Sr Quality Engineer- East Granby, CT (Onsite)

Barnes Aerospace; East Granby (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BARNES AEROSPACE is seeking a Quality Engineer in East Granby, CT. The role focuses on planning and executing quality standards for customer processes, materials, and products to meet or exceed expectations while optimizing cost and performance.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in quality engineering, and familiarity with ISO 9002 and AS9000, blueprints, and SPC. Responsibilities include audits, process reviews, and corrective actions within a rigorous aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• ASQ certification is preferred.
• Minimum of five years experience in quality engineering, preferably in aerospace.
• Knowledge of ISO 9002 quality systems; AS9000 is beneficial.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, specifications, and process sheets.
• Proficiency with SPC and statistical problem solving.
• Ability to prepare manuals and technical instructions.
• Proficiency with computer systems (mainframe and PC).

Responsibilities

• Assist in formulating and maintaining quality assurance plans and objectives.
• Coordinate product quality standards with production procedures for optimal quality and reliability.
• Investigate and respond to customer quality complaints.
• Review RFQs and identify special quality considerations.
• Review and approve documents, drawings, and specifications to prevent defects.
• Review work orders to ensure controlled blueprint characteristics and proper inspection methods.
• Review and approve special processes and assist in supplier qualification.

Skills

ASQ certification

SPC

Statistical analysis

Blueprint reading

MS Word/Excel/Access

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Access

Job description

The Quality Engineer role at East Granby, CRO is responsible for planning and executing actives related to the development, application, and maintenance of quality standards and activities for customer processes, materials, and products to assure that customer expectations are met or exceeded while maintaining while optimizing cost and operational performance.

Core Responsibilities

• Assists in formulating and maintaining quality assurance plans and objectives.
• Formulates and coordinates product quality standards and objectives with production procedures to obtain the most economically optimal product quality and reliability.
• Investigates and responds to customer complaints regarding product quality.
• Reviews RFQs, identifying special quality considerations.
• Reviews and makes recommendations about customer documents, including purchase orders, drawings, and specifications, to determine requirements to prevent manufacturing defects.
• Reviews work orders to ensure that blueprint characteristics are controlled and inspection methods are proper.
• Reviews and approves special processes.
• Represents the Quality Assurance Department in the evaluation and review of designs, engineering, and manufacturing planning. May recommend revisions.
• Makes analytical, experimental, and theoretical determinations of applications of quality, engineering, and technical principles.
• Creates statistical quality systems, such as SPC and trend analysis, to control and/or improve processes.
• Reviews and approves nonconformances for cause, corrective action, and disposition.
• Performs analyses of causes of nonconformances and recommends actions for reduction of such causes.
• Performs quality audits of processes, products, and workstations within the company, and quality audits of suppliers and potential suppliers. Assists in the maintenance of the Approved Supplier List.
• Prepares, coordinates, and responds to customer audits, including providing cause and short- and long-term corrective actions. Implements corrective actions to achieve successful quality standards.
• Learns and adheres to required safety standards and practices.
• Learns and applies quality system procedures.

Qualifications

• ASQ certification is preferred.
• Minimum of five years experience in quality engineering, preferably in the aerospace industry.
• Knowledge of and experience with ISO 9002 quality systems. Experience with AS9000 is beneficial.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, specifications, and process sheets.
• Proficiency with SPC and statistical problem solving.
• Ability to prepare manuals and technical instructions.
• Proficiency with computer systems, both mainframe and PC. Experience with MS Word, Excel, and Access is beneficial.

Education Requirements

• B.S. degree in Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. If an applicant does not meet the definition of a “U.S. Person” (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status), the Company may be required to obtain an export control license. If the position for which you applied involves access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws, then any offer is also contingent on verification of appropriate documentation for the Company to assess whether an export license will be required to employ you in that role, and if it is determined that an export license is required, the offer is also contingent on the Company’s determination, in its sole discretion, whether a license application and ongoing administration is prudent under the project’s contract parameters and whether an export license can be successfully obtained before you can start