Senior Flight Test Quality Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer seeks a Sr. Product Quality Engineer - Flight Test to join the Quality Engineering team at the Salinas flight test operations center.

You will serve as an embedded quality contributor on the flight line, inspecting airframe components, avionics, and harnesses while supporting FAA conformity inspections and FAIs. You will develop digital inspection plans, perform MRB dispositions, execute RCCA/CAPA, and ensure compliance with AS9100/airworthiness standards in a fast-paced prototype

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering (or equivalent) with 5+ years of quality or manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace or flight test environments.
• Hands-on flight line/flight test center support experience.
• Proven experience with FAA conformity inspections and AS19102 FAIs.
• Experience navigating PLM, MES, and ERP platforms (e.g., Teamcenter, SAP).

Responsibilities

• Flight line quality execution in a hanger/flight line setting for airframe components, avionics, harnesses, and integrated systems.
• Assist with hardware/docs/tooling for FAA conformity inspections, performing FAIs and regulatory verification checks.
• Conduct MRB dispositions and apply RCCA/CAPA methods to resolve defects.
• Develop and maintain electronic inspection plans within MES for consistent verification.
• Apply GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and review 2D drawings and 3D MBD models with metrology tools.
• Partner with Design, Aircraft Integration and Test Operations to feedback learnings.

Skills

Quality engineering

Flight test

GD&T

MRB disposition

Root cause analysis

Inspection planning

AS19102 FAI

PLM/MES/ERP

Digital inspection

Teamwork cross-functional

Education

Bachelors in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Eng

Tools

Teamcenter

SAP

FARO

Job description

Archer seeks a Sr. Product Quality Engineer - Flight Test to join the Quality Engineering team at the Salinas flight test operations center.

You will serve as an embedded quality contributor on the flight line, inspecting airframe components, avionics, and harnesses while supporting FAA conformity inspections and FAIs. You will develop digital inspection plans, perform MRB dispositions, execute RCCA/CAPA, and ensure compliance with AS9100/airworthiness standards in a fast-paced prototype