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Aerospace engineers, systems analysts, and aviation specialists with an advanced degree or strong professional credentials can qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Defense contractors, commercial aviation firms, and satellite manufacturers regularly file I-140 petitions for foreign nationals in this field.
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Get Access To All JobsWhat Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.
A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.
Senior Quality Technician Aerospace
Location - Timken, Rutherfordton.
Job Type: Full-Time.
Shift: (1) Day Shift, Monday – Friday 7:00am - 3:00pm
What We Offer
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Benefits start on first day of employment.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with generous company match.
- 10 paid holidays per year plus paid vacation.
- Paid parental leave at one year of service.
- Employee discounts on products and services.
- Education expense reimbursement, eligible to apply at first day of employment.
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
Position Summary:
The Senior Quality Technician is the plant-level owner and subject matter lead for New Product Introduction (APQP/NPI) and Management of Change (MOC) activities. This role leads cross-functional coordination, customer-facing submissions (FAI/PPAP), auditable recordkeeping in PLM/PDM systems, and advanced quality analyses to ensure successful implementation of new products and process changes while mentoring and supporting Quality staff.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Own and govern plant APQP/NPI and MOC processes for multiple concurrent projects, ensuring milestones, schedules, and customer requirements are met.
- Lead development, maintenance, and tracking of APQP schedules and project milestones; proactively escalate risks and drive timely resolution.
- Serve as the primary plant point-of-contact for customer FAI/PPAP submissions, approvals, and related communications; represent the plant in customer meetings as required.
- Coordinate and execute complex first article inspections (FAI) and PPAP packages; ensure completeness and compliance with customer-specific requirements.
- Plan, coordinate, and analyze process capability studies (Cp/Cpk), measurement system analyses (MSA), and other statistical studies; present findings and recommendations to leadership and customers.
- Lead plant MOC workflows: initiate/track change requests, collect implementation documentation, manage customer acceptance processes, and ensure auditable evidence is maintained.
- Maintain and govern product/change documentation in Timken systems (TeamCenter, CADb, ONBASE, or equivalents); ensure records meet corporate and customer audit requirements.
- Apply and coach APQP quality tools (FMEA, control plans, process flow, MSA, capability studies) to identify risks and drive corrective/preventive actions.
- Generate, maintain, and present dashboard-level status reports for leadership showing APQP/MOC progress, open actions, and key risks.
- Mentor, train, and provide technical guidance to Quality staff; assign tasks, review work products, and verify completeness for customer submittals.
- Lead cross-functional change implementation teams (Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Sales) to ensure robust execution of product/process launches and changes.
- Identify opportunities to improve local and corporate MOC/APQP procedures and lead implementation of approved process improvements.
- Support internal and external audits related to NPI and change management activities.
- May be assigned additional duties to support the plant, cross-functional teams, evolving project priorities, and business needs — including opportunities that support professional development.
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 18 years of age or older.
- Must be eligible to work in the US.
- Must be able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Must demonstrate proficiency in use of Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook): experience with project scheduling tools.
- 5+ years’ experience in manufacturing quality with progressive responsibility.
- Must be able to multitask.
- Must demonstrate skill in methodical problem solving and coaching.
- Must complete TMOS training.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree or technical certificate in manufacturing, engineering technology, or related field.
- Strong understanding of GD&T blueprints, engineering drawings, and dimensional inspection practices.
- Experience with APQP, PPAP/FAI, and MOC.
- Experience with PLM/PDM/document management systems (TeamCenter, ONBASE, CADb, or equivalents) preferred.
- Project management skills: ability to develop schedules, track milestones, manage stakeholders, and drive cross-functional teams.
This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.
All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.
A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.
Senior Quality Technician Aerospace
Location - Timken, Rutherfordton.
Job Type: Full-Time.
Shift: (1) Day Shift, Monday – Friday 7:00am - 3:00pm
What We Offer
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Benefits start on first day of employment.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with generous company match.
- 10 paid holidays per year plus paid vacation.
- Paid parental leave at one year of service.
- Employee discounts on products and services.
- Education expense reimbursement, eligible to apply at first day of employment.
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
Position Summary:
The Senior Quality Technician is the plant-level owner and subject matter lead for New Product Introduction (APQP/NPI) and Management of Change (MOC) activities. This role leads cross-functional coordination, customer-facing submissions (FAI/PPAP), auditable recordkeeping in PLM/PDM systems, and advanced quality analyses to ensure successful implementation of new products and process changes while mentoring and supporting Quality staff.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Own and govern plant APQP/NPI and MOC processes for multiple concurrent projects, ensuring milestones, schedules, and customer requirements are met.
- Lead development, maintenance, and tracking of APQP schedules and project milestones; proactively escalate risks and drive timely resolution.
- Serve as the primary plant point-of-contact for customer FAI/PPAP submissions, approvals, and related communications; represent the plant in customer meetings as required.
- Coordinate and execute complex first article inspections (FAI) and PPAP packages; ensure completeness and compliance with customer-specific requirements.
- Plan, coordinate, and analyze process capability studies (Cp/Cpk), measurement system analyses (MSA), and other statistical studies; present findings and recommendations to leadership and customers.
