Key Responsibilities
Assess client root-cause analyses and containment strategies for adequacy and rigor; disposition each as adequate, needs strengthening, or requires re-analysis.
Prioritize the corrective-action portfolio by customer impact, Boeing due date, and recurrence/severity risk; maintain a prioritized RCCA register that drives the working cadence.
Lead failure-mechanism analysis using SQA’s proprietary RCCA methodology and toolset; confirm root and contributing causes, identify controls over high-risk mechanisms, and assess the measurement system.
Develop sustainable corrective action plans with clear controls to determine effectiveness of the solution.
Responsible for clear communication to client and SQA leadership including upkeep of dashboard, due-date tracking, risk and blocker escalation, and weekly and monthly reporting.
Prepare and support customer corrective-action response packages (e.g., 8D via SQIS) and manage customer rejections and resubmittals through approval.
Capture analyses in the SQA RCCA toolset and export deliverables in the formats the client and customer require (Boeing 8D, STEPQ, Word, Excel, PDF).
Partner with client Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning, and Document Control to advance actions while respecting client ownership of implementation, disposition, and customer status outcomes.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent quality-engineering experience.
Minimum 5 years in quality engineering or supplier quality within aerospace, defense, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated hands-on root-cause and corrective-action experience using structured methods (8D, 5-Why, fishbone/Ishikawa).
Working knowledge of AS9100 and experience authoring and closing formal corrective actions to a major OEM customer.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple concurrent corrective actions to schedule.
Strong technical writing; able to produce audit-ready and customer-ready analyses and responses.
Able to work onsite at the client facility in Everett, WA, with travel to client site(s) as required.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent quality-engineering experience
- At least 5 years of quality engineering or supplier quality experience in aerospace, defense, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment
- Hands-on root-cause and corrective-action experience using 8D, 5-Why, and fishbone/Ishikawa methods
- Working knowledge of AS9100
- Experience authoring and closing formal corrective actions for a major OEM customer
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple concurrent corrective actions to schedule
- Strong technical writing skills and ability to produce audit-ready and customer-ready analyses and responses
- Ability to work onsite at the client facility in Everett, Washington
- Ability to travel to client sites as required
What We Do
Welcome to the SQA Services, Inc. home on LinkedIn! Follow us to stay up to date on all things quality - including industry events, news, and ways to get involved with #TeamSQA. Also, keep an eye out for job postings! SQA is always looking for quality professionals and new team members! WHAT IS SQA SERVICES, INC.? SQA provides global supplier quality services for quality-critical industries. With quality, manufacturing, and regulatory experts located in over 50 countries, SQA provides a cost-effective, local supplier presence. Managed, on-demand services include supplier quality audits, supplier remediation, quality engineering, source inspection, corrective action management, and real-time supplier quality data via SQA's world-class STEPQ technology. HOW CAN I GET IN TOUCH WITH SQA? We look forward to connecting with you and discovering how Team SQA can help you and your team reach your quality goals. Contact our team by heading over to http://www.sqaservices.com/contact If you think you or someone you know would be a great fit for our team, please send your resume to our Associate Development team at: [email protected]
