$81,600 - $138,700 USD yearly
About the role
The QA Engineer ensures precision manufacturing products and processes meet AS9100, customer, and regulatory requirements at the Livermore, CA facility. The role collaborates across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Inspection to resolve quality issues, manage corrective actions, and support operations serving aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries.
What you'll do
- Maintain quality processes and review customer drawings, purchase orders, specifications, and GD&T requirements to establish inspection plans.
- Prepare and review First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) in accordance with SAE AS9102 for new product introduction (NPI).
- Lead root cause analysis and execute corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for internal, supplier, and customer nonconformances (ICARs, SCARs, NCRs).
- Serve as the quality engineering interface for customer quality concerns, product acceptance requirements, and Supplier Requests for Deviation (SRDs).
- Coordinate customer source inspections, internal and external audits, and quality assessments.
- Apply quality tools including 5 Whys, Fishbone analysis, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to reduce defects, scrap, and rework.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent education and experience).
- 4+ years of quality engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with AS9100 quality management systems and SAE AS9102 First Article Inspection requirements.
- Demonstrated experience with CAPA, root cause analysis, and nonconformance management.
- Manufacturing experience in CNC machining, welding, or outside processing (OSP).
- Working knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T, dimensional inspection, and customer specifications.
- U.S. Person status under ITAR regulations.
Nice to have
- Experience in aerospace, defense, or semiconductor manufacturing.
- Experience with supplier quality and customer corrective action processes.
- Familiarity with CMM programming and dimensional inspection equipment.
- Experience with Global Shop ERP or similar manufacturing systems.
- Knowledge of SPC, process capability, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience using customer and supplier quality portals.
Skills: AS9100, FAIR, CAPA, GD&T, CNC machining
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 56-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2409
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Median days open
56 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$100k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Ichor Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (2409 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 53 | 2409 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 68 | 10090 · 117 employers |
| Median days open | 63 d | 56 d (+7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: AS9100, FAIR, CAPA, GD&T, CNC machining
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 320 open roles · median 73 d
- Applied Materials · 260 open roles · median 42 d
- Entegris · 203 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 105 open roles · median 77 d
- Infineon Technologies · 97 open roles · median 43 d
- ASML · 69 open roles · median 58 d
How we counted: 2409 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.
