Mission Assurance/Quality Engineer

Job ID: 22025The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) supports a variety of missions, including NASA's vision to reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind and the Department of Defense's aim to protect our nation on the ground, in the air, and in space. Our sensors, satellites, software systems, and science and engineering play an essential role in some important missions you've heard of, and others that you haven't. Join our team in our seventh decade of delivering mission success.We are seeking an experienced mission assurance/quality engineer to join our team. You will report to the Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance Manager and perform mission assurance and quality-engineering activities in support of meeting mission requirements. A strong background in quality engineering is required in order to perform tasks such as reviewing and approving drawing packages, acting as a witness for acceptance tests, interpreting contractual requirements, coordinating specifications for the purchase of goods and services, performing final inspections on deliverable hardware, preparing end-item data package documentation, identifying and implementing process improvements, and leading efforts to address and resolve nonconforming product issues.You may also be involved with supporting various activities associated with several of the organization's AS9100D-certified Quality Management System (QMS) processes.Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Frequent customer communication and interaction

Develops and implements mission assurance plans

Ensures required analysis and predictions are identified, coordinated, and completed

Defines and implements mission assurance policies, procedures, and tools across the lab

Works with program personnel to define, assesses, and analyzes mission assurance requirements and identifies impacts to the customer

Provides proposal review to identify and ensure compliance with mission assurance objectives and quality requirements

Actively represents mission assurance/quality engineering during critical design and test readiness reviews

Coordinates, processes, and dispositions nonconforming products and anomalies

Reviews engineering drawings

Interfaces with Design, Manufacturing, and Test Engineering to improve design and procedures

Interfaces with subcontractors and customers to resolve quality problems

Performs manufacturing inspections to ensure quality

Performs audits on internal and subcontractor procedures

Creates and reviews customer and subcontract deliverables

Required Qualifications:

BS in a physical science, engineering, and/or business operation field

At least 10+ years of mission assurance/quality engineering experience

Experience with identifying, quantifying, managing, and tracking system/product-level risks

Demonstrated ability to understand and manage multiple stakeholders

Knowledge of the ISO 9001 or AS9100D Quality System Standards

Experience and knowledge with one or more of the following: FMEA/FMECA, FRB, reliability analysis, radiation, system safety, EEE part screening/selection, WCA, parts stress analysis

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Proven ability to work well independently or on a team

Ability to facilitate and promote use of problem-solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action (5-Why, 8D problem solving)

Must be a US citizen and able to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Mission assurance/quality engineering experience in a research and development environment, aerospace and defense, and/or comparable industry

Experience and knowledge with one or more of the following: FMEA/FMECA, FRB, reliability For full info follow applic

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