Sonaca · 16 hours ago
Engineer-Quality
Sonaca North America is a leading provider of aerospace and defense solutions dedicated to making air and space travel safe and sustainable. They are currently seeking a Quality Engineer responsible for interpreting customer contract requirements and ensuring compliance within the Quality Management System.
AerospaceCivil EngineeringManufacturing
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
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
Preferred
Aerospace inspection experience and knowledge of computer aided design systems and digital product definition or model based definition objects is preferred
Lead Auditor certification for AS9000/AS9100 preferred
Certification to the Body of Knowledge for ASQ Quality Engineering preferred
Benefits
401(k) retirement savings plan with a percentage company-match contribution
Competitive wages
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Medical, dental, vision, life, and accidental insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Employee assistance plan — for access to counseling, consulting and other community resources
Wellness program
Tuition assistance
Company
Sonaca
Sonaca is a Belgian aerospace company.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$8.5M2016-01-11Debt Financing· $8.5M
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