Quality Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in quality, engineering technology, manufacturing, business, operations, supply chain, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written communication, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to observe work, interview employees, document processes, and translate requirements into practical controls.
• Comfortable working with detailed documents, records, spreadsheets, and enterprise systems.
• Willingness to work in both office and manufacturing environments.
• Must be eligible to access ITAR-controlled information, including being a U.S. Person under applicable export regulations or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorizations.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in aerospace, defense, precision machining, regulated manufacturing, or quality systems.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, internal auditing, corrective action, risk management, or document control.
• Experience with ProShop ERP, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Excel, Power BI, Learn365, or similar systems.
• Exposure to manufacturing travelers, inspection records, calibration, material certifications, supplier documentation, First Article Inspection, or configuration control.
• Quality, internal-auditor, or Lean Six Sigma training or certification.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong decision-making skills and a results-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and ongoing maintenance of the AS9100 Quality Management System.
• Compare existing processes, procedures, system configurations, and records against applicable quality requirements.
• Maintain implementation trackers, gap logs, risk and opportunity actions, audit evidence, and certification-readiness records.
• Work with employees and process owners to document how work is performed and identify gaps between requirements, documented processes, and actual practices.
• Develop and revise process maps, procedures, work instructions, forms, checklists, and training materials.
• Coordinate QMS training assignments, completion records, competency evaluations, and retraining activities.
• Complete AS9100 internal-auditor training and progressively participate in process, system, and follow-up audits.
• Document objective evidence, findings, corrective actions, and effectiveness reviews.
• Support root-cause analysis, continual improvement, and closure of nonconformities and audit findings.
• Organize documents and records for internal, customer, registrar, and regulatory audits.
• Collect and validate quality performance data and prepare supporting information for management review.
• Support the transition to IA9100 following publication of the revised standard and applicable transition requirements.
• Maintain compliance with applicable ITAR, export-control, customer, cybersecurity, and data-handling requirements.
• Perform other duties as needed.