Senior Quality Engineer (Aerospace Manufacturing)
Apply NowCompany: RTC Aerospace
Location: Chatsworth, CA 91311
Description:
About RTC Aerospace:
RTC Aerospace is a 60-year-old aerospace manufacturer of complex, high-tolerance, difficult-to-machine parts. We have 4 facilities across the nation bringing exceptional cellular manufacturing capabilities and unique engineered solutions to our clients' designed products. We are a company driven by ambitious individuals, working together to become an industry leader in lean-cell manufacturing. Come be a part of something exceptional at RTC Aerospace!
How You'll Make an Impact
The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for improving all aspects of Quality, with a focus on Manufacturing excellence. Interacts with internal staff, suppliers and customers to address quality concerns and opportunities. Position reports to the Manager of Quality.
What you'll be doing as a Senior Quality Engineer:
Required Qualifications (Education, skills, and experience):
Physical Demands:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to do the following:
Work Environment:
A large percentage of work time is spent in a machine shop where temperatures vary from hot to cold. The environment may also include exposure to noise, dust, fumes, vapor from coolant, etc. Industry standard safety equipment is provided by the Company, and specific notice is posted in areas where safety equipment is required.
Compensation and Benefits:
Employee Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 6% QACA company match.
The Sr. Quality Engineer Compensation range for onsite Chatsworth, California applicants is $100,000 - $125,000k annually commensurate with experience. Some shifts may include shift differential pay rates. Other site ranges may differ.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a "US Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 is required.
RTC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation Applicants wishing to receive information on RTC's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact the RTC Human Resources Department. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the RTC Human Resources Department. Candidates will receive consideration without discrimination in accordance with the requirements of article 9 to chapter XVIII of the City of Los Angeles Municipal Code, federal and state laws of California.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department.
RTC Aerospace is a 60-year-old aerospace manufacturer of complex, high-tolerance, difficult-to-machine parts. We have 4 facilities across the nation bringing exceptional cellular manufacturing capabilities and unique engineered solutions to our clients' designed products. We are a company driven by ambitious individuals, working together to become an industry leader in lean-cell manufacturing. Come be a part of something exceptional at RTC Aerospace!
How You'll Make an Impact
The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for improving all aspects of Quality, with a focus on Manufacturing excellence. Interacts with internal staff, suppliers and customers to address quality concerns and opportunities. Position reports to the Manager of Quality.
What you'll be doing as a Senior Quality Engineer:
- Working a Full-time, onsite position at our Chatsworth, California location.
- Functions as designated PRB representative with authority to review and disposition MRR's.
- Provides timely disposition of MRR's minimizing disruption to parts flow; to the extent possible minimizes MO splits due to disposition delays.
- Reviews, analyzes and investigates internal and external rejections; analyzes root causes and recommends corrective action.
- Reviews Supplier quality performance; works collaboratively with Suppliers to improve their quality performance; initiates and tracks Supplier corrective action results.
- Provides real-time feedback to Manufacturing and Quality for preventive action, rework and/or rejection of product.
- Reviews manufacturing plans; recommends corrections and changes to Engineering; approves final draft of manufacturing plans prior to release to Manufacturing.
- Ensures processes, tools and training are in place to support all customer quality requirements.
- Trains and tests employees in core skills including inspection techniques, shop math, blueprint reading, statistical techniques and principles of lean manufacturing.
- Reviews receiving, in-process and final inspection activities for sufficiency; defines sampling requirements and recommends use of statistical methods.
- Monitors implementation of SPC program, including data entry training and monitoring, data review and analysis and report generation.
- Reviews and analyzes SPC data; makes process improvement and corrective action recommendations to management.
- Other tasks as assigned by the Director of Quality.
Required Qualifications (Education, skills, and experience):
- Minimum of 10 years in an aerospace manufacturing environment (preferably aerospace machining), with specialization in inspection and quality systems.
- Demonstrated success in developing, monitoring and maintaining aerospace quality systems, processes, tools and techniques.
- Ability to read and interpret customer drawings and specifications.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products appropriate to the execution of assigned tasks.
- Ability to multi task.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Physical Demands:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to do the following:
- Ability to lift or move up to 50lbs.
- Reach forward, up, down and to the side in order to move equipment.
- Continuous standing and walking throughout the workday.
- Ability to reach with hands and arms; use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel material.
- Access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
Work Environment:
A large percentage of work time is spent in a machine shop where temperatures vary from hot to cold. The environment may also include exposure to noise, dust, fumes, vapor from coolant, etc. Industry standard safety equipment is provided by the Company, and specific notice is posted in areas where safety equipment is required.
Compensation and Benefits:
Employee Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, long-term disability and 401(k) with up to 6% QACA company match.
The Sr. Quality Engineer Compensation range for onsite Chatsworth, California applicants is $100,000 - $125,000k annually commensurate with experience. Some shifts may include shift differential pay rates. Other site ranges may differ.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a "US Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 is required.
RTC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation Applicants wishing to receive information on RTC's Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact the RTC Human Resources Department. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the RTC Human Resources Department. Candidates will receive consideration without discrimination in accordance with the requirements of article 9 to chapter XVIII of the City of Los Angeles Municipal Code, federal and state laws of California.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact the Human Resources Department.