Quality Assurance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

The Astrobotic Quality Team is responsible for ensuring compliance with Astrobotic’s Quality Management System (QMS), industry standards, and customer specific requirements across our spaceflight and non-spaceflight program portfolio. As the Quality Assurance Manager, you will serve as the authority for quality assurance practices throughout the organization by maintaining a corporate culture that emphasizes accountability, discipline, and attention to detail at all levels. Quality Engineers will be hands-on, regularly interact with multiple technical disciplines, and ultimately ensure product success. The Quality Assurance Manager leads the quality team and interfaces across organizational departments to continually improve our quality management system and verify compliance with QMS procedures.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as the functional manager for Astrobotic Quality Assurance Engineers and Technicians

• Create, implement, and improve QMS policy, processes, procedures, and systems that meet Astrobotic business objectives and ensure compliance with customer requirements and industry quality standards

• Manage flight program requirements including deviations, waivers, change management actions, nonconformances (NCRs), and vendor quality management

• Support Configuration Item (CI) management, documentation control, and traceability across the Astrobotic program portfolio

• Lead/Manage the failure analysis process and collaborate with project teams to assess the impact and determine root cause and corrective actions for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications

• Collaborate with engineering teams on quality, risk management, safety, and reliability

• Drive scalable quality assurance practices for a high-rate production of spacecraft

• Maintain appropriate process monitoring and measurement techniques

• Audit internal procedures and policies to assure compliance with customer requirements

• Collaborate with project teams to devise and implement methods and procedures for the integration and test of space flight products

• Coordinate with engineering teams to document, and implement part/material qualification plans, including the identification and use of inspection tools

• Engage in product development activities to ensure continued compliance with internal procedures, and applicable regulatory and international standards

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Eight (8) or more years of experience in an engineering, research and development, or manufacturing environment

• B.S. technical degree in a related engineering or science field from an accredited 4-year college or university

• Experience with AS9100 or ISO9001 Quality Management System and/or related quality systems and programs

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics, parts lists, specifications, instructions, and test procedures

• Experience working among highly technical teams

• Effective teamwork, interpersonal, and communication skills

• Demonstrate analytical and strong problem-solving skills

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• Leading the development of quality processes and procedures

• Self-motivated and capable of working at a high technical level with minimal supervision

• Relevant experience in transitioning a product from development through production

• Experience with PDM Pro, Atlassian products, and Epsilon3

• Experience with electrical and mechanical parts specifications and assemblies

• Proficiency in documenting plans, procedures, and results for presenting to a technical audience

• Experience performing electromechanical, physical, and visual inspection of raw materials, components, and sub-assemblies per inspection plans, drawings, and other specification requirements