Senior Quality Engineer

Looking for a Senior Quality Engineer in precision manufacturing, aerospace, or machine tools/gear production acts as the technical lead responsible for product reliability, process compliance, and supplier/manufacturing standards

1. Core Role & Summary

• Objective: Ensure manufactured parts, gear assemblies, or aerospace components meet strict regulatory, design, and customer specifications.
• Experience Required: Typically 5 to 9+ years of hands-on quality engineering experience in aerospace, precision machining, automotive, or heavy mechanical/gear manufacturing.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Process & Quality Control: Drive Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA).
• Metrology & Inspection: Oversee dimensional inspection methods, Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) programming/review (e.g., PC-DMIS), and surface/material testing.
• Root Cause Analysis: Lead problem-solving using 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone methodologies to resolve shop-floor or supplier defects.
• Compliance & Auditing: Maintain and audit compliance against industry standards such as AS9100D (aerospace), Nadcap (special processes like heat treatment/painting), or ISO 9001/ISO 13485. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• First Article Inspection (FAI): Review and approve AS9102 FAI reports and technical blueprints. [1]
• Supplier Quality: Evaluate incoming raw materials, machined gears, castings, and sub-assemblies through vendor audits and quality metrics. [1, 2]

3. Essential Technical Skills

• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T): Advanced blueprint reading and stack-up analysis.
• Manufacturing & Machine Tools Knowledge: Understanding of CNC machining, gear hobbing/shaping, grinding tolerances, and heat treatment.
• Statistical Tools: Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA).