We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Location: Fullerton, CA
The Quality Engineer reports directly to the Plant Quality Manager and plays a hands-on role in driving product quality within aerospace manufacturing. This position focuses on partnering with factory teams to solve problems, lead corrective actions, and ensure compliance with AS9100, NADCAP, and FAA requirements. The engineer also serves as a key contact for customers and suppliers in resolving quality concerns.
Responsibilities
• Lead Material Review Board (MRB) activities, root cause investigations, and corrective/preventative actions to solve non-conforming material
• Partner with factory teams to identify issues, implement solutions, and monitor quality trends
• Review contracts, purchase orders, and customer specifications to ensure quality requirements are integrated into manufacturing processes
• Own the review and maintenance of customer quality, documents and specifications, ensuring alignment with corporate and regulatory standards
• Champion the creation and implementation of quality Dash related policies and procedures in accordance with AS9100, NADCAP, and FAA requirements
• Act as liaison with customers and suppliers to resolve complaints, coordinate audits, and drive corrective action
• Respond promptly to customer, corrective action request by leading investigations and implementing preventative measures
• Audit and validate Statistical Process Control (SPC), data and procedures to ensure process
• Provide training on quality topics and methods to cross functional team
• Occasional weekend plant coverage may be required
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field from an accredited institution
• 5+ years of progressive experience and Quality Engineering within an aerospace or other highly regulated manufacturing in
• Demonstrated expertise in AS9100, NADCAP, FAA and/or other highly regulated
• Strong background in route, cause analysis, corrective/preventative actions, and factory problems, solving skills
Bonus Qualifications
• Degree in Mechanical, Metallurgical, or Materials Engineering
Salary:
• $100,000-110,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience
ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
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What We Do
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.
Why Work With Us
Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
