Quality Engineer — RCCA Program Lead (Supplier Quality)

Sqa-Services; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

SQA Services in Everett, WA is seeking a senior quality engineer with aerospace supplier quality experience to assess root-cause analyses, drive corrective actions, and manage RCCA processes. The role requires onsite work at the client facility with potential travel, and involves coordinating with Quality, Manufacturing and Document Control.

You will lead analyses using 8D, 5-Why and Ishikawa, maintain dashboards, support 8D packages, and ensure audit-ready deliverables for Boeing and other

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 5 years in quality engineering or supplier quality in aerospace/defense.
• Hands-on root-cause and corrective-action experience (8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa).
• Knowledge of AS9100 and closing formal corrective actions for OEMs.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple actions.
• Strong technical writing and audit-ready deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Assess root-cause analyses and containment strategies for adequacy.
• Prioritize corrective actions by impact, Boeing due dates, and risk; maintain RCCA register.
• Lead failure-mechanism analysis using RCCA methodology; identify causes and controls.
• Develop sustainable corrective action plans with clear controls.
• Communicate with client and SQA leadership; dashboards and reports.
• Prepare and support 8D responses and manage rejections/resubmittals.
• Capture analyses in RCCA tool and export deliverables (Boeing 8D, STEPQ, Word, Excel, PDF).
• Collaborate with client Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning, Document Control.

Skills

Quality engineering

Aerospace experience

Root-cause analysis

Structured problem solving

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

AS9100

Job description

For 30 years, SQA Services has been a premier leader in providing managed supplier quality services for audits, assessments, remote surveillance assessments, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering to manufacturers within all industries. We deliver services by deploying associates who are located throughout the United States and in 90+ countries around the world to your supplier sites. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with broad experience and local knowledge who can represent our clients on-demand and on-site faster than our competitors.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess client root-cause analyses and containment strategies for adequacy and rigor; disposition each as adequate, needs strengthening, or requires re-analysis.

• Prioritize the corrective-action portfolio by customer impact, Boeing due date, and recurrence/severity risk;maintaina prioritized RCCA register that drives the working cadence.

• Lead failure-mechanism analysis using SQA’s proprietary RCCAmethodologyand toolset; confirm root and contributing causes,identifycontrols over high-risk mechanisms, and assess the measurement system.

• Develop sustainable corrective action planswith clear controls todetermineeffectivenessof the solution.

• Responsible for clear communication toclient and SQA leadership including upkeep ofdashboard, due-date tracking, risk and blocker escalation, and weekly and monthly reporting.

• Prepare and support customer corrective-action response packages (e.g., 8D viaSQIS) and manage customer rejections and resubmittalsthroughapproval.

• Capture analyses in the SQA RCCA toolset and export deliverables in the formats the client and customerrequire(Boeing 8D, STEPQ, Word, Excel, PDF).

• Partner with client Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning, and Document Control to advance actions while respecting client ownership of implementation, disposition, and customer status outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical discipline, or equivalentquality-engineeringexperience.

• Minimum 5 years in quality engineering or supplier quality within aerospace, defense, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated hands-on root-cause and corrective-action experience using structured methods (8D, 5-Why, fishbone/Ishikawa).

• Working knowledge of AS9100 and experience authoring and closing formal corrective actions to a major OEM customer.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple concurrent corrective actions to schedule.

• Strong technical writing; able to produce audit-ready and customer-ready analyses and responses.

• Able to work onsite at the client facility in Everett, WA, with travel to client site(s) asrequired.

$75 - $85 an hour

SQA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is based on merit and qualifications and is not influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

This position requires access to ITAR-controlled technical data and/or defense articles. As such, the candidate must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder) tocomply withthe International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be considered for this role.