Aerospace Quality Lead Engineer — Drive Compliance & Improvements

ontic; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Goal Share bonus program

Paid volunteering time

Wellbeing support - 24/7 EAP

Employee discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Employee referral program

Comprehensive medical insurance

Competitive PTO, holidays and sick pay

401(k) plan - up to 4%

Job summary

Ontic Chatsworth is hiring a Lead Quality Engineer to drive aerospace quality throughout the product lifecycle. You will provide technical leadership across quality engineering activities, ensuring conformity, regulatory compliance and robust corrective actions.

Close collaboration with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and customers is essential to success. You will lead MRB, nonconformance, and customer investigations, deliver First Article Inspections, and push continual improvement

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quality engineering experience within aerospace or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and AS9102 requirements.
• Experience with Material Review Board activities and nonconformance management.
• Experience leading root cause analysis and corrective and preventive action methodologies.
• Knowledge of process validation and quality management systems.
• The ability to work cross-functionally and provide technical leadership on complex quality and compliance issues.
• Desirable: American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Quality Engineers, helping prioritize workloads, resolve complex issues and deliver quality objectives.
• Oversee Material Review Board and nonconformance activities, ensuring issues are dispositioned, documented and resolved effectively.
• Lead customer quality and RMA investigations, coordinating containment, root cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Oversee process validation and First Article Inspection Reports in accordance with applicable customer, regulatory and AS9102 requirements.
• Lead corrective and preventive action activities and use quality data to identify trends, risks and continual improvement opportunities.
• Support compliance with AS9100, customer requirements and applicable regulatory standards, including internal, customer and regulatory audits.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain and Program Management to resolve quality issues and promote a culture of quality, accountability and compliance.

Skills

Quality engineering

Aerospace industry

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory compliance

Root cause analysis

CAPA ( corrective actions )

AS9100 knowledge

AS9102 knowledge

Tools

MRB management

Process validation

Quality data analysis

Job description

Ontic Chatsworth is hiring a Lead Quality Engineer to drive aerospace quality throughout the product lifecycle. You will provide technical leadership across quality engineering activities, ensuring conformity, regulatory compliance and robust corrective actions.

Close collaboration with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and customers is essential to success. You will lead MRB, nonconformance, and customer investigations, deliver First Article Inspections, and push continual improvement