Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Turion Space is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our growing team in Irvine, CA. You'll be joining our Quality organization at a foundational moment, helping define how we do quality, not just operating within a system that's already set in stone. Working closely with our Senior Manager of Quality & Mission Assurance, you'll help build out inspection processes, calibration systems, and QMS procedures as we scale, while also owning the day-to-day quality operations that keep us compliant and running today. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role for someone who thrives on solving problems at the source, not just documenting them. You'll have real influence over how our processes, tooling, and documentation take shape as the team grows. It's a great fit for an engineer who can move fluidly between the shop floor and the conference room, someone who can read a CMM report and interpret GD&T callouts in the morning, then negotiate a disposition path with a customer or supplier in the afternoon.

Responsibilities

Help build and continuously improve QMS procedures, inspection processes, and quality infrastructure; Monitor quality systems and perform trend analysis to proactively identify systemic issues; Work open Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) end-to-end including containment, root cause investigation, disposition, and closure; Research applicable industry specs and technical data to support disposition decisions; Develop and maintain inspection plans, including reviewing GD&T and CMM inspection reports; Establish and monitor the calibration system to ensure measurement equipment remains compliant and audit-ready; Perform contract review to ensure quality requirements flow correctly from customer to supplier; Monitor supplier quality performance; Keep the company compliant to applicable aerospace quality standards (e.g., AS9100) and support audits

Requirements

B.S. degree in Engineering, STEM, or related technical field; 7+ years of Quality Engineering experience in aerospace/defense manufacturing; Comfortable working across mechanical, composite, and electrical product lines; Strong working knowledge of GD&T, including ability to read and interpret CMM inspection reports; Demonstrated experience with NCR/CAR processes and root cause corrective action methodology; Experience with inspection process development and calibration systems; Experience with contract review and flow-down of quality requirements; Proficient with Microsoft 365 and office tools; Eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Nice to have

Software experience; Experience building or standing up quality processes at a growing company; Experience with ERP/MRP systems (NetSuite/ION) and PLM tools (Arena), plus Jira and Confluence; Prior audit experience; Familiarity with supplier quality monitoring and management

Benefits

Equity; Health Insurance; Retirement Plans (401(k) with 3% Employer Direct Contribution); Paid Time Off; Parental Leave; Emotional Wellbeing (EAP); Professional Development; Team Building Activities