Lead Quality Engineer – Process & Compliance

American Precision Avionics, Inc.

Duluth (MN)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

American Precision Avionics, Inc. is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to lead the Quality & Safety department.

The role supervises the inspection team and reports to the General Manager, with duties spanning quality requirements, process control, audits, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure safe, compliant products. The candidate will develop quality standards, support design changes, and maintain certifications such as ISO 9001/AS9100, with limited travel within North America.

Qualifications

2 to 5 years Manufacturing and/or Quality work experience; Electrical Engineering background preferable.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or STEM equivalent.
Quality-related professional training such as CQE, Six Sigma, IPC-A-620, ISO 9001/AS9100 Auditor.
Good understanding and working knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 or AS9100 (preferred).
Experience with quality systems and regulatory agencies (FAA, SAE, UL, OSHA).
Lean principles, FMEAs, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions, statistics.
Auditing competence; bilingual skills a plus; strong written and oral communication.
Independent worker with customer-oriented interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Develop, apply, implement and maintain quality requirements, standards and written processes to ensure product safety and compliance with customer specs.
Serve as the primary QA resource to department supervisors for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting, and continuous improvement.
Support concurrent engineering by representing Quality Assurance in design development projects with customers.
Design and implement methods for process control, testing, and inspection; verify adherence to quality and safety standards.
Promote and execute quality standards, inspection processes, test methodologies, quality plans, documents and reports.
Process & Product Improvement: implement preventive and corrective actions; participate in launches, redesigns and process changes; collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Maintain and improve Quality system certification and objectives; prepare and present reports to management.
Participate in internal and external quality audits; interface with supplier and customer quality representatives.