Senior Quality Engineer

Post Date

Apr 21, 2025

Location

Los Alamitos,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

90720
US
Jun 24, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

Engineering (Non IT)

Req #

LAX-777424

Pay Rate

$100k - $110k (estimate)

Job Description

An aerospace company is looking for a Sr. Quality Engineer to be responsible for ensuring that all quality attributes for assigned programs are carefully monitored and satisfactorily controlled to comply with Company and customer contractual requirements, specifications and drawings.

Responsibilities Include:

- Provide adequate oversight and control that assures all raw materials, component details and finished products supporting a given program are procured and/or manufactured in accordance with contractual quality requirements.
- Manage supplier interactions, work with new product development programs, and ensure appropriate supplier compliance to Arrowhead and Customer quality requirements.
- Develop and communicate Arrowhead expectations for quality performance, continuous improvement, quality systems, process controls and capabilities to suppliers.
- Mentor and train supplier representatives in best practices in quality systems, process controls methods, problem solving and statistical tools.
- Develop supplier audit schedule, conduct supplier audits and follow-up on supplier corrective actions.
- Maintain supplier program, including supplier ratings, metrics and development.
- Measure and communicate supplier performance on key metrics and the corresponding continuous improvement plans and reports results to management on a monthly basis.
- Establish quality control criteria, methods and procedures including visual and physical inspection points and testing requirements. Perform surveillance over tools, fixtures, gauges and tests. Prepare, approve and distribute various supporting quality documents,
bulletins, and related work instructions required to support assigned programs.
- Monitor in-process control points of assigned programs so that adequacy and timeliness of quality assurance feedback to management and interested company personnel is being effectively managed.
- Conduct assessments of customer returned materials, assigning responsibility and approving work instructions as required.
- Review and coordinate all actions necessary to support all quality related requirements the company is contractually obligated to provide per customer purchase order terms and conditions.

Salary: $100,000 - $110,000

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Required Skills & Experience

- Requires B.A./B.S. degree, or the equivalent combination of experience and classes in
quality assurance.
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or ability to obtain certification within one year of employment.
- Requires 10+ years manufacturing quality engineering/supplier quality engineer experience, at least 5 years in the aerospace industry.
- Experience with Lean methodologies required.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Proficient in interpreting engineering drawings/blue prints.
- Sound organizational and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated strength in decision-making.
- Capable of multi-tasking with sufficient ease to meet multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Demonstrated effectiveness working across organizational levels.
- Ability to analyze and develop policies/procedures, to perform sound root cause analysis (including pareto, fishbone, 5Y) and to perform process mapping.
- Proficient with manufacturing processes and controls, with inspection tools/gauges.
- Must be accurate and detailed.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficient in use of computer applications including MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.