Job Title: Quality Engineer
Location: Grand Prairie, TX
Schedule: Monday – Friday
Pay Range: $87.88
Job Description:
USPRO Talent Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to support advanced aerospace and defense manufacturing programs. This high-impact role will be responsible for driving quality excellence across production operations, supplier networks, and new product introduction initiatives while partnering with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to ensure compliance, performance, and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in aerospace quality systems, supplier quality management, root cause investigations, and production support within highly regulated manufacturing environments. This position offers the opportunity to lead strategic quality initiatives, influence program success, and work closely with customers, suppliers, engineering, manufacturing, and leadership teams.
Military experience equivalency may substitute for some requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support production operations, supplier quality activities, and transition-to-production initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Lead and facilitate strategic quality improvement efforts to resolve recurring quality concerns and drive sustainable corrective actions.
- Travel to manufacturing facilities and supplier locations to investigate quality issues, support production readiness, and ensure compliance with program requirements.
- Conduct root cause investigations and support failure review boards for nonconforming material and product quality issues.
- Identify process gaps and implement corrective actions to support production ramp-up activities, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality processes, procedures, inspection plans, and performance metrics.
- Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements to establish effective quality verification and inspection methods.
- Perform and support First Article Inspections (FAI) in accordance with AS9102 requirements.
- Conduct supplier audits, process surveillance activities, and source inspections to ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate supplier quality performance, document deficiencies, and drive effective corrective and preventive actions.
- Partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and program leadership teams to resolve complex quality issues and improve operational performance.
- Present quality metrics, findings, and recommendations to customers, suppliers, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Mentor and support quality personnel while promoting a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Secret Security Clearance required.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, STEM discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience supporting quality engineering activities within aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, or highly regulated industries.
- Ability and willingness to travel approximately 25–50%.
- Strong understanding of aerospace and quality management standards, including: AS9100, ISO 9001, AS9102, FAR / DFARS requirements, and J-STD standards.
- Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Strong knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Experience developing quality plans, inspection methods, and quality performance metrics.
- Experience conducting root cause investigations, failure analysis, and nonconformance disposition activities.
- Experience managing supplier quality issues and driving corrective action implementation.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent communication, presentation, technical writing, and relationship-building skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and/or Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA).
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification.
- Experience performing: AS9102 First Article Inspections, Supplier Audits, Source Inspections, and Process Surveillance Activities.
- Experience with manufacturing special processes.
- Experience supporting a variety of manufactured commodities and production environments.
- Experience with SAP, Apriso, or related enterprise quality systems.
- Experience conducting: Process Capability Analysis, Gage R&R Studies, and Measurement System Analysis (MSA).
- Previous leadership, mentoring, or team development experience.
- Ability to operate independently while managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
USPRO is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability and/or other protected categories. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodation(s) to qualified individuals with disabilities or needs, as required by law.
