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Sonaca North America · 5 hours ago

Quality Engineer

Vista, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$85K/yr - $95K/yr

3+ years exp

Sonaca North America is a leading provider of aerospace and defense solutions dedicated to safe and sustainable air and space travel. They are seeking a Quality Engineer responsible for ensuring compliance with customer contract requirements and quality management systems throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Identify and communicate Customer contractual requirements

Provide interface to the Customer for quality related activities

Host and provide support for customer or industry quality audit or certification activities

Create Quality Assurance Program Plans, as applicable

Update and maintain procedures and work instructions to ensure compliance with Customer requirements

Conduct process and product audits in support of quality compliance

Participate in design review, design verification, and Integrated Product Team (IPT) support, as required

Create inspection plans, and methods for the manufacturing operations, including inspection equipment and tools necessary to provide efficient inspection processes. This would include the creation of First Article Inspection (FAI) plans, as required

Assist and train personnel in procedures and processes establishing and documenting inspection criteria and process improvements including process auditing

Participate in and lead team based corrective action and continuous improvement efforts related to continuous quality improvement

Utilize qualitative and statistical methods and tools to collect, summarize, analyze, interpret and communicate process capability and performance. This would include the use of key statistical process control (SPC) tools

Qualification

Quality EngineeringAerospace industry knowledgeAuditing experienceRoot cause analysisStatistical process controlMicrosoft Office SuiteLead Auditor certificationFirst Article InspectionInspection of detail partsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree from four-year College or University with major course work in engineering, quality, or science preferred along with 3-5 years Quality Engineering experience in the aerospace industry. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be accepted

Knowledge of the Aerospace industry is preferred

Inspection of detail parts, tooling and assemblies required

Auditing experience required, preferably to AS9000/AS9100

Experience in performing root cause analysis and corrective action development

Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to use enterprise applications (e.g., material resource planning, product lifecycle management) and a variety of special software applications on a daily basis

US Citizenship