Quality Engineer

Verify • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Quality Engineer defines and implements quality assurance solutions for complex issues and helps ensure product reliability and performance against requirements. The role analyzes reports and defective products to identify trends and recommend corrective actions. It supports quality-system compliance by reviewing customer quality documentation requirements, ensuring supplier compliance, and working with customers to obtain approval for deviations.

The position reviews supplier First Article Inspection (FAI) documentation for sub-detail component qualification, validates it against requirements, obtains missing documents, and coordinates third-party material validation when needed. When a quality escape is identified, the Quality Engineer works with Engineering and customers to establish its scope and determine disposition options.

The role plans and implements quality assurance programs for customer orders, coordinates quality activities with customers, suppliers, and third-party oversight bodies, and translates customer, regulatory, and code requirements into manufacturing work instructions, quality engineering instructions, and control plans. It also supports audits, nonconformance management, root-cause analysis, corrective action, customer correspondence, and in-process inspection points.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in Quality Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Aerospace experience.
• Familiarity with Model Based Definition.
• High understanding of CMM report data.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement quality assurance solutions for complex issues and ensure product reliability and performance against requirements.
• Analyze reports and defective products to identify trends and recommend corrective actions.
• Review customer quality documentation requirements and ensure supplier and quality-system compliance.
• Work with customers to obtain approval for deviations.
• Review supplier-provided FAI documentation, validate it against requirements, obtain missing documentation, and coordinate third-party material validation when required.
• Work with Engineering and customers to determine the scope and disposition options for identified quality escapes.
• Plan and implement quality assurance programs for customer orders, including inspection plans, measurement methods, recording forms, systems, methods, and procedures.
• Develop PPAP key quality elements, including process flows, FMEAs, control plans, capability assessments, and production monitoring.
• Use statistical methods to control and evaluate process capabilities where applicable, and develop quality assurance data packages for customer review.
• Coordinate quality activities with customers, suppliers, and third-party oversight bodies.
• Review contractual requirements in specifications and drawings, focusing on quality requirements, and lead development of compliance matrices for customer acceptance.
• Lead the adoption of improved quality assurance techniques and processes, make key processes visible, and own and monitor processes within the assigned area.
• Improve and create standardized quality processes and ensure quality and regulatory compliance with documented procedures.
• Provide subject matter expertise to internal and external customers and suppliers, respond to requests, and resolve issues.
• Assist other departments in establishing standards that support product quality.
• Review and approve drawings in accordance with ANSI/ASME Y14.5M 2009, as well as routings, specifications, procedures, and related project documents; provide detailed quality assurance inputs.
• Translate customer, regulatory, and code requirements into manufacturing work instructions, quality engineering instructions, and control plans.
• Review, revise, or write inspection procedures.
• Perform internal process surveillances and internal audits.
• Conduct RCCA analysis and close out customer returns associated with assigned programs.
• Review, evaluate, and respond to customer correspondence.
• Support in-process hold and witness points at the facility.
• Participate in preparing and maintaining quality program manuals and related department and divisional procedures.
• Generate, review, and process quality nonconformities; conduct containment, obtain disposition, evaluate root causes, and implement corrective action as required.
• Prepare program quality inspection plans in conjunction with manufacturing routers and identify potential project quality issues.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior