ABOUT FTAI AVIATION LTD. (NASDAQ: FTAI)
FTAI owns and maintains commercial jet engines with a focus on CFM56 and V2500 engines. FTAI’s propriety portfolio of products, including the Module Factory and a joint venture to manufacture engine PMA, enables it to provide cost savings and flexibility to our airline, lessor, and maintenance, repair, and operations customer base. Additionally, FTAI owns and leases jet aircraft which often facilitates the acquisition of engines at attractive prices. FTAI invests in aviation assets and aerospace products that generate strong and stable cash flows with the potential for earnings growth and asset appreciation.
FTAI operates globally and has offices in New York, Miami, Montréal, Singapore. Dubai, United Kingdom and Ireland.
ABOUT FTAI POWER
FTAI Power is a new and rapidly growing platform within FTAI Aviation dedicated to converting CFM56 jet engines — the most widely produced commercial aircraft engine in history — into 25-megawatt aeroderivative gas turbines engineered to deliver reliable, flexible, and rapidly deployable power to data centers and AI hyperscalers worldwide.
Launched in December 2025, FTAI Power was built in direct response to the unprecedented surge in electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence infrastructure. As AI hyperscalers and cloud operators face multi-year backlogs to secure traditional grid connections, FTAI Power offers an immediately scalable alternative: a modular, 25-MW turbine that can be deployed quickly, operated flexibly, and maintained using the same world-class MRO infrastructure FTAI has built over decades in commercial aviation.
The CFM56 — with over 34,000 engines delivered globally — is the ideal candidate for aeroderivative conversion. FTAI Power remanufactures the proven CFM56 core and adapts it with aeroderivative components using a proprietary conversion architecture developed over more than a year of engineering. The result is a compact, high-reliability gas turbine that gives grid operators and data
POSITION SUMMARY
The Quality Engineering Leader directs the quality engineering function across manufacturing and assembly operations, with a focus on aerospace and jet engine products. This position is accountable for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving the Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal requirements. The leader coaches a team of quality engineers and drives a proactive, data-driven quality culture across the organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead a team of quality engineers supporting manufacturing, assembly, and inspection activities across all product lines.
- Own and maintain the AS9100-compliant Quality Management System, including internal audits, management reviews, and corrective/preventive action programs.
- Establish quality plans, control plans, inspection and test procedures, and acceptance criteria for new and production programs.
- Serve as the primary quality interface with customers, regulatory authorities (FAA, EASA), and OEM partners during audits, source inspections, and program reviews.
- Lead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Process Capability Studies, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Design of Experiments (DOE) activities.
- Drive systematic root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations for escapes, field returns, customer complaints, and non-conforming material.
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineering and design engineering to review and approve process changes, first article inspections (FAI/AS9102), and production submissions.
- Manage supplier quality activities, including supplier qualification, audits, and corrective action requests.
- Develop and track quality KPIs: first pass yield, cost of poor quality (COPQ), defect density, on-time closure of CARs, and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and other methodologies to reduce variation and improve product and process quality.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree a plus.
- Minimum 10 years of quality engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership capacity within aerospace, defense, or jet engine manufacturing.
- Deep expertise in AS9100 Rev D, NADCAP, FAA regulatory requirements (Part 21, Part 145), and APQP/PPAP processes.
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Quality Manager (CQM) through ASQ strongly preferred; Six Sigma Black Belt a plus.
- Proficiency in quality tools: FMEA, SPC, MSA, 8D, A3, RCCA methodologies.
- Experience with jet engine MRO, overhaul, or OEM production environments highly desirable.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience using Minitab, quality management software, or equivalent.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.