Senior Aerospace Quality Engineer – DoD Secret Eligible

47G; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

HSA contribution

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense in West Valley City, Utah, is seeking a Quality Engineer III to help ensure the integrity of aerospace structures and systems through design, development, testing, qualification, and production.

You will develop quality plans, lead investigations, perform inspections including AS9102 First Articles, support design reviews, and drive corrective actions, while ensuring compliance with AS9100 QMS and DoD security requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in aerospace systems quality engineering.
• DoD security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes quality plans for aerospace structures and systems throughout development and production.
• Implements new quality inspection methodologies to support evolving program and hardware needs.
• Supports customer design review activities to ensure quality requirements are addressed.
• Performs in-process inspections during fabrication and assembly, including AS9102 First Articles.
• Prepares Technical Data Packages documenting hardware deliverables.
• Reviews purchase orders for contractual, project, and quality flow-down accuracy.
• Generates, investigates, and resolves CARs and NCRs.
• Leads failure investigations to identify root cause and corrective actions.
• Performs supply chain risk analysis to support quality and program objectives.

Skills

GD&T

SPC

AS9100 QMS

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering

Job description

Karman Space & Defense in West Valley City, Utah, is seeking a Quality Engineer III to help ensure the integrity of aerospace structures and systems through design, development, testing, qualification, and production.

You will develop quality plans, lead investigations, perform inspections including AS9102 First Articles, support design reviews, and drive corrective actions, while ensuring compliance with AS9100 QMS and DoD security requirements.