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GKN Aerospace · 3 hours ago

Senior Quality Engineer

North Charlestown, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel and is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to support operational and development programs aimed at delivering zero defect projects. The role involves leading quality initiatives, managing supplier audits, and ensuring compliance with quality standards.

AerospaceCommercialManufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Exemplifying a safety-first mind-set and ensuring compliance with the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards

Provides technical expertise to solve issues pertaining to vendor schedule and/or quality

Breaks down technical problems, risk, opportunites, in the correct order to create products and add value to GKN Aerospace through creating Zero Defects

Leads positive, team relationships with internal and external customers, as wel as co-workers

Continuously improves production processes by implementing Lean initiatives

Implement the global business processes to create root cause analysis, preventative and corrective action to eliminate non-conformances utilizing the GKN standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite

Leading product development, customer quality requirements management and first article development

Leading supplier audits and assessments along with manageing the NCRs generate by audit (i.e. supplier, internal, workstation, customer, certify agents, etc.)

Contribute to the continued development of the Quality Management System by intergrating industry and customer requirement and ensuring compliance

Communicate and visit suppliers to resolve quality issues

Ensure site complies to customer quality systems by auditing or enabling others to audit and monitor actions and closures of findings or opportunities for improvement

Point of contact for customer on all quality related topics (i.e. issues, development, audits, fixed process changes, questions, etc.)

Managing the calibration of measuring equipment (i.e. hand held tools, CMMs, granite surface plates, comparators, tool setter, special built gages/fixtures, etc.)

Conduct internal periodic quality related trainings

Collect and monitor quality data (i.e. non-conformances) and recommend and/or review improvements

Participate in MRB board

Lead bi-weekly quality discussions

Process owner for NADCAP (conventional machining as special process)

Working knowledge of industry and customer self-release programs

Analyze quality data and generate reports to identify trends and areas for improvement

Collaborate with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to resolve quality issues

Provide training and support staff on quality-related matters

Maintain accurate documentation and records of quality activities

Other job duties as assigned

Qualification

Quality system modelsAerospace experienceAuditing experienceLean toolsTechniquesNadcap requirementsMachining understandingCustomer facing experienceBachelor's Degree in EngineeringEnglish fluency

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from accredited university/college or equivalent (4 years) experience in qualification listed

Must be fluent (speaking and reading) the English language

Must be a US Person (Citizen or Green Card Holder) or have the ability to obtain the necessary Government licensing to work with controlled technology and products