Frontier Aerospace Corporation · 15 hours ago
Aerospace Quality Engineer
Newbury Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $130K/yr
5+ years expFrontier Aerospace Corporation is a leader in designing and manufacturing rocket propulsion thrusters for various applications. They are seeking a highly skilled Aerospace Quality Engineer responsible for ensuring product quality through inspections, quality control measures, and continuous improvement initiatives, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
AerospaceGeospatialSpace Travel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Defining, documenting, and enforcing quality process best practices for the engineering and manufacturing of aerospace hardware
Provide input to design engineering to build-in quality to product designs
Build first article inspection plans for verifying that the initial products from a production run meet all engineering and design requirements before full-scale manufacturing begins
Establish and implement inspection procedures and standards
Determine quality requirements for product and outside service provider definition
Perform external provider quality audits for maintaining product quality, minimizing risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance within the supply chain
Support manufacturing readiness review, test readiness review, and production readiness review meetings with customers and suppliers
Lead nonconformance and material review process for maintaining quality standards, ensuring compliance, minimizing risks, and fostering continuous improvement within an organization
Perform receiving inspection on incoming materials and components to verify conformance with specifications
Validate product quality through rigorous inspection and verification methods
Document and verify that all process steps meet established specifications
Perform source inspection activities at external provider locations
Remain flexible with daily activities in order to handle emergency issues as they arrive
Qualification
Required
5-10 years of experience in aerospace quality engineering and/or inspection
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline plus five (5) years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Understanding of modern inspection and quality inspection tools and techniques
Highly proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint) products
Strong organizational skills with a high attention to detail
Excellent communication skills and active listening with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Good people and conflict resolution skills
Development Assurance Excellence (Develop and follow the required processes and verifications)
Proactive Approach (Meeting deadlines, presenting improvements, driving improvement plans)
Proven knowledge in quality standards & tools (e.g., RCCA, 8D, Ishikawa, 5 whys, APQP/PPAP/ AS9100)
Preferred
Aerospace industry experience
Certification or deep experience with AS9100/ISO9001 and other aerospace quality assurance methods
Ability to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact with minimal supervision
Benefits
10-12 company paid holidays
Vacation days and Sick days
401(k) w/company matching
Medical
Dental, Vision, Life
Health savings account
Company
Frontier Aerospace Corporation
🚀 Business Description Frontier Aerospace is the emergent leader within the space propulsion industry.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$15.5MKey Investors
AEI Horizon XNASA
2023-03-15Series A· $10M
2021-06-24Seed· $5.5M
2018-08-11Grant
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