RCCA Program Lead, Quality Engineer

SQA Services, Inc.; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SQA Services, Inc. seeks a Experienced Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality activities at the Everett, WA client site. You will perform roots analysis, drive corrective actions, and coordinate with client teams to ensure timely, audit-ready documentation and resolutions.

The role requires 5+ years in aerospace quality, strong 8D/5-Why experience, and the ability to travel to client locations as needed. This on-site position supports ITAR-controlled processes and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent quality-engineering experience.
• 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.

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; maintain a prioritized RCCA register that drives the working cadence.
• Lead failure-mechanism analysis using SQA’s proprietary RCCA methodology and toolset; confirm root and contributing causes, identify controls over high-risk mechanisms, and assess the measurement system.
• Develop sustainable corrective action plans with clear controls to determine effectiveness of the solution.
• Responsible for clear communication to client and SQA leadership including upkeep of dashboard, due-date tracking, risk and blocker escalation, and weekly and monthly reporting.
• Prepare and support customer corrective-action response packages (e.g., 8D via SQIS) and manage customer rejections and resubmittals through approval.
• Capture analyses in the SQA RCCA toolset and export deliverables in the formats the client and customer require (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.

Skills

Root cause analysis

8D & 5-Why

Cross-functional leadership

Technical writing

AS9100 Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality or related field

Job description

SQA Services, Inc. seeks a Experienced Quality Engineer to lead supplier quality activities at the Everett, WA client site. You will perform roots analysis, drive corrective actions, and coordinate with client teams to ensure timely, audit-ready documentation and resolutions.

The role requires 5+ years in aerospace quality, strong 8D/5-Why experience, and the ability to travel to client locations as needed. This on-site position supports ITAR-controlled processes and compliance requirements.