Aerospace QA & Compliance Specialist

Spirit AeroSystems; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 73,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, located in Tulsa, OK, is seeking a senior quality professional to develop and maintain quality systems and drive process improvements. The role emphasizes compliance with policy, procedures, and specifications, with focus on inspection, tooling, and manufacturing quality in aerospace.

The position requires 6-9 years in quality, strong data analysis, and ability to coordinate cross-functional quality initiatives, including customer inspection plans and design reviews.

Qualifications

• 6-9 years of experience in a quality discipline, preferably inspection, aerospace or manufacturing.
• Ability to read, understand, and communicate policy, procedures and specifications.
• Interpret drawings and communicate details.
• Time management with the ability to prioritize multiple assignments.
• Organizational skills for pulling data from multiple sources and daily tracking.
• Effective communication within and outside the group.
• Must be able to walk between buildings and stand for long periods.
• Inspection background with extensive knowledge of quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of quality policies and practices to develop, document, and maintain quality systems and operating procedures.
• Develop and administer directives, policies, processes and procedures to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements to assure quality system compliance.
• Apply knowledge of policies to develop and administer long-range customer inspection plans, acting as agent for customer to meet requirements.
• Plan and coordinate improvements in manufacturing processes and supplier development.
• Perform design reviews to ensure quality is engineered into the product and tools.
• Conduct configuration audits and reviews of products, tools, and processes; analyze data for trends and risk.
• Utilize root cause analysis and process improvement methods to drive improvements.
• Ensure inspection control points and accountability systems are in place.
• Identify and implement preventive actions and procedural changes; present findings.
• Provide education and coaching on the Quality Management System and Manufacturing Verification Process.

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP/MES

Smartsheets

Tableau

Job description

Spirit AeroSystems, located in Tulsa, OK, is seeking a senior quality professional to develop and maintain quality systems and drive process improvements. The role emphasizes compliance with policy, procedures, and specifications, with focus on inspection, tooling, and manufacturing quality in aerospace.

The position requires 6-9 years in quality, strong data analysis, and ability to coordinate cross-functional quality initiatives, including customer inspection plans and design reviews.