Senior Quality Engineer- AS9100 Certification Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the organization's readiness efforts for AS9100 certification, including project planning, gap assessments, implementation, and certification support.
• Develop, implement, and maintain an AS9100-compliant Quality Management System (QMS).
• Conduct comprehensive gap analyses against AS9100 requirements and develop corrective action plans.
• Plan, conduct, and manage internal audits to verify compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, customer, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Engineering to integrate quality planning into product development, design reviews, design changes, and configuration management.
• Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering function to support supplier quality activities including supplier qualification, audits, corrective actions, and performance monitoring.
• Develop risk management processes consistent with AS9100 requirements, including risk identification, mitigation, and monitoring.
• Lead investigations into quality issues, customer complaints, escapes, and nonconforming materials.
• Train employees on quality system requirements, quality tools, auditing practices, and AS9100 expectations.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and operations to improve process capability, reduce defects, and increase operational efficiency.
• Represent quality function in customer requirements capture, contract review, opportunity review, new production development, and new product introduction activities related to quality.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship/No Dual Citizenship
• Bachelor's Degree in Quality, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• In lieu of a Bachelors degree, a minimum of 9-11 years of directly related experience in Quality Engineering or Quality Systems within aerospace, defense, aviation, or other highly regulated manufacturing industries will be considered.
• Minimum 5–8 years of progressive experience in Quality Engineering or Quality Systems within aerospace, defense, aviation, or other highly regulated manufacturing industries.
• Demonstrated experience leading or significantly contributing to an AS9100 certification or recertification effort.
• Thorough knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001:2015, and aerospace quality system requirements.
• Experience planning and conducting internal quality audits.
• Experience leading or facilitating eight disciplines (8D) problem solving or similar corrective methodologies to determine root cause and implement permanent corrective action.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership and external auditors.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office.

Desired Qualifications

• AS9100 Lead Auditor certification.
• Experience working with aerospace OEMs or Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers.
• Experience supporting FAA, DoD, NASA, or other aerospace regulatory environments.
• Familiarity with NADCAP requirements and special process oversight.
• Experience with ERP, PLM, and electronic document management systems.
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, and First Article Inspection (FAI) per AS9145.
• Proficiency using Oracle Fusion ERP, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and other electronic business systems.