Intern, Quality Engineer

About the role

At Crystal Group, we do hard things – designing and building rugged tech and tech solutions that provide predictable performance in the world’s most unforgiving environments. As a 100% employee-owned company, here you take extreme ownership of your role and work and invest in your own success and that of your teammates. Together we use a zero limits approach to wow our customers.

This position supports Quality Engineering and Quality Management System activities while providing practical experience in aerospace and manufacturing quality. Under the guidance of Quality team members, the intern assists with first article inspection documentation, nonconformance and corrective action activities, manufacturing Quality support, internal audit evidence collection, requirements review, process-risk activities, and Quality data analysis. The intern will contribute to real departmental projects while learning established Quality processes, standards, tools, and decision boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Assist Quality Engineers with First Article Inspection (FAI) activities by reviewing drawings and specifications, organizing characteristic accountability information, collecting objective evidence, and supporting preparation or review of AS9102 documentation.
• Support nonconforming material and Material Review Board (MRB) activities by gathering facts, documenting nonconformances, tracking required actions, and helping verify that records are complete. Disposition and acceptance decisions remain with authorized personnel.
• Participate in containment, root cause analysis, corrective action, and effectiveness follow-up by collecting data, mapping processes, researching evidence, and supporting assigned actions under guidance.
• Provide Quality support to manufacturing and inspection activities by researching applicable requirements, gathering objective evidence, identifying questions, and escalating issues to the appropriate Quality Engineer or authorized decision-maker.
• Assist with internal audit activities by preparing supporting information, sampling records, observing processes, and documenting objective evidence under the direction of qualified audit personnel.
• Assist with reviews of drawings, specifications, customer requirements, and contract quality clauses to identify applicable Quality requirements and potential gaps for review by experienced Quality personnel.
• Participate in FMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, or other risk-based activities to help connect identified risks with manufacturing, inspection, and verification controls.
• Collect, analyze, and summarize Quality data such as defects, nonconformances, escapes, audit results, and process metrics; prepare clear reports, charts, or recommendations for review.
• Support supplier