Quality Engineer (CNC Machining)

Location: Elmwood Park, New Jersey, USA; onsite

Company

Aerospace manufacturing and engineering operations provide fluid conveyance solutions for commercial aviation, defense, and space applications.

What you will do

• Provide technical quality support for CNC turning, milling, deburring, inspection, and secondary machining operations.
• Interpret engineering drawings, GD&T requirements, customer specifications, routers, job plans, and inspection requirements.
• Support first-piece, in-process, final inspection, FAI development and review, CMM, manual gage, special gage, and fixture-related inspection planning.
• Lead or support RCCA investigations for rejects, customer escapes, rework, scrap, repeat defects, and process breakdowns.
• Define containment actions, verify affected inventory and work in progress, support dispositions, and confirm corrective-action effectiveness.
• Support customer quality requests, audits, corrective-action responses, inspection evidence, calibration, traceability, and quality documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent hands-on experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of experience in precision manufacturing, CNC machining, aerospace, or a regulated quality environment preferred.
• Practical knowledge of CNC machining, inspection methods, GD&T, blueprint interpretation, gage usage, material traceability, root cause analysis, corrective action, and regulated quality systems.
• Experience with FAI/AS9102, nonconforming material, inspection planning, CMM or manual inspection methods, calibration, and ERP-based quality records is strongly preferred.
• Strong computer skills and Excel proficiency required; ERP/MRP experience, including JobBOSS/JobBOSS² or similar systems, is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment.
• Work directly with machinists, inspectors, manufacturing engineering, programming, production, purchasing, and quality leadership.
• Inclusive workplace with equal consideration for qualified applicants and a focus on equality and ethics.
• Participation in internal, customer, and external audits within an aerospace manufacturing environment.