Associate Quality Engineer- Temporary

Toray Advanced Composites Usa, Inc; Fairfield (CA); Presencial; USD 45 000 - 52 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Toray Advanced Composites Usa, Inc in Fairfield, CA is seeking an Associate Quality Engineer (Temporary) for a 6-month contract. You will support aerospace manufacturing, ensuring AS9100 Rev D compliance and rapid on-the-floor documentation.

Key duties include authoring FAI paperwork, managing non-conformances, performing precise inspections, enforcing FOD safety, and collaborating with engineers to drive root-cause investigations.

Qualificações

• 1–3 years of hands-on quality engineering or inspection experience in an AS9100 aerospace/defense environment.
• Foundational proficiency reading aerospace drawings and GD&T symbols.
• Experience learning new software/workflows in short-term contract roles.

Responsabilidades

• First Article Inspections (FAI): author/review AS9102 Forms 1–3 manually or with aerospace software.
• Non-Conformance: create NCRs/DRs for non-compliant materials and segregate on the floor.
• Floor inspection: verify dimensions with calipers, micrometers, height gauges, pin gauges.
• FOD control & safety: enforce debris/damage prevention in assembly areas.
• Escalation & collaboration: work with teams to document root-cause investigations.

Conhecimentos

AS9100 experience

Quality inspection

GD&T

Contract mindset

Documentation

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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Associate Quality Engineer- Temporary

Contractor - 1099 Fairfield, CA, US

4 days ago Requisition ID: 1717

Salary Range: $33.00 To $38.00 Hourly

Position Overview

We are seeking an agile, highly disciplined Associate Temporary Quality Engineer to immediately support our aerospace manufacturing and assembly operations for a 6-month contract assignment. As a short-term contractor, you will seamlessly integrate into our production environment to ensure all components, assemblies, and documentation strictly adhere to AS9100 Rev D regulatory standards.

This role requires immediate day-one productivity in First Article Inspections (FAI), blueprint interpretation, and material non-conformance tracking. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of adapting quickly to new digital enterprise systems and possesses the technical confidence to enforce strict quality benchmarks on the shop floor.

• First Article Inspections (FAI): Independently author, review, and compile AS9102-compliant FAI documentation (Forms 1, 2, and 3) manually or utilizing aerospace quality software.


• Non-Conformance Management: Identify, isolate, and generate accurate Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) or Discrepancy Reports (DRs) for non-compliant materials, ensuring proper segregation on the floor.


• Floor Inspection Support: Use standard mechanical inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, height gauges, pin gauges) to verify physical part dimensions against engineering drawings.


• FOD Control & Safety Enforcement: Actively monitor and enforce (Foreign Object Debris/Damage) prevention protocols across assembly areas.


• Escalation & Collaboration: Partner closely with manufacturing teams and senior quality engineering staff to provide rapid documentation support for root cause investigations (5 Whys / Fishbone analysis).

Mandatory Requirements & Technical Skills

• Experience: Minimum of 1–3 years of hands‑on quality engineering or inspection experience explicitly within an AS9100-certified aerospace or defense manufacturing environment.


• Blueprint Reading & GD&T: Foundational proficiency reading aerospace schematics and interpreting ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing symbols, datums, and limits.


• Contract/Agile Mindset: Prior experience working in short-term contract roles with a demonstrated ability to learn internal software and workflows


• Communication: Highly articulate and assertive verbal and written communication skills necessary to document technical failures objectively.


• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial) or a related technical discipline; equivalent technical experience accompanied by an ASQ certification (e.g., CQI or CQT) will be considered.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to frequently lift, move, and handle parts or inspection equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.


• Ability to stand, walk, bend, and navigate a manufacturing plant/shop floor environment for extended periods (up to 8–10 hours per shift).

Toray Advanced Composites employment practices offer equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer/employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination