMS), and support calibration, quality control, and quality assurance systems. Your role will involve developing and implementing quality standards for inspection, testing, and product/process evaluation, and partnering with Enterprise Quality to ensure alignment with customer, standard agency, and company QMS requirements. You will also support the Quality Inspection function, analyze in-process customer/purchase orders for compliance, and partner with other functions to drive continuous improvement by reducing costs associated with defects, rework, and scrap. Additionally, you will represent Quality in cross-functional teams for continuous improvement projects, Material Review Board (MRB), and Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) for customer concerns, and establish and supervise a statistical process control (SPC) system for process monitoring. You will also serve as an internal auditor for process/product auditing, with experience in AS9102 FAI process, AS9100 QMS, and active participation in the APQP process.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering
4 years of prior relevant experience (Aerospace manufacturing quality roles) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items
Experience in Continuous Improvement (CI) Tools (commonly evidenced by 'belts' or similar Lean/ RCCA certifications).
Experience with Quality standards including AS9145, AS9100D, AS9101/2/3, ISO9001:2015 or equivalent from other industries.
Advanced experience in Root Cause Problem-solving/ Root Cause-Corrective Action (RCCA).
Significant experience in data and trend analysis.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience as a Manufacturing, Process, or Quality Engineer
Certified AS9100 Auditor
Lean/ Six Sigma green belt or higher
Experience with JD Edwards and/or other ERP systems
Experience with advanced structures (aerospace)
Military and Commercial experience
Certified Quality Engineer (CQE Certification)
Designated Quality Representative experience a plus
Certified Manager of Quality/Operational Excellence (CMQ/OE Certification)

Responsibilities

Ensure product conformity across all the Value Streams of the Berea, Ohio facility
Responsible for QMS maintenance (AS9100, AS9101, AS9102, AS9103, AS13100, AS9145, FAA, EASA, NADCAP, etc.)
Support calibration, quality control and quality assurance systems.
Develop and implement quality standards/ practices for inspection, testing, and product/ process evaluation.
Partner with Enterprise Quality to ensure and enable appropriate level of alignment that both meets customers, standard agencies and companies QMS.
Support the Quality Inspection function to ensure products and processes comply with the relevant requirements of the quality management system.
Analyze in-process customer/ purchase orders and ensure compliance with QMS and customer requirements.
Partner with other functions at Berea to ensure continuous improvement in product and process efficiencies by prioritizing and reducing costs associated with defects, escapes, rework, and scrap
Represent Quality as part of a cross-functional team for continuous improvement projects, material review board (MRB), root cause/ corrective action (RCCA) customer concerns, etc.
Establish then supervise statistical process control (SPC) system for process monitoring
Serve as an internal auditor for process/ product auditing
Experience in AS9102 FAI process
Experience in AS9100 QMS
Active participant in APQP process