About Innovaero

Innovaero is an Australian aerospace engineering and drone manufacturing company delivering advanced unmanned systems for defence and commercial customers. The company designs, builds, and flight-tests sophisticated unmanned aerial platforms and is entering a solid growth phase as programs, teams, and international activity expand.

Role Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) Engineer to join our team. This role is responsible for ensuring our products and processes meet customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining our Quality Management System (QMS), conducting product inspections, supporting supplier quality activities, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have experience working within an ISO 9001 Quality Management System, with AS9100 experience highly regarded, and possess a strong technical background in electronic/mechatronic assemblies.

Key Responsibilities

- Support and maintain the company’s Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 (AS9100 experience highly desirable).
- Perform quality control inspections of electronic assemblies and manufactured products.
- Conduct commissioning testing and verification of electronic/mechatronic assemblies to ensure compliance with specifications
- Interpret engineering drawings, schematics, bills of materials, work instructions, and production documentation.
- Develop and maintain inspection plans, quality records, and supporting documentation.




- Investigate product and process non-conformances and facilitate corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Manage non-conformance reporting (NCR) processes and support root cause analysis activities.
- Monitor supplier quality performance, including supplier assessments, corrective actions, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in first article inspections, incoming inspections, in-process inspections, and final acceptance testing.
- Support internal quality audits and external customer or certification audits.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work closely with engineering, production, procurement, and project teams to ensure quality objectives are achieved.
- Ensure compliance with applicable customer, regulatory, and company quality requirements.

Note training will be provided on equipment where required.

Qualifications & Skills:

Essential

- Degree or Diploma in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, or similar), or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience working within an ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
- Technical background in electronics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.




- Experience performing quality control inspections and commissioning testing of electronic/mechatronic assemblies.
- Strong understanding of inspection techniques, diagnostic processes, and troubleshooting methodologies.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, and manufacturing documentation.
- Experience managing non-conformances, corrective actions, and quality records.
- Knowledge of supplier quality management principles.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- High attention to detail and a systematic approach to quality.

Desirable

- Experience working within an AS9100 Quality Management System.
- Internal or Lead Auditor qualification, and experience conducting internal and/or supplier audits.
- Experience within aerospace, defence, electronics manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or root cause analysis tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, etc.).
- Experience with First Article Inspection (FAI) and production acceptance testing.

Applicants must have full, permanent work rights in Australia. Applicants must be able to obtain National Police and other related security clearances that apply to the role.

How to Apply:

If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered for this role, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity.

📌 Quality Assurance Engineer (Kardinya)
🏢 Innovaero Pty
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