Quality Engineer 3 (Aerospace Composites)

Location: Onsite in Kent, Washington, USA. Eligible candidates must have U.S. citizenship, qualifying U.S. nationality or immigration status, including lawful permanent residence, refugee status, or asylum.

Salary: $77,968–$130,228 annual salary.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures advanced lightweight composite materials, including carbon fiber, resins, prepregs, honeycombs, and engineered composite structures for the aerospace industry.

What you will do

• Develop quality plans and inspection criteria from contracts, drawings, and specifications.
• Maintain quality documentation and approve production planning for quality, first article, and inspection requirements.
• Lead reviews of non-conforming materials, corrective and preventive actions, and material review board activities.
• Conduct internal and external audits, evaluate findings, and implement corrective actions.
• Develop supplier quality strategies and lead cross-functional improvement and innovation initiatives.
• Use predictive analytics and digital quality systems to improve performance while mentoring quality engineers and project teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 5+ years of quality engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Expertise in quality management systems, AS9100, Nadcap, advanced analytics, and supplier quality management.
• Experience with strategic planning, cross-functional leadership, digital quality transformation, predictive tools, and data analytics platforms.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications, including model-based definition, and familiarity with measurement and inspection equipment.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, influencing, and strategic decision-making skills.

Nice to have

• Lean/Six Sigma certification.
• ASQ certification, especially Certified Quality Engineer, and Certified Lead Auditor training.
• Experience with composite materials and lean manufacturing.
• Master’s degree in a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Continuous improvement and operational excellence culture.
• Work within an aerospace manufacturing environment involving manufacturing sites, sales offices, and R&D centers.
• Participation in enterprise-level improvement and innovation projects.
• Equal opportunity employment.