Sr Quality Engineer
Moog · Orrville, OH
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $90k–$130k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Moog (aerospace & defense) in Orrville, OH. You will be responsible for the following.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SPC, Control plans, DOE, Machining
- Base pay
- $90k–$130k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · relocation help
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $90k–$130k. This one lists $90k–$130k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 81 quality engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 80 other live quality postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- About 9% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $80k–$121k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 63%
- FMEA 41%
- PPAP 40%
- Supplier quality 40%
- ISO 9001 38%
- ✓ SPC 35%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Machining, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Moog
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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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requirements
and provide the required level of protection to Moog and its Customers. The Senior Quality Engineer must assure optimum utilization of humanpower resources in achievement of corporate and divisional production objectives.
To be considered for this position, here’s what you’ll need to bring with you:
- ✓Bachelor's in Engineering or similar technical degree and 5 years in Quality Engineering. Strong preference to someone with experience with military specifications and requirements.
- ✓Also, strong preference with some with extensive experience in a machining environment, inspection, assembly, and functional testing.
- ✓Ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance.
requirements
to suppliers and appropriate Moog disciplines.
Project Engineering: The Senior Quality Engineer performs varied technical tasks which are non‑routine such as product improvement studies, process improvement studies, and development of new systems & procedures. These studies require the mastery of analysis techniques such as SPC, regression, statistics, and Design of Experiments.
Training: Train and educate functional groups in the areas of Statistical Process Control, Gauge Variation, Designed Experiments, and Program specific contractual quality requirements.
Program Support: Provide technical assistance to Manufacturing, A & T, Vendors, Customers, and other Engineering disciplines in the resolution of fabrication, and field related problems. This support typically requires the application of a creative approach to complex problem solving.
Failure Analysis & Corrective Action: The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible to conduct complex Failure analysis by utilizing his organizational, technical knowledge, analytical and communication skills. The end result is to find the root cause and implement closed loop corrective solving.
Personnel: The Senior Quality Engineer provides technical direction to two or three Quality Assurance technicians and/or a Quality Engineer or Associate Quality Engineer and may prepare and administer their performance reviews after concurring with the Quality Engineering Supervisor. The Senior Quality Engineer may function as a group leader.
Cost Estimates: Prepare complex quality assurance proposals and related cost estimates. The Quality Engineer must respond in a timely manner to requests for quotation, estimates to complete, and manpower loading estimates for departmental budget planning.
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Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
Job Title
Sr Quality Engineer
Reporting To
Manager, QA Control
Work Schedule
Onsite – Orrville, OH The Senior Quality Engineer has sole responsibility for the planning, implementation, and administration of complex Quality Programs to assure that a system is in place which will meet or exceed contractual quality
As a Sr Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for the following
Inspection Planning: Develop complex production & development inspection plans for receiving inspection, manufacturing, assembly & test, engineering procedures, and first article inspections.
Quality Planning: Planning, development, implementation, and administration of cost effective and complex Quality Programs. These activities require the development of traceability plans, contamination plans, configuration control plans for hardware and documentation, and the development of other written plans for customer approval.
Contract Compliance: Assure compliance with contractual issues for complex programs relative to quality, including coordination of customer, government, regulatory agency audits, and flow-down of contract
How We Care For You
- •Financial Rewards: great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- •Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance.
- •Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
- •Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs
- •Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment driven by our 12 core values. Multiple Employee Resource Groups led by our employees, open and welcoming to all.