Aerospace Quality Engineer - Flight Hardware QE

Rippling; Lafayette (CO); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully covered benefits

discretionary time off

Flexible work hours

Job summary

Orbit Fab is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of spacecraft components. You will define and improve quality processes, drive non-conformance resolution, and collaborate with development and test teams on complex technical issues.

You will lead quality plans for flight products, manage supplier QA, conduct inspections, and drive corrective actions across a cross-functional team in a hybrid on-site role in Lafayette, CO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Aerospace & defense expertise with gov specs for flight hardware, software, and electronics.
• Ability to provide technical quality leadership across the value stream, including raw material, vendor components, and internal/external manufacturing.
• Familiar with ISO9001 or AS9001 and approaches like Reliability Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma.
• Conversant in Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control and able to compare/contrast both approaches.
• Experience leading a technical team in Quality initiatives and transitions from development to production.
• Experience with coordinate-measuring machines (CMMs), hand measurement techniques, and metrology a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication with team members, stakeholders, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering and operations to create quality plans for flight products, including key characteristics and development testing.
• Lead supplier quality assurance and incoming inspection processes; conduct first article inspections and MRB leadership.
• Implement standards and tools to ensure effective quality processes and continuous improvements.
• Review designs and instructions to mitigate manufacturability and inspection challenges.
• Provide interpretation of regulations to ensure compliance with external standards.
• Offer guidance as a technical QE resource across teams and projects.
• Support manufacturing compliance with customer and internal specs to meet mission requirements.
• Serve as expert resource in QE principles, tools, and methods.
• Lead nonconformance processes and drive root cause and corrective actions.
• Enhance company quality metrics.

Job description

Orbit Fab is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of spacecraft components. You will define and improve quality processes, drive non-conformance resolution, and collaborate with development and test teams on complex technical issues.

You will lead quality plans for flight products, manage supplier QA, conduct inspections, and drive corrective actions across a cross-functional team in a hybrid on-site role in Lafayette, CO.