Lead Quality Assurance Engineer / Quality Engineer — Aerospace
Function: Quality Assurance & Quality Engineering
Reports to: Plant Head
Location: Narketpally, Hyderabad
Employment type: Full time, permanent
Experience: 8–15 years in aerospace, defense, or other regulated precision manufacturing
Team: Leads Engineering Division
Scope: leadership team member, primary audit and customer interface
Roles & Responsibilities
Audits
• Act as the site's lead representative in customer and OEM audits — process audits, product audits & system audits, You prepare the site, front the opening and closing meetings, manage auditor access to evidence, and negotiate and close findings
• Host regulatory, and third-party audits AS9100 Rev D, ISO 9001:2015 and hold accountability for the site's certification status
• Own the internal audit programme end to end: schedule, auditor competence, findings, and effectiveness verification. Prepare audit schedules, checklists, evidence, and compliance documentation.
• Plan and conduct internal audits across manufacturing, engineering, procurement, inspection,



and support functions.
• Report audit status, risk, and certification exposure to the leadership team
• Coordinate customer, certification-body, and regulatory audits.
• Track audit findings and ensure timely closure of corrective actions.

Customer interface
• Serve as the primary quality contact for OEM and Tier-1 customers across programmes
• Lead AS9102 First Article Inspection (FAI) and PPAP preparation, review, submission and customer approval.
• Attend customer meetings, technical reviews, and programme gates jointly with Manufacturing Engineering, presenting a single aligned position on capability, qualification status, and quality performance
• Lead customer escape investigations: containment, notification, root cause, corrective action, and recovery plan presentation
• Negotiate concessions, deviations, and quality requirement interpretation with customer quality representatives
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