Senior Quality Engineer
Moog · Torrance, CA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $120k–$160k
- 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 Torrance, CA. You will.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SPC, FMEA, MSA / Gage R&R, AS9100
- Base pay
- $120k–$160k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · relocation help
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $100k–$148k. This one lists $120k–$160k.
Median of the low and high ends of 93 live postings that list pay, out of 190 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 189 other live quality postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 13% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $100k–$148k, from 90 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 78%
- ✓ FMEA 55%
- Supplier quality 48%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 45%
- ✓ AS9100 43%
- ISO 9001 39%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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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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This plant: Moog in Torrance
5 other open roles at this site · 4 people we found in quality roles at Moog.
- Manufacturing Sub Assembly Technician · Manufacturing · Technician
- Product / Manufacturing Engineer · Manufacturing
- Aerospace Metrology Electronic Calibration Technician · Quality · Technician
- Supplier Quality Engineer · Quality
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer · Manufacturing · Senior
Full description from MoogAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and provide the required level of protection to Moog and its Customers.
As a Senior Quality professional, you’ll have the opportunity to have a measurable impact on the performance of our business by promoting the highest standards of quality. The hardware that we produce is very complex, and therefore we will be looking for someone who understands the critical nature of it.
To be considered for the Senior Quality Engineer role, here’s what you’ll need to bring with you:
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- ✓Minimum 5+ years of professional work experience in Engineering or Manufacturing
- ✓3+ years of Quality Engineering work experience in manufacturing
requirements
and driving crucial quality related decisions for customers such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, and Sikorsky for both commercial and military aircraft. Act as the Moog liaison and representative to support Government (FAA and DCMA) initiatives, audits and requirements.
- ✓Support production by conducting QE studies, recommending design changes and providing quality support to manufacturing personnel.
- ✓Activities will include failure analysis, root cause and corrective action analysis, risk mitigation, material review, customer & governmental interface, audit support configuration control, traceability and audit support.
- ✓Develop Quality plans for receiving inspection, manufacturing operations, assembly & test processes and final inspection.
- ✓Optimize cost for inspection and prevent cost due to failure through statistical analysis and problem solving.
- ✓Leadership and influence: mentoring other quality engineers, leading cross-functional investigations, and influencing decisions without direct authority.
- ✓Quality systems and methods: the specific standards, tools, or methods the role uses, such as AS9100, FMEA, MSA, SPC, 8D, and root-cause analysis. Include only those that actually apply.
- ✓Decision authority: what the engineer can place on hold, stop, or escalate—and how issues are resolved.
- ✓Success measures: examples might include corrective-action effectiveness, defect or escape reduction, audit results, or improved process capability.
- ✓Be involved in customer interactions —such as presenting investigation results, negotiating corrective-action plans, or supporting customer audits.
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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
Senior Quality Engineer
Reporting To
Quality Engineering Manager
Work Schedule
Onsite – Torrance, CA Moog Military Aircraft has an immediate opening for a Senior Quality Engineer (Manufacturing) to join our team. Reporting to our Process Manager and you will have a 9/80 schedule option and work on-site in Torrance, CA
You will plan, implement, and administer cost effective Quality Programs to assure that a system is in place which will meet or exceed contractual quality
It’d be great if you also had
- •5+ years of Quality Engineering experience in the Aerospace industry
- •Experience with AS9100 standards
- •Proficiency with statistical, spreadsheet, word processing, and database software packages
- •Experience supporting government and customer audits
- •Specialized technical knowledge of mechanical, electro-mechanical, hydro-mechanical components as well as manufacturing assembly, and functional test methods
- •The ability to support quality related issues to drive program success; the ability to convey confidence to customers during frequent interactions
- •ASQ certification is a plus
As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will…
- •Most importantly, you’ll be relied heavily upon to have integrity, and as someone who won’t be afraid to stand up and say “STOP – we have a problem we that need to address right away.” You may have found that this type of environment hasn’t been encouraged where you’ve worked in the past, but it is here. You’ll have the strength of Moog’s culture behind you to support it.
- •Play an integral part on program teams in meeting contractual
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
- •9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off