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• Lead aerospace Quality Management System activities to maintain compliance with ISO 9001, AS9100, Nadcap Chemical Processing requirements, customer specifications, and internal quality standards.
• Establish, implement, and maintain QMS processes, procedures, documentation, tools, and controls required to support aerospace product quality and audit readiness.
• Serve as the primary aerospace customer quality contact for requirement interpretation, quality issue resolution, audit support, corrective action communication, and customer documentation requests.
• Develop, streamline, and maintain inspection processes, inspection plans, acceptance criteria, and verification methods for new products, current production, and work in process.
• Provide technical guidance to inspection and production teams on customer requirements, inspection methods, documentation expectations, and quality system compliance.
• Lead internal audit activities and support customer, ISO 9001, AS9100, and Nadcap audits, including preparation, evidence collection, findings response, and corrective action follow-up.
• Manage Quality Engineering activities including raw material certification review, key product characteristic activity, Nadcap compliance, pyrometry compliance, process approvals, and PPAP documentation.
• Prepare, review, and maintain First Article Inspection packets, customer quality submissions, inspection records, process documentation, and other aerospace quality records.
• Provide final quality disposition support for nonconforming product, including containment, evaluation, disposition coordination, scrap tracking, root cause analysis, and corrective action effectiveness.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, and report aerospace quality metrics including inspection performance, first-pass yield, customer complaints, CAPAs, nonconformance trends, scrap, and cost of quality.
• Partner with Quality Leadership, Engineering, Production, and suppliers to resolve quality issues, improve process capability, strengthen supplier quality, and drive continuous improvement.
• Recommend and implement improvements to quality systems, inspection technologies, department procedures, training materials, data reporting, and operational quality performance.
• Communicate quality resource needs, budget requirements, certification needs, training priorities, and compliance risks required to support sustainable aerospace quality performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Quality, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent aerospace quality or manufacturing experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of quality management systems, quality engineering, or manufacturing quality experience, preferably within the aerospace market.
• Experience applying quality processes, procedures, inspection methods, and technical documentation within a manufacturing or precision machining environment.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, Nadcap, applicable aerospace quality standards, and internal or external audit practices.
• Experience applying, documenting, and maintaining Nadcap requirements, including evidence collection, compliance records, and audit readiness activities.
• Strong technical systems capability, including automated inspection tools, SPC implementation, ERP systems, quality data analysis, and digital documentation practices.
• Ability to interpret, document, and communicate customer specifications, regulatory requirements, quality standards, and internal procedures across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ethical judgment and willingness to escalate quality risks when compliance, customer requirements, or product integrity may be impacted by competing priorities.
• Experience using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, root cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement methods to improve process performance and reduce variation.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with global customers using diplomacy, cultural awareness, and professional judgment across varying business customs and communication expectations.

In addition to competitive starting wages, Abrasive Technology offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our associates and their families, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A fully company-funded profit-sharing retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid plant shutdown in December

At Abrasive Technology, we are committed to investing in our associates' health, well-being, financial future, and professional development.