Design Quality Assurance Engineer

Teledyne Technologies•El Segundo, CA

About The Position

Be the quality champion who ensures every product we design meets the highest engineering, customer, and regulatory standards! As a Design Quality Assurance (DQA) Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in guiding product development from concept through full life‑cycle compliance. You’ll ensure that all engineering work follows Teledyne Controls’ established design standards, development processes, and work instructions while verifying that resulting products and documentation meet contractual obligations, customer quality requirements, industry standards, and regulatory guidelines. This role directly supports engineering excellence—helping teams build reliable, compliant, and high‑performing aerospace products that our customers can trust.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in quality engineering or other related Engineering discipline, 7+ years of experience applying quality improvement methodologies, tools, and techniques, or equivalent experience in product design and development within AS9100/ISO 9001 environments and working with QMS standards.
Must be a U.S. Person (includes U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees)

Nice To Haves

Strong working knowledge of DO‑178 software compliance and DO‑254 hardware compliance is highly desired.
Familiarity with AS9145, including APQP and PPAP processes, is preferred.
Ability to provide clear guidance and establish quality positions on program development and compliance issues for program management and engineering teams.
Experience with MRP or ERP systems is preferred.
ASQ certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Review Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) & Airline Customers quality provisions as part of contract review or contract formation for new proposals or contracts.
Ensure compliance with OEM and Airline Customers imposed contract provisions – Quality Management System (QMS) Policies/ Processes/ Development requirements.
Ensure compliance with Teledyne Controls Quality Management System (QMS) Policies/ Processes/ Development requirements and applicable OEM or Airline Customers approved contract quality provisions.
Create or update Software Quality Assurance Plans (SQAPs) or Hardware Quality Assurance Plans (HQAPs) – for customer submission and approval.
Support coordination and liaison with Customers for development programs quality related issues, concerns, plan of action(s), and resolution.
Perform product life cycle documentation reviews and process audits.
Review and approve Engineering documentation, design changes (EOs) and development folders.
Participate in Systems, Hardware, and Software design & development reviews process covering: Planning, Requirements, Design, and Verification & Validation(V&V); and support development programs formal customer reviews such as: Plan Review (PL), Requirements Review (RR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), and Production Readiness Review (PRR).
Support Engineering Test Procedure (ETP)/System Test monitoring, Test Set-up Conformity, and review Test Reports and failure investigations reports.
Support Qualification test monitoring, Test Set-up Conformity; and review Qualification Test Reports and failure investigations reports.
Plan, perform, and support hardware or software product conformity, First Article Inspection review and audits; and support Stage of Involvement (SOI) reviews and audits.
Oversee product change management submission and approval process for compliance with OEM customers’ requirements (EDES, NOC, etc.).
Support Product transition processes to Manufacturing in collaboration with Factory Quality Control, Supplier Quality Control, and Manufacturing Engineering.
Support and conduct Internal AS9100 Audits, customers requested audits, and internal audit program.