Specialist, Quality Engineer

Saicon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Saicon is seeking a Specialist, Quality Engineer to support aerospace hardware projects. You will guide, coach, and train teams, ensuring compliance with specifications and quality requirements while driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes.

In this role you will interpret drawings, manage nonconformances, and coordinate MRB dispositions, collaborating with Project and Manufacturing Engineering on test/inspection plans and reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required with 4+ years of related experience.
• Graduate Degree or equivalent with 2+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Communicate between team members and customer counterparts to ensure hardware compliance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools to drive improvements in processes.
• Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and customer/quality requirements to ensure compliance.
• Lead containment and corrective actions for day-to-day quality concerns and nonconformances.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

QMS ISO9001/AS9100

RCCA tools

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree or equivalent

Job description

Job Description:

Specialist, Quality Engineer works under general supervision and may be responsible for entire projects or processes providing guidance, coaching, training, and delegation to other employees within the job area. Communicates with contacts within and outside of their own department with the occasional responsibilities of communicating with customers or vendors external to the organization. Makes moderate enhancements or improvements to systems and processes to solve problems. Works to achieve operational targets with moderate impact on department results.

Essential Functions:

Utilizes engineering background and expertise to communicate between team members and customer counterparts to provide assurance that the hardware is compliant to specifications. Handles and communicates deviations/ nonconformance at different levels within the organization. Understands and communicates typical aerospace processes (machining, welding, non-destructive testing, etc.) and how they are applied to the hardware being manufactured. Applies modern quality principles, concepts, and methods to routine aerospace and manufacturing operation, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools. Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements, and company quality requirements to ensure compliance with the customer's expectations. Drives continuous improvements of the quality system and manufacturing processes. Evaluates and dispositions in-process defects and address day-to-day quality concerns. Rapidly implementing containment and corrective actions, as applicable. Participates in the review and disposition of nonconforming product, including coordinating material review board (MRB) dispositions. Partners with Project and Manufacturing Engineering to implement test and inspection plans and processes and generate test reports/memos.

Skills:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively establish positive working relationships with various operational groups, all levels of employees, suppliers, and customers.
• Understanding of ISO9001/AS9100 and related QMS standards.
• Experience using RCCA tools such as FMEA, Pareto, 5-Why, 8D, and Fishbone.
• Strong drive and sense of ownership.
• Exposure to product development in a multi-functional team environment is desired.

Keywords & Education:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience Graduate Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.