Special Processes Quality Engineer

About the role

Mubea Türkiye operates manufacturing and engineering facilities in Manisa, Ergene and Çerkezköy, serving the automotive, aviation and home appliance industries. The Ergene plant supports the development and serial production of aerospace components and assemblies. Mubea is looking for an experienced, analytical and detail-oriented Special Processes Quality Engineer to ensure the compliance, qualification and continuous improvement of special manufacturing processes in line with aerospace standards, customer requirements and internal quality procedures.

Key responsibilities

• Implement, maintain and improve quality controls for heat treatment, chemical surface treatment, anodizing, painting, assembly and NDT operations.
• Translate customer specifications, material standards and aerospace requirements into process controls, inspection plans and work instructions.
• Ensure heat treatment compliance with AMS2750, including SAT, TUS, instrumentation calibration and monitoring of critical process and quenching parameters.
• Monitor chemical treatment and painting processes, including bath analyses, concentration, contamination, processing times and environmental conditions.
• Analyse process control and laboratory results, identify trends and take preventive actions.
• Lead process qualification, requalification and validation, coordinating laboratory testing, technical documentation and customer approvals.
• Manage PTP scheme, IRP and customer-specific special process approvals, keeping documentation current and compliant.
• Lead Nadcap audit preparation, gap analyses, internal audits and corrective action follow-up.
• Investigate nonconformities using 8D, 5 Why and fishbone analysis, and verify the effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Maintain special process instructions, control plans, quality records and traceability, and assess the impact of changes on qualification and approvals.
• Verify equipment calibration and personnel qualification records, analyse quality and production data via ERP systems and report to management.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality and external laboratories to improve process capability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials, Mechanical or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in special processes, preferably in aerospace manufacturing.
• Practical experience in chemical surface treatment, anodizing, painting and/or heat treatment of aluminium alloys.
• Experience in process qualification, requalification, validation and customer approval activities.
• Experience in internal and customer audits and corrective action management; direct involvement in Nadcap audits is a strong advantage.
• Good command of written and spoken English, including technical correspondence with customers and auditors.

Required skills

• AS9100, ISO 9001, Nadcap and AMS2750.
• PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA and 8D.
• SAT, TUS, thermocouples, instrumentation calibration and temperature monitoring.
• Chemical bath control, analytical testing, surface preparation and coating/paint performance testing.
• ERP systems, technical reporting and quality data analysis.

Preferred qualifications

• Aerospace OEM process specifications and qualification requirements.
• Laboratory quality practices and ISO/IEC 17025.
• Assembly and NDT quality assurance requirements.
• Equipment commissioning, process changes and continuous improvement projects.

What we offer

• Part of a global, family-owned engineering company active in automotive and aviation.
• Collaborative, international team culture.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Professional growth in a scaling organization.