Senior Quality Engineer: Lead QA, Audits & CI

American Society for Quality

Santa Fe Springs (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

American Society for Quality is seeking a senior Quality Engineering leader to drive risk-based decisions for deviation, containment, and customer communications. The role oversees plans, FAIs, and conformance strategies for complex products, while owning process quality performance and supplier escalations.

The ideal candidate will lead RCCA investigations, mentor the Quality organization, and advance metrics across programs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or related technical discipline.
10+ years of relevant industry experience in a quality assurance organization.
7+ years in a Quality Engineering role within aerospace and/or manufacturing.
Demonstrated leadership of complex quality investigations, customer issues, and supplier quality initiatives.
Advanced knowledge of ISO 9001.

Responsibilities

Provide risk-based quality input to leadership on deviation acceptance, containment strategy, and customer communication.
Review, approve, and provide technical oversight for inspection plans, FAIs, and conformance strategies for complex or critical products.
Owns quality performance for assigned processes and product families, ensuring sustained compliance and effectiveness.
Serve as primary quality interface for advanced customer and supplier escalations, including audits and long‑term corrective actions.
Leads continuous improvement initiatives aimed at reducing variation and improving process capability.
Owns MRB decision‑making for escalated nonconformances and ensures consistent risk-based disposition decisions.
Lead RCCA investigations for internal quality issues and customer complaints using structured problem-solving tools (8D, 5-Why, Ishikawa).
Manage customer quality inquiries from initiation through closure with clear communication.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the Quality organization and cross‑functional teams.
Monitor, analyze, and report advanced quality metrics and trends to leadership.
Develop and maintain internal quality standards, inspection plans, and work instructions.
Conduct internal audits to ISO 9001 and support external audits.
Provide guidance on GD&T, inspection methods, and quality tools.
Supplier Quality support including supplier audits and SCARs; collaborate with Supply Chain.