Quality Engineer: Automation & Process Excellence

SDM Composites; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SDM Composites is seeking a Quality Engineer to establish production standards, implement robust quality controls, and work with engineering to identify and fix defects. The role includes developing testing systems, monitoring quality metrics, and ensuring adherence to customer specifications.

The position involves contract review, supplier qualification, dimensional inspection, and First Article reporting (AS9102).

Qualifications

• Experience performing contract review and planned review activities.
• Review customer purchase orders, details, and drawings with engineering.
• Review customer quality clauses and special requirements.
• Review standards and part-related documentation per customer instructions.
• Submit and track corrective actions with internal and external parties.

Responsibilities

• Perform contract review and planned review activities.
• Review customer purchase orders and previews with engineering.
• Review part numbers, revisions, and customer drawings and notes.
• Create, issue, respond to, and monitor corrective actions.
• Support internal/external audits and report results.
• Perform supplier control activities including supplier surveys and audits.
• Conduct dimensional inspection and prepare first article reports (AS9102).
• Interface with inspectors and communicate quality status to teams.
• Enter non-conformance data into QA databases and logs.
• Collaborate with QA analysts to improve manufacturing quality.

Skills

Quality control

Process improvement

Data analysis

Auditing

Communication

Tools

Net-Inspect

AS9102

Job description

SDM Composites is seeking a Quality Engineer to establish production standards, implement robust quality controls, and work with engineering to identify and fix defects. The role includes developing testing systems, monitoring quality metrics, and ensuring adherence to customer specifications.

The position involves contract review, supplier qualification, dimensional inspection, and First Article reporting (AS9102).