Value Stream Engineer

Job Title: Value Stream Quality Engineer

Job Description

The Value Stream Quality Engineer plays a key role in ensuring end-to-end quality performance across an aerospace manufacturing value stream. This position focuses on suppliers, manufacturing operations, finished products, and customer quality requirements, using data-driven methods, auditing, risk assessment, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving to identify issues and drive sustainable improvements. The role offers the opportunity to own quality performance across a broad portfolio of electronic, avionic, and electro-mechanical aerospace products and to contribute directly to continuous improvement initiatives that impact civil and military aviation applications.

Responsibilities

• Ensure products and manufacturing processes comply with established procedures and meet customer quality requirements across the entire value stream.
• Perform product and process audits to verify compliance with controlled manufacturing procedures and to uncover opportunities for improvement.
• Lead and support risk assessments across the product value stream, including suppliers, manufacturing operations, and finished products.
• Identify potential quality risks and collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement appropriate risk-mitigation strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing and quality using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar structured improvement methodologies.
• Develop, track, and maintain quality metrics, reports, and performance trends that clearly communicate quality status and priorities.
• Utilize statistical analysis and quality data to identify performance trends, areas of concern, and focus areas for improvement efforts.
• Lead and participate in root cause analysis for product and process quality issues, ensuring sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, and quality teams to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Support cost-reduction initiatives through structured problem-solving, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
• Champion Lean and Six Sigma methodologies throughout the value stream to enhance efficiency, reduce defects, and improve overall quality.
• Support supplier quality activities by engaging with suppliers on quality expectations, audits, and improvement efforts.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of aerospace quality systems and manufacturing documentation as needed.

Essential Skills

• Professional experience supporting quality within manufacturing, product, and/or supply-chain environments.
• Experience conducting product and/or process audits within controlled manufacturing procedures and customer requirements.
• Hands-on root cause analysis and structured problem-solving experience, with the ability to take ownership of quality issues.
• Ability to interpret and use quality data, metrics, and statistical trends to identify performance issues and improvement opportunities.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives in a manufacturing or operations environment.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality functions in a collaborative manner.
• Working knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma principles and their application to continuous improvement and risk reduction.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly present findings, recommendations, and improvement plans to diverse stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset toward identifying risk and improvement opportunities.
• Understanding of manufacturing quality from an end-to-end perspective, including suppliers, in-process operations, and customer requirements.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, aviation, defense, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience with risk-management tools and methodologies used in manufacturing and quality systems.
• Experience supporting supplier quality, including engagement on quality requirements, audits, and corrective actions.
• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems, standards, and manufacturing documentation.
• Experience in value stream mapping, quality control, quality assurance, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Interest in solving complex quality and manufacturing problems and driving measurable continuous improvement.
• Ability to thrive in a role with direct visibility and impact across the entire product value stream.

Work Environment

This position is based in an on-site aerospace manufacturing environment in Creedmoor, NC. The role is closely connected to the manufacturing floor and is ideal for someone who enjoys working around tangible products and processes rather than strictly behind a desk. The engineer will interact heavily with quality, manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and operations teams on a daily basis. The facility is approximately 100,000 square feet and supports electronic, avionic, and electro-mechanical manufacturing, including an on-site machine shop, a Materials & Process Laboratory, and a NADCAP-certified paint facility. Products manufactured at the site include actuators, transducers, tachometers, wiper systems, fire-protection systems, data recorders, compass calibrators, and flight-deck instrumentation used in both civil and military aviation. The organization offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include a goal share bonus program, paid time off with holiday and sick leave, medical insurance, learning and development opportunities, and a 401(k) plan with a company match. The culture emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement, and giving quality engineering direct visibility and impact across multiple aerospace product lines.

This is a Permanent position based out of Creedmoor, NC.

The pay range for this position is $75000.00 - $99000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

For a permanent Ontic placement, based on the posting you provided:Goal Share bonus programComprehensive medical insuranceCompetitive PTOHoliday paySick leave401(k) with up to 4% company matchEmployee Assistance ProgramLearning and development opportunitiesEmployee referral programPaid volunteering timeEmployee discounts9/80 schedule where applicableFor an Actalent contractor, replace these with the applicable Actalent benefits.

This is a Permanent position based out of Creedmoor, NC.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 23, 2026.

This is a fully onsite position in Creedmoor,NC.

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