Supplier Qualification and MRB Quality Engineer – Composites

    Highlights

    Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related) preferred; or 5+ years of relevant quality/engineering experience in lieu of a degree. Operate with minimal oversight from the Quality Manager or a Quality Engineer III while staying closely aligned to business priorities.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationFairfield, CA

    Description

    Supplier Qualification and MRB Quality Engineer – Composites

    Do you love turning data into decisive action? Are AS9100/ISO 9001 second nature to you? Have you led MRB decisions and partnered with suppliers in a composites environment? If you’re nodding yes, you might be the teammate we’re looking for.

    What You’ll Tackle

    • Represent Quality on cross-functional teams, ensuring contractual obligations and QMS requirements are embedded in proposals, processes, and documents.
    • Clarify and communicate quality requirements to engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
    • Build quality metrics and draft program quality plans, including design and production certification plans for small programs, to satisfy company, customer, contractual, and regulatory standards.
    • Execute supplier capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection and qualification.
    • Support manufacturing and test readiness via process analysis, testing, inspections, and audits.
    • Analyze nonconformance trends and verify the effectiveness of corrective actions.
    • Lead MRB activities to evaluate, document, and disposition nonconformances in accordance with defined procedures.
    • Recommend, develop, and deploy effective corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
    • Advance continuous improvement that boosts product quality, process efficiency, throughput, and customer satisfaction.
    • Partner with engineering, manufacturing, operations, suppliers, and other groups to resolve quality issues and strengthen processes.
    • Maintain complete and accurate quality records, documentation, metrics, and data.
    • Ensure processes and documentation stay aligned with customer, contractual, regulatory, and company requirements.
    • Promote a culture grounded in quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and adherence to procedures.
    • Keep work areas clean, organized, and safe; comply with all safety practices and PPE usage.

    What You Bring

    • 3+ years in quality engineering or an equivalent quality role.
    • Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related) preferred; or 5+ years of relevant quality/engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
    • Strong preference for experience in composites manufacturing.
    • Working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 preferred.
    • Depth in nonconformance management, corrective actions, process validation, audits, and quality metrics.
    • Analytical problem-solver skilled in root cause and corrective action planning.
    • Professional English communication skills, written and verbal.
    • Comfort working across functions and influencing without authority.
    • Organized, detail-focused, and able to prioritize independently with minimal oversight.
    • Commitment to safety, housekeeping, and proper PPE use.

    How You Work

    • Operate with minimal oversight from the Quality Manager or a Quality Engineer III while staying closely aligned to business priorities.

    Responsibilities and priorities may be adjusted based on business and operational needs.

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