Job Title: Quality Engineer

Job Description

The Quality Engineer will lead initiatives on-site that focus on core ISO competencies and continuous improvement activities, both customer product-based and strategic process development. The role prioritizes maintaining compliance with applicable customer and company processes and specifications. The successful candidate will drive the adoption of strategic Quality Management System (QMS) processes, install, develop, and implement system improvements, and reinforce activities to shape the QMS culture of our facility.

Responsibilities

• Initiate internal continuous improvement quality projects, including identifying needs and managing the CI process.
• Facilitate effective corrective actions internally and externally, interacting with internal personnel, customers, and suppliers.
• Support third-party quality audits and develop quality procedures to maintain process controls.
• Responsible for customer certifications and product measuring and testing.
• Transfer best practices, techniques, procedures, and tools to peers and other process improvement teams.
• Challenge conventional wisdom by demonstrating successful application of new methodologies to improve product and process quality.
• Investigate and determine root causes for internal and external rejections and implement preventive corrective actions.
• Continue to develop core tool knowledge of quality management by obtaining additional training and certifications.

Essential Skills

• Quality engineering
• Aerospace
• Root cause analysis
• Quality assurance
• Audit
• Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
• Quality control

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technical field
• Four or more years of combined quality and manufacturing experience
• Two or more years of experience with ISO and/or IATF certification or equivalent
• Experience in Aerospace and Defense products and processes
• Proficiency in Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility, Design of Experiments, and DMAIC in a manufacturing setting
• Experience facilitating 8D analysis and implementing corrective actions internally and externally

Work Environment

The position is based in a quality lab office outside the manufacturing floor. The role reports onsite to the Quality Oversight personnel. The work schedule is Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 4 PM. The contract will be completed through April or June of 2026. There is one other Quality Engineer onsite, with no quality manager present. The facility is closing, requiring willingness to work through the contract duration. Relocation for a full-time opportunity is a possibility for interested candidates.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $55.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Valencia,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 11, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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