Job Details

Quality Engineer

Regular, Full-Time; Exempt

Piedmont, SC.

About AllClear Aerospace & Defense

AllClear Aerospace & Defense is the military aviation aftermarket industry's leading provider of mission-ready solutions. We provide excellence in sustainment for the U.S. militaries and its allies. Headquartered in Miramar, Florida, AllClear's sustainment solutions cover over 25 of the most utilized military aircraft platforms, supported with distribution agreements from leading OEMs, in-house and managed repair services, engineered products, manufacturing, and logistics solutions.

AllClear represents more than 30 years of defense aerospace sustainment experience and expertise, focused on the bigger mission mindset of keeping militaries mission ready. AllClear locations include Abu Dhabi, UAE; Camarillo, CA; Cambridge, UK; Greenville, SC; Macon, GA; Miramar, FL; Seoul, S. Korea; Singapore; South San Francisco, CA; and Tokyo, Japan.

To learn more visit GoAllClear.com.

Summary

The Quality Engineer will be responsible for planning and activities related to the development, application, and maintenance of the company's quality system. This includes ensuring engineering, manufacturing, and inspection processes are performed. Additionally, the role will encompass inspection and testing processes to maintain the highest standards of product quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Under general supervision, must be able to perform a variety of job duties including, but not limited to:

• Develop, update, and maintain the Quality Control System to conform to customer and company requirements.
• Conduct quality planning for new parts in accordance with customer and company specifications.
• Review non-conforming materials for disposition, utilizing reports of non-conformance, and work with the team for appropriate corrective actions.
• Lead the process for non-conforming materials, including interdepartmental coordination and customer-facing root cause and corrective action (RCCA) processes, ensuring issues are resolved to closure.
• Drive cost improvement and productivity within the Quality /Inspection areas.
• Conduct internal and external audits of suppliers, processes, and the Quality System, ensuring compliance with AS9100 and other industry standards.
• Develop internal inspection points as applicable and perform inspections in accordance with process specifications and customer's requirements, as applicable.
• Coordination of on-site and remote for Government or non-government source inspection.
• Perform inspection in accordance with the drawing or in process specifications. Ensure non- conformance reports are communicated to the team, and lead supplier notification for the root cause and corrective actions.
• Perform inspection and testing processes to ensure product quality, including performing and preparing First Article Inspection (FAI) / AS9102 reports.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

In addition to the above, Engineers are to maintain an organized, clean and safe work area using safety standards and expectations while adhering to all quality practices. AllClear is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or in related field or equivalent required.
• Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience in a quality and/or engineering role.
• AS9100 certification desired
• Certified via ASQ in CQA, CQE, CQI, highly desired.

Required Skills:

• Language: Must have excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex business information. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, & percentages. Strong analytical skills with acute attention to detail. Presents numerical data effectively.
• Other Abilities: Must have previous experience successfully preparing for certification or recertification for ISO-9001 including AS9100, and AS9102. Must have previous experience launching internal, customer, and supplier audits. Must have previous experience managing QMS per ISO-9001, AS9100, EMS 14001, and DCMA standards. Must have previous experience in customer management, contract review and implementation, QMS, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA). Must be able to use Microsoft Suite and relevant applications. Must be able to communicate effectively and deliver technical presentations. Must have strong solid analytical skills and solution-driven thinking. Must be detail-oriented to accurately prepare statistical reports and technical documents in support of company objectives. Must have proven ability to manage multiple tasks including performing inspection of the materials or products.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to stand 4 to 6 hours a day. Must be able to work with their hands, arms and be extremely accurate. Must be able to walk, sit, or stand on a regular basis. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds on a limited basis.
• Customary physical demands for an office environment. While performing the duties of this job in the production area, the employee may be regularly exposed to moving high-speed machinery and mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to machine oils, metal fillings, acetone, paints, solvents, grease, cutting fluids, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock or vibration when on the production floor. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud when on the production floor.