Sustaining Quality Engineer

The Sustaining Quality Engineer is responsible for supporting and maintaining quality systems to ensure compliance with internal standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements. This role plays a critical part in managing nonconformances, driving corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), supporting audits, and ensuring adherence to product and process specifications. The position partners closely with Operations and Product Engineering teams to ensure timely resolution of quality issues, minimize risk, and sustain a high level of product and process integrity.

Responsibilities

• Support the review and disposition of non-conforming material, ensuring proper documentation, risk assessment, and timely resolution
• Lead and support corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), including root cause analysis, implementation, and effectiveness verification
• Manage quality STOPS/SLAMS as needed to contain risk and protect product quality
• Conduct and support internal, customer, and regulatory audits; ensure timely closure of audit findings
• Track and report key quality system metrics, including nonconformance trends, CAPA effectiveness, and audit performance
• Review product and process specifications to ensure compliance and proper interpretation in manufacturing
• Ensure adherence to quality management systems (QMS) and applicable standards (e.g., ISO 9001, AS9100)
• Support continuous improvement of quality systems, procedures, and documentation
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to address quality issues and prevent recurrence
• Train and guide personnel on quality requirements, procedures, and compliance expectations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Metallurgical, Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing or related field)
• 3 - 8+ years of experience in quality engineering, quality systems, or manufacturing quality
• Strong knowledge of nonconformance management, CAPA processes, and audits

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of SA&C production processes
• Familiarity with quality standards (AS9100, ISO 9001, etc.)
• Experience with quality management systems and document control process
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
• High attention to detail and strong process discipline

Pay

Salary Range: $92,000 to $146,900/annually

Benefits

• A top 401K plan, including company match
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, short and long-term disability, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Programs
• 15 days of paid vacation time, along with 12 paid holidays
• Performance bonus
• Optional employee paid programs such as Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance

It is ATI's policy to not provide immigration sponsorship for any of the company's positions. Due to the nature of its operations, including certain federal government contracts, ATI Specialty Alloys & Components must track -- and in some cases limit employment opportunity based on -- citizenship or immigration status.