Senior Aerospace QA Engineer – AS9100 Compliance Lead

Houston Precision Fasteners; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston Precision Fasteners is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead QA/QE functions within a regulated aerospace manufacturing environment. The role ensures AS9100 compliance, product traceability, and CAPA-driven improvements across manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities include reviewing drawings and quality requirements, leading internal audits, conducting First Article Inspections, and driving lean initiatives to reduce the cost of quality while maintaining strong supplier

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA/QE experience in highly regulated manufacturing (Aerospace/AS9100 or medical devices).
• Experience leading or supporting audits and certifications (AS9100/ISO 13485).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve compliance with AS9100, regulatory and customer-specific aerospace requirements.
• Conduct contract reviews to identify and communicate all customer, regulatory, and quality requirements.
• Review customer engineering drawings, specifications, solid models / drawings and quality requirement flow-downs to ensure requirements are accurately captured on internal manufacturing work instructions and/or supplier Purchase Order flow downs
• Perform customer requirement decompositions, documenting any gaps in the Quality System and assisting in closing said gaps
• Lead/Support a robust internal audit program to guarantee ongoing compliance with AS9100D standards and aerospace customer specifications.
• Maintain, organize, and review QMS documentation, production routers, and manufacturing records to ensure continuous, foolproof audit readiness.
• Support risk assessments, nonconformance investigations, and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• Perform First Article Inspections in accordance with AS9102 requirements, including ballooning drawings, recording requirements and capturing evidence of compliance at the end of the manufacturing operations.
• Participate in New Product Introduction meetings with internal personnel and customers (as required), identifying potential quality system risks
• Help resolve technical and/or quality issues and communicate them back to Planning and/or Sales personnel
• Lead Lean initiatives to improve process and drive cost-of-quality improvements
• Help drive process improvements and cost savings, utilizing a continuous improvement mentality
• Consolidate Master Cert: Verify material, process, and inspection certifications to ensure complete product traceability and customer compliance.
• Present to Top Management results of data analysis, corrective actions and improvement opportunities
• Interact with Planning, Engineering, Quality Control and Sales Personnel on a daily or as needed basis to ensure the company can meet customer requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

QA/QE experience

SPC

RCA

CAPA

GD&T

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Aerospace/Materials Engineering

Tools

First Article Inspection ballooning software

Job description

Houston Precision Fasteners is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead QA/QE functions within a regulated aerospace manufacturing environment. The role ensures AS9100 compliance, product traceability, and CAPA-driven improvements across manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities include reviewing drawings and quality requirements, leading internal audits, conducting First Article Inspections, and driving lean initiatives to reduce the cost of quality while maintaining strong supplier