Quality Engineer

Rock West Composites, Inc. has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer.  

Rock West Composites, Inc. is an engineering and manufacturing company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for commercial and government customers. This position is located in our San Diego, CA HQ and reports to the Quality Manager.

Position Summary:

The Quality Engineer will have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to ensure compliance with customer engineering and quality requirements throughout the production process from receipt of purchase order to delivery of product. This includes customer specific quality requirements, procurement and processing requirements, document control, contract review, and job/work quality assurance planning. This position requires strong attention to detail with advanced experience in quality engineering. The position will report to the Quality Manager.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Contract review of customer purchase orders to ensure full understanding and compliance with quality and engineering requirements and assessment of any associated risks.
• Review and approve of internal work orders to ensure compliance with customer requirements.
• Review and approve of procedure, work instructions and/or forms in compliance with industry and AS9100 standards
• Internal auditing to AS9100 Rev D requirements and internal standard work
• Collaborate with planning, outside processors, and customers to facilitate the creation and approval of controlled manufacturing plans
• Assists in the implementation, and administration of other QA and company activities including: risk management, configuration control, training, auditing, corrective actions, continuous improvement, and preventative actions.
• Perform in depth root cause, corrective and preventive actions using 5 Y’s other root cause analysis tools
• Adheres to all workplace safety guidelines, policies, and laws determined by the company, state, and federal authorities

Required Education and Experience:

• 5 years of experience in composite quality related roles. 
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or Industrial Engineering preferred 
• Experience with composite materials and processing techniques such as autoclave, RTM, and compression molding
• Experience with AS9100 quality management system
• Excellent working knowledge of composites
• Self-starter with excellent time management skills and ability to establish objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve these objectives
• Understand, follow and adhere to corporate Quality Management System on a daily basis
• Experience with contact and noncontact inspection methods
• Experience with data acquisition systems to record temperature, position and pressure
• Organized, self-motivated, strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple duties, set priorities and follow tasks through completion
• Capable of working in an environment in which demands and priorities change
• US. Person under 22 CFR 120 (due to ITAR Restrictions)

Perks and Benefits: 

• 100% Employer Paid Medical and Dental 
• Annual Bonus 
• 401K - 5% match
  
• Employee Stocks Option Program 
• 9/80 work schedule
• 8- paid Holidays 
  
• PTO: Max. 4-weeks after 5 years of employment 
• $2,500 tuition reimbursement 

Compensation:

The compensation range for this position falls within $90,000 and $120,000. The final compensation will be determined based on experience, skillset,  and other factors permitted by law.

Why should you want to work with us? Rock West Composites cares about our employees! Not only do we offer great benefits to our full-time employees (Medical & Dental 100% employer paid, Vision, Paid Time Off and 401K match), we offer a fun and friendly working environment!

Rock West Composites is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, transitioning status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, medical condition, mental disability, physical disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. EEO is the law. We also prohibit compensation discrimination under all applicable laws. Certain positions require meeting the U.S. Person definition in 22 CFR 120.62.

ITAR Requirement:

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder) as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. Rock West Composites will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. Rock West Composites will not seek an export authorization for this role. Rock West Composites maintains a Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace. Depending on state law and the nature of the position, candidates who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to complete a drug screening. Rock West Composites may also conduct drug and alcohol testing based on reasonable suspicion, post-incident, or for safety-sensitive positions as permitted by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact 858-537-6260.