Quality Engineering Technician

About the Company

As a global manufacturer of complex aircraft engine components, Pursuit Aerospace is founded on a commitment to relentless, continuous operational improvement and extraordinary customer service. We pride ourselves on a competitive cost structure, exceptional on‑time delivery, and industry‑leading quality. The Pursuit family of companies has cultivated long‑term relationships with customers worldwide through respect, teamwork, technology, and trust. We are driven to develop industry‑leading process innovations and manufacturing techniques on behalf of our customers, investing daily in improving our people, processes, and products.

About the Role

As a Quality Engineering Technician, you will maintain and support quality engineering processes and systems consistent with the plant’s quality policies and objectives, including CMM programming, FAI, receiving of raw material and testing, generating COC/COTs, marking programming, and assisting in implementation of quality system initiatives. Location: Cleveland, OH. This role is onsite 100% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Assist the quality department in establishing, implementing and maintaining the quality management system (AS9100); work with quality engineering to facilitate audits/layered process audits and close out audit findings using proper corrective actions.
• Program metrology equipment, including CMM and laser scanning.
• Support completion of First Article Inspection (FAI) reports, including ballooning drawings, generating AS9102 forms, layout inspection, statistical analysis, and generating control plans.
• Conduct receiving inspection activities such as receiving product from outside service vendors, reviewing certificates and counts, signing off routers, and receiving and releasing raw material (including use of an XRF device and assigning heat codes).
• Assist Quality Engineering on metallurgical testing of material by helping generate procedures and compile testing data.
• Coordinate with testing vendors to schedule testing results after heat treat.
• Support Quality dock functions, including creating, filing, and reviewing various quality‑related documents and other administrative tasks as required.
• Compile shipping paperwork packages (Certificates of Conformance, Certificates of Testing, furnace charts, product testing certificates, material certificates, etc.).
• Complete DQR review process per customer requirements.
• Assist Quality Engineering in generating marking programs.
• Support site needs related to over‑inspection, shipment write‑up, and other inspection/part shipment duties as needed.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in quality inspection or a related technical role, preferably in manufacturing or production environments.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full‑time basis without sponsorship now or in the future; the company cannot employ visa holders who require employer sponsorship.
• Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in a technical field (Engineering Technician) preferred.
• Full working knowledge of inspection tools and gauges (scribes, vernier calipers, height gauges, depth gauges, micrometers, cylindrical plugs and thread gauges, periphery or PI tapes, decimal scales, indicators, inspection fixtures, coordinate measuring machines, and other automated measuring devices).
• Experience with standards such as AS9100, ISO 9001, ANSI, ASTM, NADCAP preferred.
• CMM programming in PCDMIS preferred.
• Experience in Polyworks preferred.
• Ability to pay attention to detail while performing multiple tasks in a production environment.
• Good mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to follow documented procedures, work instructions, and customer‑required record processes, and to keep accurate records.
• Solid PC skills, including Microsoft Excel and Word.

Working Conditions

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Frequent sitting, standing, and walking.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, and reaching.
• Recurring activities involve being around moving machinery and exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity.
• Personal protective equipment (e.g., safety glasses and safety shoes) required on the shop floor.
• Occasional weekend and evening work may be required to accommodate priorities, deadlines, and schedules.

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid time off.
• Company‑paid holidays.
• Specific programs and options may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and collective bargaining agreements.