Quality Systems Engineer
Los Angeles, CA$110k - $160kFull-timePosted 7mo ago
About the role
Quality Systems Engineer focused on managing customer quality requirements, audits, and compliance within Hadrian’s manufacturing environment, with emphasis on AS9100, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous quality improvement.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary liaison for customer-specific quality requirements, ensuring these are effectively integrated into Hadrian’s quality systems.
- Perform detailed reviews and gap analyses of customer specifications to identify quality requirements that differ from Hadrian’s standard practices
- Develop customer-specific quality documentation processes, including inspection sampling plans, deviation requests, and process controls, to ensure seamless integration into production workflows.
- Coordinate and manage customer audits, ensuring that all quality processes meet customer expectations and minimize disruptions to production.
- Prepare production teams for customer audits by providing training, identifying potential compliance issues, and managing corrective action plans.
- Serve as the subject matter expert during audits, addressing customer inquiries and demonstrating Hadrian’s commitment to quality compliance and improvement.
- Design and implement procedures, work instructions, and control plans that satisfy both industry standards and customer-specific requirements.
- Conduct regular internal audits to evaluate the effectiveness of quality processes and ensure they are audit-ready at all times.
- Collaborate with production and quality engineering teams to embed quality requirements into daily workflows, fostering a proactive approach to compliance.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for AS9100 compliance within the production environment.
- Partner with production teams to prepare for and manage external audits, addressing any non-conformities and implementing corrective actions.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation and lead initiatives to adapt procedures to evolving standards and customer expectations.
- Maintain a library of customer requirements and quality specifications, ensuring accurate alignment with Hadrian’s quality standards.
- Develop and deliver training sessions for production staff on customer-specific quality standards, SOPs, and best practices.
- Ensure all quality documentation is current, accessible, and readily available for customer and internal audits.
- Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Software Engineering teams to integrate quality requirements into production workflows.
- Provide guidance on quality standards during the implementation of new production processes or customer-specific requirements.
- Collaborate with project teams on new product introductions, ensuring quality considerations are embedded from development through to production.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related STEM field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a quality engineering or quality systems role, preferably in aerospace or defense manufacturing.
- In-depth knowledge of AS9100 standards and experience managing customer audits and quality requirements is preferred.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with customers, translate their requirements into actionable processes, and manage quality documentation is preferred.
Skills
Required:Quality requirement translation
Nice to have:AS9100Audit management
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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