- Lead plant MOC workflows: initiate/track change requests, collect implementation documentation, manage customer acceptance processes, and ensure auditable evidence is maintained.
- Maintain and govern product/change documentation in Timken systems (TeamCenter, CADb, ONBASE, or equivalents); ensure records meet corporate and customer audit requirements.
- Apply and coach APQP quality tools (FMEA, control plans, process flow, MSA, capability studies) to identify risks and drive corrective/preventive actions.
- Generate, maintain, and present dashboard-level status reports for leadership showing APQP/MOC progress, open actions, and key risks.
- Mentor, train, and provide technical guidance to Quality staff; assign tasks, review work products, and verify completeness for customer submittals.
- Lead cross-functional change implementation teams (Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, Sales) to ensure robust execution of product/process launches and changes.
- Identify opportunities to improve local and corporate MOC/APQP procedures and lead implementation of approved process improvements.
- Support internal and external audits related to NPI and change management activities.
- May be assigned additional duties to support the plant, cross-functional teams, evolving project priorities, and business needs — including opportunities that support professional development.
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 18 years of age or older.
- Must be eligible to work in the US.
- Must be able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Must demonstrate proficiency in use of Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Outlook): experience with project scheduling tools.
- 5+ years’ experience in manufacturing quality with progressive responsibility.
- Must be able to multitask.
- Must demonstrate skill in methodical problem solving and coaching.
- Must complete TMOS training.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree or technical certificate in manufacturing, engineering technology, or related field.
- Strong understanding of GD&T blueprints, engineering drawings, and dimensional inspection practices.
- Experience with APQP, PPAP/FAI, and MOC.
- Experience with PLM/PDM/document management systems (TeamCenter, ONBASE, CADb, or equivalents) preferred.
- Project management skills: ability to develop schedules, track milestones, manage stakeholders, and drive cross-functional teams.
This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.
All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Aerospace
Document your degree equivalency early
If your aerospace engineering degree is from a non-U.S. university, get a credential evaluation before applying. USCIS accepts foreign degrees for PERM purposes, but a formal equivalency letter prevents delays during the I-140 adjudication stage.
Target employers with active PERM filings
Search the OFLC Wage Search to identify aerospace employers who have filed PERM applications for roles matching your specialty. Companies with a history of sponsorship filings in your SOC code are far more likely to sponsor you than those filing for the first time.
Use Migrate Mate to filter sponsoring employers
Search Migrate Mate by aerospace job title and filter specifically for employers who sponsor green cards. This lets you focus your applications on companies that have already committed to the PERM process for roles in your field.
Verify your role qualifies as a specialty occupation
Review the O*NET profile for your aerospace job title to confirm it requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific technical discipline. Roles like aircraft systems engineer or avionics specialist generally qualify, but job duties must align with the degree requirement in the PERM application.
Negotiate PERM sponsorship before accepting an offer
Once you have an offer, confirm the employer will initiate the PERM process within your agreed timeline. Unlike H-1B visa sponsorship, PERM requires the employer to run a domestic recruitment test and file with DOL before USCIS sees the petition, so alignment upfront avoids surprises.
Understand EB-2 versus EB-3 filing strategy for your background
If your role requires only a bachelor's degree, your employer may file under EB-3 rather than EB-2. For applicants from countries with shorter EB-3 wait times, this can actually reduce your total green card timeline compared to pursuing EB-2 eligibility.
Green Card Aerospace: Frequently Asked Questions
Do aerospace jobs commonly qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most aerospace engineering and systems roles qualify for either EB-2 or EB-3 depending on the minimum degree requirement the employer sets in the PERM application. Roles requiring an advanced degree or that involve a position above the journeyworker level typically fall under EB-2. Standard aerospace engineering positions requiring a bachelor's degree in engineering typically qualify for EB-3 professional classification.
How does the PERM green card process differ from H-1B sponsorship for aerospace professionals?
H-1B is a temporary work visa capped at 65,000 per year with a lottery. PERM-based green card sponsorship has no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries and leads to permanent residency rather than a renewable temporary status. The tradeoff is time: the PERM process itself takes six to eighteen months before USCIS even reviews the I-140, compared to H-1B processing that can complete in weeks with premium processing.
Can an aerospace employer sponsor a green card for a foreign national on an H-1B or OPT?
Yes, and this is the most common path. Many aerospace employers begin the PERM process while you are working for them on H-1B or OPT. Importantly, the PERM job offer is for a future permanent position, so the employer documents that no qualified U.S. worker is available, not that you specifically were hired. Your current work authorization status does not affect PERM eligibility.
How do I find aerospace employers that sponsor green cards rather than only H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate lets you search aerospace job listings filtered specifically for employers with green card sponsorship history. This is more efficient than applying broadly and asking about sponsorship during interviews. Focusing on employers who have already completed PERM filings reduces the risk that a company agrees in principle but has never navigated the DOL and USCIS process before.
What happens to my green card case if I change aerospace employers mid-process?
If you change employers before your I-140 is approved, the PERM labor certification is tied to the original employer and cannot transfer. If your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is current or within 180 days of filing your I-485, you may be able to port to a new employer under AC21 portability rules, provided the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification.