ISO 9001 Quality Management System
Independently audited engineering governance assuring calculation traceability, multi-tiered peer review, and chartered engineering sign-off across all deliverables.
Certified Quality for High-Reliability Aviation
Aerospace engineering leaves zero margin for ambiguity. AMCE's Quality Management System is formally certified to ISO 9001, governing all aspects of our engineering design, structural stress analysis, finite element modeling, technical authoring, and product development operations.
Author-Check-Approve Review Hierarchy
No technical deliverable, drawing, or calculation leaves our facility without progressing through a mandatory three-tier review gate:
- Author: Lead design engineer formulates the concept, cad model, and initial mathematical analysis.
- Checker: Independent senior engineer rigorously verifies all assumptions, boundary conditions, and mathematical formulas.
- Approver: Company Chief Engineer / CPEng verifies full compliance against customer requirements and applicable airworthiness criteria.
Calculation Traceability & Design Baselines
Every stress report and compliance finding maintains complete data provenance:
- Material Allowables: Strict adherence to authoritative material databases (MMPDS / MIL-HDBK-5).
- FEA Mesh Convergence: Documented mesh sensitivity studies and sanity checks against classical hand calculations.
- Digital Provenance: Version-controlled CAD and analysis models stored in secure, encrypted storage held onshore in Australia.
Configuration Management & Drawing Release
Strict engineering change control procedures ensure:
- Revision Tracking: Fully serialized drawing numbers with formal revision blocks and change justifications.
- Geometric Tolerancing: Dimensioning adhering to ASME Y14.5 GD&T and AS 1100.
- Manufacturing Hand-off: Approved drawings released only through formal digital release gates to accredited sovereign manufacturing partners.
Continuous Improvement & Audit Cadence
Our QMS is a living system embedded into everyday engineering operations:
- External Audits: Annual surveillance audits and triennial recertification by an accredited international registrar.
- Internal Audits: Bi-annual internal audits evaluating process adherence, training, and customer feedback.
- Corrective Actions: Formal CAPA framework ensuring root-cause resolution for any procedural or technical discrepancies.
AMCE Quality Policy Statement
"AMCE is committed to delivering aerospace and mechanical engineering solutions that exceed customer expectations, satisfy all regulatory and airworthiness requirements, and protect the safety of aircrew and maintainers. We achieve this through disciplined technical execution, chartered professional oversight, and continuous enhancement of our certified Quality Management System."
— John Eldridge, Chief Engineer & CEO