Quality Engineer

Butler Aerospace & Defense

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Simpsonville, South Carolina

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CONTRACTOR

Updated 10/04/2026

Job Description

Job Summary

Quality Engineer

Location:

Simpsonville, SC

Job ID:

73285

Pay Range:

$50-57/hr

6 months contract

Responsibilities

Develop partnerships with senior managers, IPTs, customers, and quality functions of the program team to define steps necessary to implement proactive quality strategies

Engage on both strategic and tactical levels, focusing on quality, cost and schedule performance, early engagement, influencing and providing differentiating quality value to program teams and customers.

Generation of new CORE (Customer Oriented Result and Excellence), CoPQ (Cost of Poor Quality) projects to reduce costs/increase efficiency

Monitor / lead root cause corrective action (RCCA)

Facilitate the completion of internal and customer required First Article Inspection (FAI) Reviews

Participation and preparation for customer, third party regulatory and internal audits

Qualifications Require

Typically requires a bachelor's degree and a minimum of five (5) years of prior relevant experience.

Working experience with AS9100 Quality Management Systems.

Working experience leading teams in failure analysis, root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action.

Working experience in providing technical program support for manufacturing and/or design processes.

Education/Experience

Typically requires a bachelor's degree and a minimum of five (5) years of prior relevant experience.

Working experience with AS9100 Quality Management Systems.

Working experience leading teams in failure analysis, root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action.

Working experience in providing technical program support for manufacturing and/or design processes.

Qualifications Prefer

Six Sigma, Lean, and / or American Society for Quality (ASQ) certifications

Experienced team player who achieves goals and strives for continuous improvement.

Experience Reviewing Purchase Orders, Customer Drawings, Corrective Action Requests (CAR)

Experience interfacing directly with customers

Experience leading customer audits

Experience presenting, reviewing and/or approving changes through a formal Change Board.

Experience exercising judgement and apply resolution-making skills with appropriate supervisory intervention.

Experience in risk mitigation and opportunity management.

Experience translating system requirements and contractual requirements to ensure full compliance is flowed down through product, assembly, and test documentation.

Experience applying people skills and working with customers, suppliers, and in a team environment.

Experience in First Article Inspections per AS9102.

Experience in one or all of the following is highly desired: Six Sigma, Process Certification, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), and Product Part Approval Process (PPAP)

Experienced in 8D, quality tools, 5 Whys of Root Cause Analysis, and SPC analysis

Ability to lead a cross-functional team and provide forecasting to reach established goals

Ability to assimilate, analyze, and present data to leaders, customers, and peers

Experiencing interfacing with internal and external customers as well as all levels of personnel

Benefits provided: 401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at accommodationsbutler.com.

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