Senior QA Engineer — Aerospace Quality & Compliance

Industrious Ventures; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plans

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Emotional Wellbeing (EAP)

Professional Development

Team Building Activities

Job summary

Turion Space is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Irvine, CA team. You will shape quality processes, own NCRs and CMM reviews, and help scale our QMS as the company grows.

You’ll collaborate across engineering, operations, and suppliers, ensuring compliance with AS9100 and customer requirements while driving continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree (Engineering, STEM, or related technical field).
• 7+ years of Quality Engineering experience in aerospace/defense manufacturing.
• Comfortable across mechanical, composite, and electrical product lines (software experience a plus).
• Strong working knowledge of GD&T, including ability to read and interpret CMM inspection reports.
• Demonstrated experience with NCR/CAR processes and root cause corrective action methodology.
• Experience with inspection process development and calibration systems.
• Experience with contract review and flow-down of quality requirements.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365 and office tools.
• Eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build and continuously improve QMS procedures, inspection processes, and quality infrastructure as our processes and product lines mature.
• Monitor quality systems and perform trend analysis to proactively identify systemic issues and design lasting process improvements.
• Work open Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) end-to-end: containment, root cause investigation, disposition, and closure.
• Research applicable industry specs and technical data to support disposition decisions, and provide resolution guidance to engineering, operations, and program stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, including reviewing GD&T and CMM inspection reports as part of NCR investigations.
• Establish and monitor the calibration system to ensure measurement equipment remains compliant and audit-ready.
• Perform contract review to ensure quality requirements flow correctly from customer to supplier.
• Monitor supplier quality performance.
• Keep the company compliant to applicable aerospace quality standards (e.g., AS9100) and customer contractual requirements; support internal and customer audits as needed.

Skills

GD&T reading

NCR/CAR processes

CMM inspection

Calibration systems

Quality audits

Supplier quality

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

NetSuite

Arena PLM

Job description

Turion Space is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Irvine, CA team. You will shape quality processes, own NCRs and CMM reviews, and help scale our QMS as the company grows.

You’ll collaborate across engineering, operations, and suppliers, ensuring compliance with AS9100 and customer requirements while driving continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced aerospace environment.