Quality Engineer, Hardware (III-Senior)
Core
Inspect in-process or finished spacecraft products for quality, manage quality standards, and advise production on results to ensure compliance with internal specifications and customer requirements.
Role type
Senior Quality Engineer (Hardware/Aerospace)
Builds
Autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors
Domain
Aerospace / Defense
Required skills
Quality assurance methodologies, reading blueprints and specifications, risk identification, supplier engagement, corrective action management, audit management (AS9100, ISO9001), defect analysis, Lean Manufacturing principles, measurement tool usage (calipers, micrometers, automated gauges)
Preferred skills
Experience with EIDPs, CoCs, Non-conformance Reporting Processes, proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Technologies
AS9100, ISO9001, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook
Responsibilities
Participate in risk identification reviews of manufacturing instructions and test procedures; monitor operations to ensure production standards are met; recommend adjustments to assembly or production processes; manage internal and external audits/inspections; adjudicate inspection issues and collaborate with manufacturing/engineering to improve products; lead defect analysis for products and process work centers; routinely use measuring tools such as caliper gauges and micrometers; drive Lean Manufacturing principles throughout the organization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
