JOB SUMMARY:

The Quality Assurance Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring that all maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities meet stringent regulatory, safety, and quality standards set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other applicable aviation authorities. The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a robust quality management system (QMS) to guarantee compliance with FAA regulations, manufacturer requirements, and industry best practices.

This position works closely with various departments, including maintenance, operations, and safety, to ensure that repairs, modifications, and inspections are conducted with the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency. Quality Assurance Engineer also conducts audits, monitors processes, and investigates any non-conformance issues to continuously improve the quality control system within the repair station.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Develop and revise Quality systems and procedures as directed by management to ensure documentation is compliant to current practices.

· Ensure compliance to customer, ISO/AS9110 and AS9100, FAA regulatory requirements are met.

· Conduct Government, Customer, and FAA requested audits and investigations and report on corrective action steps taken to prevent recurrences when necessary.

· Gather and analyze performance data (scrap, rejections, defects, rework) to aid in the development of process improvement projects. As needed, coordinate across other production and functional areas to ensure maximum quality and efficiencies are achieved.

· Conduct process or product-based audits in production or functional areas or within the supply base (external suppliers).

· Prioritizes issues based on internal/external customer needs.

· Accomplishes the required corrective action. Where process limitations dictate, will coordinate across multiple disciplines to assure corrective action is achieved.

· Conduct Verification of Effectiveness review on Quality Assurance and Quality Control corrective actions.

· Assists with the control of documentation and ensuring the latest revision is available the facility.

· Manage OEM / Customer technical data subscriptions.

· Review technical requirements and approve purchase orders to ensure technical requirements are flowed down

· Promotes the SMS program to all employees and assists in identifying and mitigating risks related to maintenance and repair operations.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Engineering or related STEM degree plus 2 years of quality/manufacturing or relative engineering experience required

o In lieu of degree, Aviation, Business, or related technical degree and 7 years of Quality aviation experience required OR related aviation technology associates degree or A&P license, and 7 years of Quality aviation experience required

· ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and/or Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) preferred

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Thorough knowledge of surfac