Engineer, Quality

About the Company

AllClear Aerospace & Defense is the military aviation aftermarket industry’s leading provider of mission-ready solutions. We provide excellence in sustainment for the U.S. militaries and its allies. Headquartered in Miramar, Florida, AllClear’s sustainment solutions cover over 25 of the most utilized military aircraft platforms, supported with distribution agreements from leading OEMs, in-house and managed repair services, engineered products, manufacturing, and logistics solutions. AllClear represents more than 30 years of defense aerospace sustainment experience and expertise, focused on the bigger mission mindset of keeping militaries mission ready.

AllClear locations include Abu Dhabi, UAE; Camarillo, CA; Cambridge, UK; Chatsworth, CA; Greenville, SC; Macon, GA; Miramar, FL; Seoul, S. Korea; Singapore; South San Francisco, CA; and Tokyo, Japan.

About the Role

The Quality Engineer will be responsible for planning and activities related to the development, application, and maintenance of the company's quality system. This includes ensuring engineering, manufacturing, and inspection processes are performed. Additionally, the role will encompass inspection and testing processes to maintain the highest standards of product quality.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and maintain the Quality Control System to conform to customer and company requirements.
• Conduct quality planning for new parts in accordance with customer and company specifications.
• Review non-conforming materials for disposition, utilizing reports of non-conformance, and work with the team for appropriate corrective actions.
• Lead the process for non-conforming materials, including interdepartmental coordination and customer-facing root cause and corrective action (RCCA) processes, ensuring issues are resolved to closure.
• Drive cost improvement and productivity within the Quality/Inspection areas.
• Conduct internal and external audits of suppliers, processes, and the Quality System, ensuring compliance with AS9100 and other industry standards.
• Develop internal inspection points as applicable and perform inspections in accordance with process specifications and customer’s requirements.
• Coordinate on-site and remote Government or non-government source inspection.
• Perform inspection in accordance with the drawing or in-process specifications. Ensure non-conformance reports are communicated to the team, and lead supplier notification for the root cause and corrective actions.
• Perform inspection and testing processes to ensure product quality, including performing and preparing First Article Inspection (FAI) / AS9102 reports.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
• Maintain an organized, clean, and safe work area using safety standards and expectations while adhering to all quality practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or a related field or equivalent required.
• Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience in a quality and/or engineering role.
• AS9100 certification desired.
• Certified via ASQ in CQA, CQE, CQI, highly desired.
• Experience successfully preparing for certification or recertification for ISO-9001 including AS9100 and AS9102.
• Experience launching internal, customer, and supplier audits.
• Experience managing QMS per ISO-9001, AS9100, EMS 14001, and DCMA standards.
• Experience in customer management, contract review and implementation, QMS, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA).

Skills

• Language: Excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex business information. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, & percentages. Strong analytical skills with acute attention to detail. Presents numerical data effectively.
• Other Abilities: Proficient in Microsoft Suite and relevant applications. Strong solid analytical skills and solution-driven thinking. Detail-oriented to accurately prepare statistical reports and technical documents in support of company objectives. Proven ability to manage multiple tasks including performing inspection of materials or products.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Must be able to stand 4 to 6 hours a day.
• Must be able to work with hands, arms, and be extremely accurate.
• Must be able to walk, sit, or stand on a regular basis.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds; must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds on a limited basis.
• Customary physical demands for an office environment.
• In the production area, may be regularly exposed to moving high-speed machinery and mechanical parts.
• Occasionally exposed to machine oils, metal fillings, acetone, paints, solvents, grease, cutting fluids, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock or vibration when on the production floor.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud when on the production floor.