Quality Engineer - CNC Process & Inspection Planning

Job Description

Job Description

We’re hiring a Quality Engineer to join a rapidly growing, high-precision manufacturing operation in the San Jose area , supporting complex work across the aerospace, defense, medical, and semiconductor industries .

This is not a traditional Quality Engineer role centered around audits, supplier quality, or paperwork . This position is much closer to the manufacturing process and will spend the majority of its time developing detailed inspection plans for CNC-machined components .

If you enjoy looking at a complex part, understanding how it is being machined, what features are being created at each operation, and how those features should be inspected , this is the type of role we’re looking to fill.

What You'll Be Doing:

You’ll work directly between CNC Programming, Manufacturing, and Quality to create the inspection strategy for complex machined parts.

On a typical day, you will:

• Review engineering drawings, CAD models, CNC operations, and manufacturing documentation .
• Understand what each CNC operation is doing to the part and which features are being created or modified.
• Use 1Factory to build detailed, operation-level inspection plans.
• Determine what needs to be measured, when it needs to be measured, and how it should be inspected .
• Interpret complex GD&T, datums, tolerances, and critical characteristics .
• Develop and support First Article Inspections (FAIs) .
• Work directly with CNC programmers when machining intent or process documentation isn't clear.
• Partner with machinists, CMM programmers, inspectors, and engineers to resolve inspection and manufacturing issues.
• Help catch quality problems earlier in the manufacturing process rather than waiting until final inspection.

The goal is simple: when a job reaches the floor, the machinist should know what they're responsible for producing , and Quality should know exactly what needs to be verified after each operation .

Requirements

We’re open to several different backgrounds. You could currently be a:

• Quality Engineer
• Manufacturing Quality Engineer
• Inspection / Quality Planner
• CMM Programmer
• Senior Quality Inspector
• Manufacturing or Process Engineer with strong inspection experience

More important than your current title is your ability to understand both CNC machining and dimensional inspection .

Strong candidates will have:

• Experience working with precision CNC-machined components .
• Strong understanding of GD&T and complex engineering drawings .
• Experience with First Article Inspections / FAIs .
• Experience developing or working from detailed inspection plans .
• Understanding of how a machined part progresses through multiple CNC operations.
• Knowledge of dimensional inspection methods, CMMs, and precision measurement equipment.
• 1Factory experience is a major plus.
• Aerospace, defense, medical, semiconductor, or similar high-precision manufacturing experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• 401k
• PTO