Engineer Quality

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Responsible for maintaining quality requirements and standards, process improvements and supporting and administering FlightSafety’s ISO 9001based Quality Management System in a manufacturing setting.  This position has direct reports.

• Develop and implement quality programs, including tracking, analyzing, reporting and problem solving.


• Plan, control and assure product and process quality in accordance with quality principles, which include, planning processes, material control, acceptance sampling, and measurement systems.


• Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.


• Report to management on quality issues, trends and losses.


• Serve as primary Quality Assurance resource to department supervisors for problem identification, resolution, loss reporting and continuous improvement.


• Instructs others in continuous process improvements including the use of various problem solving and productivity techniques from the following disciplines; LEAN Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Team Based Training.


• Develops strategies and programs that improve the productivity and efficiency of the Quality Management System.


• Applies various industrial engineering problem solving and productivity techniques to evaluate the improvement of recommended strategies and programs.


• Review, analyze and report quality system data to identify trends and identify the need for corrective and preventive actions.

Bachelors degree in applicable discipline - e.g. Industrial Systems Engineering or Quality Engineering

Minimum of 3 years industrial or quality engineering experience or equivalent of education and work experience

AS9100 background and/or ASQ-CQE certification a plus

Lean Six Sigma Green or Black belt certification a plus

Must have broad knowledge and understanding of quality philosophies, principles, systems, methods, tools, standards and improvement systems. Diverse knowledge of inspection and control methods, techniques and documentation

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met and/or encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.