Jobs at Sonaca

Interprets customer and aerospace quality requirements, maintains QMS procedures, supports audits and customer quality activities, develops inspection and First Article Inspection plans, and leads corrective action and continuous improvement efforts. The role performs process and product audits, supports design reviews, trains personnel, and uses statistical process control methods to analyze process capability and performance.

Supports aerospace manufacturing project startups by developing launch plans, schedules, and risk assessments; coordinating engineering, plant, supply chain, quality, suppliers, and customers; resolving production issues; tracking project performance; managing technical data in Teamcenter; and facilitating process improvements, meetings, corrective actions, and production transitions.

Quality Engineer responsible for ensuring aerospace products and processes comply with customer requirements, engineering specifications, and quality standards. Duties include quality audits, QMS procedure development, inspection and First Article Inspection planning, customer quality support, corrective action, root cause analysis, statistical process control, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.

Leads legal support for North American operations, advising management on commercial contracts, disputes, employment matters, M&A, corporate governance, compliance, trade compliance, policies, audits, and litigation. Negotiates agreements, manages outside counsel, supports executive leadership, researches legal issues, and drives resolution of claims while collaborating across regional teams.

Supports NAVAIR’s F/A-18 Fleet Support Team with program analysis, workload prioritization, execution tracking, fiscal planning, scheduling, staffing plans, performance metrics, and process improvement. Collects and analyzes workload, schedule, staffing, and resource data; tracks plan variances and risks; prepares reports, briefings, and recommendations; and coordinates planning inputs across stakeholders.

Maintains and architects multi-site LAN and WAN infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless systems, fiber channel, Internet connectivity, SD-WAN, and network security. Develops network documentation, standards, monitoring metrics, outage logs, and root-cause analyses. Coordinates wiring changes and service-provider circuits, supports network security initiatives, and assists with IT projects. Requires at least five years of network administration experience, enterprise networking expertise, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Manages production control, materials management, inventory, procurement processes, shipping and receiving, and on-time delivery performance in an aerospace manufacturing facility. Leads departmental personnel, improves ERP and inventory processes, supports lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, ensures quality and compliance, coordinates with internal departments and external customers, and develops strategies to improve delivery, profitability, and quality.

Lead aerospace manufacturing programs from planning through delivery, coordinating engineering, quality, purchasing, sales, proposals, and production teams. Manage customer relationships, contract deviations, program finances, KPIs, schedules, risks, reporting, escalations, and recovery actions. Drive cross-functional collaboration, milestone completion, customer satisfaction, profitability, and continuous improvement initiatives while reporting program status to management.

Create, modify, and interpret 2D mechanical drawings and 3D CAD models using Creo and/or SolidWorks. Support the engineering product lifecycle for naval aircraft systems, including design, production, sustainment, and obsolescence. Build and manage bills of materials, parts lists, and drawing trees while applying MIL-SPEC and ASME standards. Collaborate effectively with the Fleet Support Team and work independently in an office environment.

Supports NAVAIR’s F/A-18 and EA-18G Fleet Support Team by planning and executing aircraft sustainment and engineering development projects. Develops specifications, technical studies, tests, schedules, staffing plans, status reports, and project documentation. Coordinates cross-functional engineering and logistics teams, monitors progress, resolves issues, manages changes, and communicates with stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

Supports aerospace engineering projects through technical documentation, research, data gathering, CAD drawing creation, simulations, analysis, project scheduling, quality inspections, and technical reviews. Provides administrative and technical documentation support while collaborating with engineering teams. Requires current enrollment in an aerospace, mechanical, or related engineering degree program, strong academics, CAD familiarity, analytical ability, teamwork, and communication skills.

Manage and execute engineering sustainment projects for F/A-18 & EA-18G at NAS North Island. Define project scope, schedules, specifications, tests, staffing, and status reporting. Coordinate cross-functional engineering and logistics teams, resolve issues, control design and schedule changes, and liaise with stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

Lead plant financial activities including job costing, inventory valuation, GAAP-compliant financial statements, monthly reporting and forecasting, budget preparation, capital expenditure reviews, balance sheet reconciliations, SOX support, and audit responses to drive cost-effective, profitable plant performance.