Quality Engineer - Production Quality

GE Aerospace•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

The Quality Engineer supports production quality for Unison, a GE Aerospace company, which designs, manufactures, and supplies engine controls, accessories, and performance-monitoring solutions for the Aerospace, Defense & Space segments. The role covers quality assurance and quality control across products, services, and manufacturing processes, including manufacturing conformance, incoming goods control, product inspection, and witness points. It is focused on planning and executing departmental quality activities, with some autonomy and judgment exercised within standard practices and with guidance. The engineer leads quality deliverables for APQP on new and changed products, supports NPI programs from design review through production readiness, reviews and approves First Article Inspections, and maintains characteristic accountability and verification records. The position also develops inspection plans and procedures, supports corrective action and continuous improvement, monitors process performance using statistical methods, and works across engineering, sourcing, supplier quality, and operations functions. The role is an individual-contributor position or potentially an early people-leader role, and provides informal guidance to new team members. The role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Employment is contingent on proving U.S. Person status as defined in the posting, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Any offer is conditioned on successful completion of a drug screen, as applicable; employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and at least 3 years of manufacturing and quality experience, or a high school diploma/GED and at least 7 years of manufacturing and quality experience.
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.
Ability to influence across functions and lead technical discussions with internal customers, suppliers, and GE Aerospace business partners.
Ability to access U.S. export-controlled information by meeting the posting’s U.S. Person status requirement.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of APQP and PPAP per AS9145, including building and maintaining PFMEAs, control plans, process flows, and MSA/gauge R&R studies.
Experience supporting NPI programs and production readiness reviews in aerospace or another regulated manufacturing setting.
Hands-on experience with the GE eCAV tool for characteristic accountability and verification.
Hands-on experience with the GE SPS tool.
Working knowledge of AS9100, AS9102 (FAI), AS9103 (key characteristics), and GE Aerospace supplier and quality requirements.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T (ASME Y14.5), and material/process specifications.
Experience with statistical process control, capability analysis, and statistical software such as Minitab.
Experience with structured problem-solving methods such as 8D, DMAIC, and Lean/FLIGHT DECK tools.
ASQ certification (CQE, CQA, or CMQ/OE) or Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
Ability to propose solutions outside established parameters with guidance and use internal resources beyond the immediate team to inform decisions.

Responsibilities

Own quality assurance and quality control for products, services, and manufacturing processes, including manufacturing conformance, incoming goods control, product inspection, and witness points.
Lead APQP quality deliverables for new and changed products in accordance with AS9145 and GE Aerospace requirements, including process flow diagrams, PFMEAs, control plans, MSA, capability studies, and PPAP packages.
Support NPI programs from design review through production readiness; participate in design and producibility reviews, identify key and critical characteristics, define inspection and verification methods, and confirm quality gates before production release.
Review and approve First Article Inspections under AS9102, ensuring they are repeated after design, process, tooling, source, or location changes.
Use eCAV to establish and maintain characteristic accountability and verification, ensuring drawing and specification characteristics are identified, ballooned, assigned verification methods, and supported by recorded objective evidence.
Use the GE SPS tool to manage, track, and submit required quality data and deliverables and maintain accurate, audit-ready records.
Develop and maintain inspection plans, work instructions, and local quality procedures for APQP, NPI, and ongoing production.
Lead or support root-cause analysis and corrective action for nonconformances, escapes, and customer findings using methods such as 8D, 5-Why, and fishbone; feed lessons learned back into PFMEAs and control plans.
Monitor process performance using statistical methods such as SPC and Cp/Cpk, and drive continuous improvement for high-risk or low-capability characteristics.
Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering, Sourcing, Supplier Quality, and Operations to meet program schedule, cost, and quality goals.
Use technical expertise, business understanding, judgment, and analytic thinking to execute policy and strategy and solve work-related problems.
Provide informal guidance to new team members and, where applicable, contribute as an early people leader.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Access to a Health Coach
Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services
GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, including a 401(k) savings plan with company matching 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
Professional development
Competitive compensation
Relocation assistance