Quality Engineer

About Safran

Safran is a high-tech international group operating in the fields of aeronautics (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport is increasingly environmentally friendly, more comfortable, and more accessible. With 100,000 employees across all continents and a turnover of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, the Group holds, alone or in partnership, leading global or European positions in its markets. Safran was ranked 2nd in the aerospace and defense sector in TIME magazine's “World's Best Companies 2024” ranking.

Safran Aerosystems is one of the world leaders in aeronautical systems dedicated to aircraft and helicopter safety, as well as fluid and fuel management. The company is a key player in flight safety (oxygen, evacuation, buoyancy) and contributes to the decarbonization of aviation through sustainable alternative fuels and new engine architectures. It has 5,200 employees across 7 countries.

Mission Description for the Quality Engineer

Perform Quality Assurance functions and is responsible for failure prevention and quality assurance by audit/design, ensuring customer satisfaction. This role is responsible for supervising assigned employees and tasks engaged in reviewing product and systems quality. Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate product deficiencies on customer returned or in-plant parts to determine failure mechanism and implement corrective action.
• Interpret drawing requirements and prepare receiving inspection instruction sheets, ensuring a minimum of functional problems at assembly and in service.
• Conduct reliability and safety analysis on proposed products, in development and on existing products to determine numerical service life without failure (MTBF) and/or product failure modes. Supply reliability proposal write-ups.
• Conduct Quality Assurance activities pertaining to internal and external customer requirements.
• Evaluate and correct manufacturing/customer problems.
• Create inspection plans as required by customer/regulatory agencies.
• Review Change Request Engineering Orders (CREO).
• Perform Cost Analysis and proposal writing for feasibility and compliance.
• Perform internal and external Quality Assurance audits.
• Analyze internal and external quality problems.
• Supervise, train and assign work to Quality Assurance personnel as required.
• Responsible for the supervision and maintenance of quality records and procedures within the department.
• Evaluate discrepant product for proper disposition and corrective action requirements.
• Establish and monitor testing and acceptance criteria for purchased and manufactured product.
• Support/establish Quality Assurance requirements for New Product Development programs.

Listed above are the ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS of this job classification. Employees in this job classification may be required to perform various other duties including but not limited to training, administration, and housekeeping. In addition, employees in this job classification are responsible for the quality, quantity and timeliness of the product or service they provide. They will carry out those duties, in a safe and cooperative manner, per established policies, practices and procedures. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

Qualifications

Education:

• Required: B. S. Engineering related technical discipline

Experience:

• Required: 1 year of Engineering experience or role related experience
• Preferred: 3 years of Engineering experience or role related experience

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Required: Knowledge of Mechanical, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
• Preferred: Demonstrated knowledge problem solving on various mechanical systems or oxygen systems

Key skills/competency

• Quality Assurance
• Failure Analysis
• Corrective Action
• Reliability Engineering
• Safety Analysis
• Inspection Planning
• Audit Management
• Mechanical Systems
• Hydraulic Systems
• Pneumatic Systems
• Problem Solving