Engineer I, Quality (R5976)
Seattle · USD 90,000-140,000 / year · 0-3 years experience · Onsite · Posted Sep 24, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 0-3 years experience
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Seattle
- Salary
- USD 90,000-140,000 / year
About the role
- The Associate Quality Engineer supports Quality Engineering activities throughout the development of XBAT, a first-of-a-kind aerospace and defense product.
- This role partners closely with Design Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Test, Supply Chain, and Program Management to identify and mitigate product and process risks.
- This is an early-career engineering role with significant opportunity to develop expertise in aerospace product development, quality engineering, and product assurance.
Responsibilities
- Support Quality Engineering activities across the XBAT product development lifecycle.
- Partner with Design Engineering to identify product risks and establish appropriate controls.
- Participate in design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, test reviews, and other development milestones from a quality perspective.
- Support investigation and root cause analysis of prototype, test, and manufacturing failures.
- Lead or support RCCA activities using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Support management of nonconforming material and prototype hardware, including containment, investigation, disposition, and documentation.
- Evaluate engineering and manufacturing changes for quality risks and support implementation of appropriate verification activities.
- Support development of inspection, test, and verification strategies based on product risk.
- Support First Article Inspection and other product verification activities as XBAT transitions toward production.
- Support audits and assessments of XBAT development processes against AS9100, customer, contractual, and program requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 0–3 years of engineering, quality, manufacturing, test, or related experience.
- Internship, co-op, or project experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, electronics, or other complex product development.
- Familiarity with AS9100 or other aerospace/quality management systems.
- Experience with root cause analysis, 8D, RCCA, CAPA, DMAIC, or similar methodologies.
- Familiarity with FMEA, risk management, or reliability engineering.
- Experience participating in design reviews, test activities, or product development projects.
- Understanding of configuration management and engineering change processes.
- Familiarity with GD&T and engineering drawings.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees)
Skills
- AS9100
- 8D
- RCCA
- CAPA
- DMAIC
- FMEA
- GD&T
