Quality Engineer - 1st Shift

Valence Surface Technologies; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Valence Surface Technologies is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to lead the implementation of quality programs and ensure compliance across aerospace finishing operations in Wichita, KS.

The role emphasizes process control, data analysis, audit readiness, and collaboration with suppliers and internal teams to meet stringent customer and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3 years of experience in aerospace chemical processing.
• Catia and Nadcap experience preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Understand and execute quality philosophies, systems, and standards.
• Develop and manage quality programs with tracking, analysis, and reporting.
• Establish and execute product and process quality plans, including sampling and measurement.

Skills

Quality control

Quality system

Problem solving

Data analysis

Blueprint reading

Education

High School diploma

Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Tools

Catia

Nadcap experience

Job description

Valence Surface Technologies

Valence Surface Technologies is a full-service surface finishing company specializing in the commercial aerospace, defense, space and satellite industries. With ten strategically located sites across the United States, Valence provides a start to finish solution from NDT and chemical processing, to paint and sub-assembly.

Position Summary

Responsible for the efficient operation, organization, and oversite of the team; executing the production plan to maximize throughput.

Responsibilities

• Understand and execute quality philosophies, principles, systems, risk, methods, tools, standards, organizational and team dynamics, customer expectations and satisfaction, supplier relations and performance, leadership, training, interpersonal relationships, improvement systems, and professional
• Understand and execute the quality system, including its development, documentation, and implementation with respect to domestic and international standards or requirements.
• Develop and manage quality programs, including tracking, analyzing, reporting, and problem
• Establish, promote, and execute product and process quality, quality principles, including planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems.
• Maintain a complete knowledge of reliability, maintainability, and risk management, including key terms and definitions, modeling, systems design, assessment tools, and reporting.
• Manage, plan, control, implement, and assure process and/or project application, readiness, and requirements.
• Completely understand and employ problem-solving and quality improvement tools and techniques, including knowledge of management and planning tools, quality tools, preventive and corrective actions, and how to overcome barriers to quality
• Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.
• Identify, acquire, and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative methods across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvements.
• Understand and execute the audit process including types of audits, planning, preparation, execution, reporting results, and follow‑up.
• Review customers purchase orders, contracts and change requests and ensure that the necessary criteria and provisions are included in quality and process plans.
• Review suppliers purchase orders and establish supplier quality requirements.
• Compile, write, and deliver training material on quality standards and activities.
• Understand and execute basic calibration determinations and functions.
• Ability to interpret blueprint and drawings.

Qualifications

• High School diploma; Bachelor's Degree Preferred
• 3 years of experience in Aerospace Chemical Processing
• Catia and Nadcap Experience preferred
• Excellent problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities.

Export Compliance Requirement

This position requires access to EAR or ITAR controlled technologies. Applicants are required to be eligible for employment under U.S. export control laws and must meet the requirement of being a “U.S. Persons”.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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