Senior Quality Engineer, Aerospace - Data-Driven Leader

Elcon Precision LLC; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Elcon Precision LLC in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to provide technical quality leadership in aerospace manufacturing, including chemical etching, plating, surface processing, and precision manufacturing.

The role leads complex investigations, process improvement, customer quality activities, metrology development, and data-driven decisions to improve measurement systems and drive performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Typically 7+ years of Quality/Manufacturing Engineering experience.
• Aerospace/defense or regulated manufacturing experience.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100 / ISO 9001.
• Strong GD&T and engineering drawing interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality investigations for customer complaints, escapes, nonconformances and recurring defects.
• Lead containment, root-cause analysis and corrective actions; verify effectiveness.
• Prepare and manage 8D, RCCA, SCAR and customer corrective action responses.
• Support audits (FAI/AS9102 and supplier or regulatory) and oversee plating, chemical processing, etching and other special processes.
• Develop and maintain quality dashboards; analyze scrap, rework, defects and yield; perform SPC and MSA.
• Mentor Quality Engineers and Quality Control personnel; provide GD&T guidance and metrology strategy.

Skills

Quality leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

CMM inspection setup

PFMEA

Control Plans

Minitab

JMP

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Elcon Precision LLC in San Jose, CA, is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to provide technical quality leadership in aerospace manufacturing, including chemical etching, plating, surface processing, and precision manufacturing.

The role leads complex investigations, process improvement, customer quality activities, metrology development, and data-driven decisions to improve measurement systems and drive performance.