Quality Engineer - Flight Test

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Job Description :

Join our dynamic Quality Engineering Flight Test team, where you'll play a key role in ensuring quality and safety during production flight testing. You'll lead efforts to resolve issues, improve processes, and drive continuous improvement, all while working closely with safety, engineering, and quality teams. If you're passionate about aviation, problem-solving, and making a real impact, this role offers an exciting opportunity to grow and contribute in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Meet the team :

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you're interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your challenges :

Assuring process adherence and effectiveness for the production flight test, including ensuring effective operational feedback loops to Process Owners and Quality Managers (e.g. risks, opportunities, KPIs, corrective / preventative action)

Deploying Process Surveillance Plan, assuring quality of process deliverables and addressing non-compliance using appropriate methods.

Collaborate with the Safety Management System (SMS) team to analyze operational data and trends, identify risk areas, and recommend quality improvements.

Participate in internal and external audits (EASA, EN9100, etc.) and facilitate audit readiness and follow-up activities.

Contributing to effective process deployments (e.g. communications, Process Support Documents, Tools, governance), driving Specific Reviews defined by the processes.

Participating in ground and flight test events and ensuring the safety of personnel and assets.

Identifying potential safety risks and developing mitigation strategies.

Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting flight data to identify anomalies, assess performance, and troubleshoot issues.

Identifying and resolving issues during flight tests, collaborating with other engineers to find solutions.

How we care for you :

Financial Rewards : Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")

Work / Life Balance : Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

Health & Welfare : Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.

Individual Development : Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly.

Your boarding pass :

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aviation Maintenance, Quality Assurance, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

13+ years of experience in a quality or flight operations support role in the aerospace industry.

Strong knowledge of aviation regulations, quality standards, and flight operations practices.

Experience with root cause analysis and corrective / preventative action processes.

Authorized to work in the US.

Travel Required :

20%+ Domestic and International

Be flexible to travel in short notice and for varying, sometimes extensive periods.

Physical Requirements :

Onsite or remote : Onsite 100%

Vision : able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.

Hearing : able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.

Speaking : able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.

Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors) : able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.

Carrying : able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs / 14kgs.

Lifting : able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs / 14kgs.

Pushing / Pulling : able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.

Sitting : able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer.

Squatting / Kneeling : able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.

Standing : able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor.

Travel : able to travel independently and at short notice.

Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents) : able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.

Personal Protective Equipment required : Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators / Masks, and / or Protective Gloves as required by site and / or customer site

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company :

Airbus Americas, Inc.

Employment Type : US - Direct Hire

Experience Level : Professional

Remote Type : On-site

Job Family : Quality Assurance

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