Quality Specialist
ATI · Washington
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Metals
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist quality role at ATI (metals) in Washington.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Control plans
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Washington: typical posted base $100k–$135k.
Median of the low and high ends of 20 live postings that list pay, out of 30 quality engineer openings in Washington, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 29 other live quality postings in Washington.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $100k–$135k, from 20 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 97%
- Lean 77%
- New product launch 53%
- AS9100 50%
- Six Sigma 47%
- ✓ Control plans 47%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at ATI
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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Full description from ATIAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job Summary
Serve as a proactive presence to the workforce to ensure conformance to product and process standards. Responsible for material disposition to improve quality and maximize product flow in a timely manner. Determine corrective actions for discrepant product, and disposition material to respective operations for on-time delivery. Observe product to evaluate for possible defects and determine actions to improve quality and product flow. Interface with internal customers and suppliers on quality related issues. Adhere to Quality Management Systems including product quality, calibration records, and training documentation.
Essential Functions
- ◆Engage with the workforce to keep all product and process quality
requirements
at the forefront and ensure conforming production, with emphasis on aerospace and defense applications.
- ✓Responsible for material assessment and disposition of non-conforming product. Requires knowledge of customer requirements, delivery schedules, costs, material characteristics and equipment capabilities.
- ✓Quality presence on the floor. Observe material in the plant and report quality of non-conforming material including returned material, in-process material, and experimental products.
- ✓Evaluate product for quality to determine disposition of material.
- ✓Submit customer offers to inside sales.
- ✓Assist in root cause problem-solving initiatives.
- ✓Provide off-turn support including evenings and weekends as needed.
- ✓Perform Quality Observation Audits.
- ✓Support Customer Audits and Customer Source Inspections.
- ✓Maintain calibration records of calibrated measuring devices. Perform Calibrations, Maintain Daily logs, Data Entry, Pickup/Drop Off of equipment.
- ✓Assist with training and documentation. Maintain qualification checklist.
- ✓Assist Develop/Edit current and new procedures and control plans
- ✓Assist with skills verification
We thrive when the expectations are great, and the barriers are high. We're solving the world's most difficult challenges through materials science. Our advanced, integrated process technologies and proven performers give us a tremendous competitive advantage. When customers systems need to fly higher, dig deeper, stand stronger, and last longer -- anywhere on, above or below the earth -- ATI is proven to perform.
Requirements
- ✓Associates degree in a technical or engineering field, or minimum of five years work experience in a manufacturing environment
- ✓Computer working knowledge with Microsoft Office and company-related systems
- ✓Highly motivated, organized with the ability to work as part of a team
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Prior experience in the metals industry.
- ✓Prior experience in a quality inspection role.
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Proven to Perform.
From the edges of space to the bottoms of ocean, our materials are proven to perform -- and so is our team. We're hiring high performers as proven as our products. Join us.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- •Detail-oriented
- •Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- •Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
- •It is ATI's policy to not provide immigration sponsorship for any of the company's positions.