Aerospace Quality Engineering Manager

PPG Industries, Inc
United States, Texas, Grand Prairie
802 East Avenue J (Show on map)
Jun 03, 2026
PPG's Aerospace Business is looking for a Quality Engineering Manager to join our team in Grand Prairie! As the Quality Engineering Manager you will lead the Quality Engineering function at PPG Texas Transparencies. You will manage a team of Quality Engineers and provides ownership of key quality processes including the Quality Clinic, Material Review Board (MRB), Contract Review, and Customer Return Reviews. You will ensures effective defect containment, disciplined problem solving, and compliance with AS9100, customer, and internal quality requirements while partnering closely with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to drive continuous improvement. This is an onsite position working out of our Grand Prairie, TX facility and reporting to the Senior Aerospace Production Quality Manager. Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop a team of Quality Engineers to support production, problem resolution, and continuous improvement activities. Promote a preventionfocused, datadriven quality culture across the organization. Own and manage the Quality Clinic process, ensuring timely containment, disposition, and escalation of nonconforming material. Chair or provide delegated leadership for the Material Review Board (MRB), ensuring technical rigor, riskbased decisions, and documented justification. Participate in and support Contract Review activities related to quality, inspection, testing, regulatory, and customerspecific requirements. Lead or support Customer Return Reviews while serving as a key point of contact for customer quality issues, including corrective action responses and followup. Drive structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., RCCA, 8D, DMAIC, PFMEA). Partner with crossfunctional teams to reduce scrap, rework, and defect recurrence. Use data analysis to identify improvement opportunities and drive longterm quality performance. Ensure Quality Engineering activities comply with AS9100, customer-specific requirements, and PPG internal procedures. Support internal, customer, and regulatory audits, including preparation, execution, and corrective action followup. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field. 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (aerospace preferred). Prior leadership, supervisory, or formal mentoring experience. Strong knowledge of: Nonconformance management and MRB processes, Root cause and corrective action methodologies, Contract review and customer quality requirements. Experience working within a formal Quality Management System (AS9100 or equivalent). Aerospace transparencies, composites, or advanced manufacturing experience preferred. Experience with customer audits and customer return investigations preferred. Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement certification (Green Belt or higher) preferred. Experience with digital quality systems and analytics tools helpful. Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply. #LI-Onsite O nas: PPG: CHRANIME A ZKRALUJEME SVT Diky vedeni v oblasti inovaci, udritelnosti a barev pomaha PPG zakaznikm v prmyslovych, dopravnich, spotebitelskych a stavebnich odvtvich a dalich trzich zlepovat vice povrch vice zpsoby ne kterakoli jina spolenost. Dali informace najdete na www.ppg.com a sledujte @PPG na X. The PPG Way 2030 Jsme partnery naich zakaznik Proaktivni. Odvani. Dvryhodni. Vechno, co dlame, zaina naimi zakazniky. Naslouchame, jedname rychle a nepestavame, dokud nevyeime jejich nejvti vyzvy. Kdy se dai naim zakaznikm, dai se i PPG. Jedname cilen a rychle Agilni. izeni daty. Samostatni. Podstupujeme promylena rizika, abychom si udreli naskok ped konkurenci. 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