Hybrid Quality Engineer – APQP & Aerospace

Sitka Inc.; Elkton (MD); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision benefits

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. in Elkton, Maryland is seeking a Quality Engineer to join the Innovation team, driving APQP deliverables per AS9145 and embedding quality early in product development.

The role focuses on translating new technologies from concept to scalable production, ensuring robust risk management and successful handoff to manufacturing. Hybrid work is available, with a total rewards package including Day 1 medical, dental and vision benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or a related technical field.
• 3 years of product, process, or manufacturing quality across the product lifecycle.
• Experience applying structured quality planning, risk assessment, and validation methods (APQP, FMEA, MSA, SPC).
• Knowledge of quality systems (AS9100 or IATF16949) and lifecycle-based quality practices.
• Knowledge of statistical methods for risk assessment, control, and decision making.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills using data.
• Strong written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to travel up to 5%.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate APQP activities aligned with AS9145 from Concept Development through Commercial Release, ensuring effective transition and handoff to Manufacturing and Quality Operations.
• Drive completion and effectiveness of core quality planning deliverables, including DFMEA, PFMEA, Process Flow Diagrams, Control Plans, Risk Assessments, Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Process Capability Studies, and PPAP documentation.
• Facilitate cross-functional risk assessments and reviews to identify, evaluate, and mitigate product and process risks throughout development and industrialization.
• Ensure alignment between product design, manufacturing capability, customer requirements, and regulatory requirements to enable robust and scalable product realization.
• Develop, validate, and implement quality assurance methods including test methods, inspection strategies, visual standards, sampling plans, and process controls to support product and process qualification.
• Support First Article Inspection (FAI), product verification and validation, process qualification, and launch readiness activities to ensure successful commercialization.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to resolve quality concerns, verify root-cause effectiveness, and ensure lessons learned are incorporated into future designs and processes.
• Communicate quality expectations, risks, decisions, and outcomes to stakeholders and maintain appropriate documentation within the Quality Management System.

Skills

APQP

AS9145

Statistical methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality planning

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing, or related field

Tools

DFMEA

PFMEA

MSA

SPC

PPAP

Job description

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. in Elkton, Maryland is seeking a Quality Engineer to join the Innovation team, driving APQP deliverables per AS9145 and embedding quality early in product development.

The role focuses on translating new technologies from concept to scalable production, ensuring robust risk management and successful handoff to manufacturing. Hybrid work is available, with a total rewards package including Day 1 medical, dental and vision benefits.