Senior/ Staff Quality Engineer

Hybron•Hawthorne, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Hybron is an advanced manufacturing company that is building lightweight composites at mass production scale. At Hybron, we have pioneered a new composites manufacturing process that enables complex, high performance composite parts to be produced 10-100 times faster than traditional manufacturing, at a fraction of the cost. We recently closed an oversubscribed $25M seed round, are backed by the Northrop Grumman Technology Accelerator, and are rapidly growing to commercialize and mass produce composite products at a scale never seen before. Our current focus is applying our proprietary process to composite artillery shells, solid rocket motor nozzles, gas turbine engine components, and airframes. If you want to join a rapidly growing company working on cutting edge composites technology while building capabilities for the warfighter and reshoring U.S. manufacturing, then we want to speak with you. This is a full-time, in-person role at our El Segundo pilot facility. As you will be working at an early-stage deep tech startup, this role will span many different tasks. You will need to be a self-starter and be adaptable to performing many different jobs. Along with these high expectations comes the opportunity to significantly influence the product development, strategy, and trajectory of a fast-growing startup company. Your work will tangibly impact our company and the composites industry, and you will be able to make rapid professional gains in an environment that encourages growth and innovation. Hybron is making a deliberate decision to invest in quality up front. As such, this role involves building the foundation of Hybron’s quality function by leading the effort to establish a quality management system and becoming AS9100 and ISO9001 certified. You will be responsible for ensuring that every part that leaves Hybron meets high quality standards as part of a lean, rigorous, and effective quality program. You’re a great fit if you are comfortable wearing many hats, approach quality as an enabling function, and work exceptionally well in cross-functional roles in companies that prioritize engineering and product.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain a Quality Management System
Demonstrated ability to achieve ISO9001/ AS9100 certifications or experience owning significant portions of these programs such that full ownership is a reasonable expectation
Experience with NDT for advanced materials, including CT, UT, tap testing, etc.
Non-conformance and MRB experience
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or science field (Composites, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, Polymer Science, etc.)
Willingness to be hands-on, including with part-level testing and inspection
Must be a US Person pursuant to the EAR and the ITAR definitions and able to work in-person at our facility in El Segundo

Nice To Haves

Experience working with fiber-reinforced polymer composites materials and manufacturing
Supplier quality experience: qualifying suppliers and enforcing quality flowdowns (both to and from Hybron)
Experience with relevant QMS software and adjacent production tools (MES, ERP, etc…)
Strong problem-solving skills, with a drive to deliver on ambitious schedules, even and especially if unconventional & creative solutions are necessary to do so
Experience operating relevant equipment such as metrology instruments, including laser scanners, CMMs, DSC, TGA, etc…
Experience with composite molding technologies such as compression or injection molding
Six Sigma and/ or Lean certification
Experience with taking products from zero to one at a small company

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain a Quality Management System
Achieve ISO9001/ AS9100 certifications
Ensure every part that leaves Hybron meets high quality standards
Analyze composite defects (delamination, porosity, fiber/resin richness) and drive corrective action
Be hands-on, including with part-level testing and inspection
Qualify suppliers and enforce quality flowdowns
Grow and lead a quality team as we begin to manufacture at scale
Own Hybron’s quality program, systems, infrastructure, and roadmap
Calibrate the team’s capabilities to increasingly rigorous standards and regulations