Aerospace Quality Engineer: CAPA, Inspection, APQP

AppleOne Employment Services; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer - Aerospace for a direct hire in Pacoima, CA. This role targets an experienced aerospace quality professional who collaborates with production, engineering, supply chain, customers, and suppliers to ensure high-precision results.

You will lead inspection activities, MRB dispositions, APQP/PPAP efforts, and continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining documented quality records and compliance with AS9102 standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years aerospace quality engineering experience or equivalent.
• Strong root cause analysis and structured problem solving.
• APQP, PPAP, AS9102 review, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of ASME Y14.5 GD&T.
• Experience with supplier quality and non-conforming material handling.

Responsibilities

• Manage non-conforming material, MRB dispositions, customer returns, and CAPA.
• Lead root cause investigations and respond to corrective actions.
• Serve as a quality liaison between customers, suppliers, production, engineering, and supply chain.
• Support First Article, in-process, receiving, and final inspections, including AS9102 documentation packages.
• Participate in APQP and PPAP activities (FMEA, Control Plans, Gage R&R, process flow).
• Track quality metrics, non-conformance trends, scrap, Cost of Poor Quality, and corrective action performance.

Skills

Aerospace quality engineering

Root cause analysis

APQP / PPAP knowledge

AS9102 First Article review

Quality documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer - Aerospace for a direct hire in Pacoima, CA. This role targets an experienced aerospace quality professional who collaborates with production, engineering, supply chain, customers, and suppliers to ensure high-precision results.

You will lead inspection activities, MRB dispositions, APQP/PPAP efforts, and continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining documented quality records and compliance with AS9102 standards.