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Quality Engineer

Wichita, Kansas Job ID 2025-15432 Category Quality Post Date Sep. 23, 2025
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Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Develops processes, systems, and equipment to uphold quality, reliability, and system safety standards for company or procured products and services
  • Provides review and analysis of quality system design to ensure the integrity of decisions impacting products and services
  • Analyzes contractual, product definition, and specification requirements to develop or modify methods, procedures, and metrics for achieving quality standards
  • Evaluates and provides dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts, and equipment
  • Conducts scientific evaluations, audits, and analyses
  • Tests and approves products, processes, equipment, and measurement systems
  • Ensures processes incorporate configuration management and participates in design and product reviews to meet quality, reliability, safety, and business objectives
  • Conducts research, benchmarking, and analysis to improve process capability and product quality
  • Performs root cause analyses and supports corrective action implementation to address nonconformance issues
  • Interfaces with employees, suppliers, customers, and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with requirements
  • Utilizes statistical methodologies to maintain or enhance safety, reliability, and process capability levels

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited Engineering program
  • 3-5 years of experience in aerospace, quality, engineering or related role

  • Proficiency in technical writing

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in strategic planning and operations
  • Competence in conducting quality audits, including process and product auditing

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

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No matter where you are in life, our benefits help prepare you for the present and the future.

  • Generous company match to your 401(k).
  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly.
  • Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
  • Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations.
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