Quality Control Engineer

Department: Quality
Job Title: Quality Control Engineer
Reports To: Quality Manager

The Quality Control Engineer is a hands-on metrology and shop-floor role responsible for ensuring that CNC-machined components meet drawing, specification, and regulatory requirements. The role owns First Article Inspection (FAI) planning and execution, develops/maintains CMM programs, drives calibration and measurement system integrity, and partners closely with Production and Engineering to resolve quality issues rapidly and sustainably. (

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
A. First Article & In-Process Quality
1. Plan, execute, and document First Article Inspection (FAI) per customer standards, including ballooning drawings, control plan alignment, sampling plans, FAIR compilation, and submission.

2. Establish inspection plans for new and transferred parts: critical-to-quality dimensions, gauge selection, and in-process checkpoints.

3. Perform receiving, in-process, and final inspections using CMM, optical comparator/scope, height gauges, bore gauges, micrometers, surface plates, and profilometers.

B. CMM & Metrology Systems

4. Create, optimize, and run CMM programs for new parts validate programs and troubleshoot measurement anomalies.
5. Maintain metrology standards: GR&R/MSA studies, fixture design for repeatable setups, and alignment strategies (datum scheme, GD&T).
6. Manage calibration schedules, records, and compliance for all monitoring & measuring equipment ensure timely calibration and segregation of out-of-tolerance instruments.

C. Nonconformance & Corrective Action
7. Lead NCR containment and root-cause analyses, implement corrective/preventive actions (CAPA), and verify effectiveness.
8. Respond to internal and customer quality feedback prepare investigation reports and support audit follow-ups with documented evidence.

D. Process & Cross-Functional Support
9. Collaborate with CNC Programmers/Production Engineers to ensure manufacturability, measurement access, and robust process flows from incoming to outgoing (including sub-contractor processes).

10. Contribute to SOPs/work instructions for inspection methods and special processes train technicians/operators on gauge handling, measurement technique, and defect prevention.
11. Support supplier quality activities (incoming inspection criteria, FAIRs, and gauge/tooling readiness).