Quality Engineer — RCCA Program Lead (Supplier Quality)

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

Job summary

SQA Services is seeking a skilled Quality Engineer to support aerospace supplier quality initiatives onsite in Everett, WA. You will analyze root causes, drive corrective actions, and communicate findings to clients and leadership.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in quality engineering within regulated manufacturing, familiarity with AS9100, and strong technical writing. Travel to client sites as required; ITAR compliance is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related discipline or equivalent quality-engineering experience.
• Minimum 5 years in quality engineering or supplier quality in aerospace/defense or other regulated manufacturing.
• Hands-on root-cause and corrective-action experience using structured methods (8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa).
• Knowledge of AS9100 and closing corrective actions for major OEMs.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple corrective actions to schedule.
• Strong technical writing; produce audit-ready analyses and responses.
• Onsite work at Everett, WA with client-site travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Assess root-cause analyses and containment strategies; disposition as adequate, needs strengthening, or re-analysis.
• Prioritize corrective actions by impact, Boeing due date, and risk; maintain RCCA register.
• Lead failure-mechanism analysis using RCCAmethodology; verify causes and controls.
• Develop sustainable corrective action plans with clear controls and effectiveness checks.
• Communicate with client and SQA leadership; maintain dashboards and reports.
• Prepare 8D and other corrective-action responses; manage rejections and resubmittals.
• Capture analyses in RCCA toolset and export formats (8D, STEPQ, Word, Excel, PDF).
• Collaborate with client Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Document Control.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Corrective actions

Technical writing

Cross-functional leadership

AS9100 knowledge

On-site coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related

Tools

RCCA toolset

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PDF

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.