Sr. Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Description

Job Title: Sr. Manufacturing Quality Engineer
Job Location: Lake Oswego, OR (Hybrid)
Position Status : Full-time
Reports to: Sr. Director, Manufacturing Operations & Quality
Department: Quality
FLSA Status: Exempt

About the Job

Are you passionate about aviation, technology, product quality, and manufacturing excellence? Do you thrive in a hands-on, cross-functional environment where quality systems, supplier performance, repair operations, and production execution all come together? Lightspeed Aviation is seeking a Sr. Manufacturing Quality Engineer to support premium aviation headset products and service operations.

Position Overview:

The position owns, under direction of Sr. Director Manufacturing Operations & Quality, product quality assurance across domestic and international facilities, including supplier quality, assembly, test, and repair operations. The role defines and improves production and quality processes, supports verification and validation of assembly, repair, and test methods, drives part and process qualification, and maintains inspection planning, in-process inspection capability, configuration control, and process monitoring. The position also serves as a designated TSO authorized signatory responsible for Certificate of Conformance review, approval, and authorized release documentation.

This role operates with significant cross-functional influence across Operations, Sustaining Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, Warehouse, Service Repair, and leadership teams. The position requires strong problem-solving skills, independent judgment, technical writing capability, and the ability to balance quality assurance requirements with practical manufacturing and repair execution.

The successful candidate will be equally comfortable on the production floor, in supplier discussions, and in cross-functional technical reviews. This role requires someone who can translate quality requirements into practical manufacturing and repair controls while maintaining clear documentation, disciplined change control, and strong follow-through.

This role will require quarterly travel to international facilities for auditing, QA, training.

Responsibilities:

• Champion product quality across NPI, sustaining products, production, and service operations, including quality planning, release readiness, verification support, quality acceptance, and change gatekeeping.
• Manage supplier quality and global production/repair support activities, including supplier performance monitoring, audits, corrective actions, escalations, documentation support, and cross-functional issue resolution.
• Serve as a designated TSO authorized signatory responsible for Certificate of Conformance review, approval, and authorized release documentation.
• Serve as the ISO/QMS owner, including related documentation, audit readiness, policy compliance, corrective/preventive action, and continuous improvement activities.
• Develop, maintain, and improve operational and technical documentation, including procedures, work instructions, assembly/test procedures, packaging instructions, service/repair manuals, and Right to Repair documentation.
• Administer and improve production and repair control systems, test equipment programs, calibration controls, production/repair metrics, workflow accuracy, and data integrity.
• Analyze production, supplier, repair, and field data to identify trends, risks, root causes, and corrective/preventive actions, and communicate quality status, priorities, ownership, and mitigation plans to leadership.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Quality, or related discipline), or equivalent technical training and experience.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, supplier quality, production support, or a closely related technical operations role.
• Experience with quality management systems such as ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar regulated quality standards.
• Demonstrated technical writing ability, including work instructions, procedures, manuals, test methods, manufacturing documentation, quality records, or regulated release documentation.
• Experience with supplier quality management, corrective/preventive actions, production support, and cross-functional issue resolution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills, with ability to manage multiple priorities across quality and manufacturing workstreams.
• Proficiency with ERP, MES, QMS, PLM, production data, or related operational systems; strong Microsoft Excel, data analysis, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Six Sigma certification, or equivalent demonstrated process improvement experience.
• Experience in electronics manufacturing, aviation products, repair operations, FAA-regulated products, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• FAA DER, TSO, Certificate of Conformance, authorized release, certification, or aviation regulatory experience.
• Experience with acoustic test equipment development, maintenance, calibration, or production test methods.
• Familiarity with Right to Repair requirements, service documentation, or repair-center operating models.
• Advanced degree or specialized training in electrical engineering, acoustic engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Why Lightspeed Aviation:

• Join a company where quality, engineering, manufacturing, and service teams work closely together to build aviation products that improve the pilot experience and help protect lives.
• Competitive salary and benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.
• A flexible, collaborative environment where cross-functional work is visible, practical, and directly connected to product quality and customer experience.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth while supporting products that combine aviation safety, audio performance, and customer-focused innovation.
• This position is based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and is on a hybrid schedule (3 days a week in office)
• The range for this position is based on experience and the range is $100,000 to $120,000 depending on experience.
• U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor visas for this position

Work Environment

• Ability to lift 10 lbs. frequently and up to 50 lbs. periodically
• Stand or sit for long periods
• Perform tasks (that may be repetitive) that require reaching, pushing, pulling, kneeling, walking, stooping and/or bending
• Work in an environment that generates OSHA permissible machine noise levels
• Use tools that require fine hand skills
• Visually, observe and differentiate small moving parts
• Must be able and willing to travel domestically and internationally by air, rail, and automobile as required.

Lightspeed Aviation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Lightspeed Aviation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. For more information about your rights, please review the EEOC “Know Your Rights” poster: -06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.

About Lightspeed Aviation

Entrepreneurial and customer-obsessed, Lightspeed has become an aviation leader by creating unique headsets for pilots through a simple strategy: know your customer well and remain committed to relentless product evolution that expands performance to the edge of technological possibilities. This approach has made Lightspeed the innovation leader in aviation headsets, setting the standard for excellence and earning tremendous brand loyalty and a reputation for expertise and integrity worldwide.