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Quality Engineer (Aerospace/QMS )
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What they do
An Aerospace Engineer designs aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft using knowledge of engineering and physics, and tests prototypes to see if they work according to design. May specialize in aeronautical design and work with airplanes and helicopters, or specialize in astronautical design and work with vehicles used in outer space. May specialize in a particular area of design, such as aerodynamic flow or navigation.
$123,007 / year median in South Carolina
+9% projected growth
Job Description
Quality Engineer (Aerospace/QMS ) Advantage Technical $35.00-$55.00 United States, South Carolina, Fort Mill Aug 31, 2026
Title:
QMS Administrator (Aerospace & Defense)Location:
On-Site FT Mill, SC 29708Pay/Duration:
35.00 - 45.00 per hour based off experience / 6 months plus contract to hireIndustry:
DOD / Military Vehicles / Aerospace / Manufacturing / high-precision linear motion systemsKey Skills:
AS 9100 / QMS / ISO 9001
/ Audits / Quality Engineering / RCCA / Supplier Quality / FAI Summary The Quality Engineer / QMS Administrator is responsible for maintaining, administering, and continually improving the company's Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure compliance with applicable customer, regulatory, aerospace, and U.S. Department of Defense requirements. The successful candidate should be capable of independently maintaining an audit-ready quality system within a small manufacturing/engineering organization and supporting aerospace, defense, and other highly regulated customer programs. The individual should also possess sufficient familiarity with DoD contracting requirements to recognize when requirements involving CUI, DFARS, CMMC, cybersecurity, export controls, or other specialized compliance obligations require involvement from management or a qualified subject-matter expert. Key Responsibilities- Own and maintain the company's Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 and, where applicable, AS9100 requirements.
- Maintain the Quality Manual, procedures, work instructions, forms, records, and supporting documentation.
- Manage document and record control, including revision control, approvals, distribution, retention, and obsolete-document prevention. Internal & External Audits
- Develop and execute the annual internal audit program.
- Conduct process-based internal audits and document findings.
- Coordinate external ISO/AS certification and surveillance audits. Nonconformance & Corrective Action
- Manage Nonconformance Reports (NCRs), Corrective Action Requests (CARs), and customer complaints.
- Lead or facilitate root-cause analysis using appropriate methodologies such as 5-Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa, 8D, or similar methods.
- Develop or review inspection plans, control plans, acceptance criteria, and quality documentation.
- Support First Article Inspection (FAI) activities when applicable.
- Review inspection and test records for completeness and conformity.
- Manage calibration and control of inspection, measuring, and test equipment.
- Support disposition and control of nonconforming product.
- Participate in Material Review Board activities as required. Supplier Quality
- Maintain the Approved Supplier List.
- Support supplier qualification, evaluation, monitoring, and periodic re-evaluation.
- Ensure appropriate quality and contractual requirements are flowed down to suppliers.
- Issue and manage supplier corrective actions when required.
- Monitor supplier quality and delivery performance. Aerospace & Defense Compliance
- Maintain familiarity with AS9100-series aerospace and defense QMS requirements.
- Review DoD and defense-customer contractual quality requirements and ensure applicable requirements are incorporated into company processes.
- Support traceability, configuration control, product safety, counterfeit-part prevention, foreign-object-damage prevention, and other aerospace/defense requirements where applicable.
- Support proper identification, handling, storage, retention, and disposition of customer and government records.
- Assist management in identifying quality and compliance obligations contained in customer purchase orders, contracts, specifications, and flow-down requirements.
- Coordinate with management, IT/security personnel, and outside specialists regarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), DFARS, NIST SP 800-171, and CMMC requirements when applicable.
- General working knowledge of
CUI, NIST SP
800-171, and CMMC requirements.- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), or equivalent certification.