Engineering - Quality Assurance Engineering/Control)

Department: NASA Safety & Mission Assurance, Audits, Assessments and Analysis (SA3) Services Program

Relative Dynamics Inc. has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance support primarily at supplier locations to perform quality surveillance activities and hardware quality assurance functions.

Periodic non-local travel is anticipated to accomplish delegated functions such as pre-cap inspections, technical or status interchange meetings (TIMs) or reviews, key supplier hardware inspections (government mandatory inspection points), project milestone reviews, and unplanned required travel as requested by the Quality Manager and/or CSO.

Work coverage may be required during evening and weekend shifts.

Printed Circuit Board quality assessment

Cable and harness fabrication

Parts and materials control

Equipment moves (e.g. slings, cranes, and hydro sets)

Hazardous operations

Contractor responses to corrective action requests

Build records, end-item data packages

Delivery, storage and transport of flight and non-flight hardware, and critical ground support equipment (GSE)

pre-ship to launch site

Spacecraft transport to launch site monitor; Launch site processing, Post-Ship Aliveness Testing, Anomaly Resolution, Site

The QE will ensure that flight hardware and software anomalies, corrective actions, and re-verifications are documented in accordance with the developers’ non-conformance and corrective action system. The QE will monitor contractor quality and safety controls, and participate in quality assurance activities during fabrication, integration, and tests. The QE monitoring will apply to process implementations, product inspection during production, recording of key process data, witness of the set up (e.g., equipment check outs, safe connector mating, reconfiguring or moving mission hardware) and execution of key tests, supplier conformance with quality engineering and project management approval requirements (e.g., red-lines, approval to proceed, signing off on work orders), labs and personnel certifications, traceability of calibration certifications to calibration plans, capture of test results and instances of product or process nonconformance, protection of product, isolation and preservation of non-conforming items to assure effective root cause or failure analysis, and witnessing of close calls or mishap events.

Fifteen (15) + years’ experience in manufacturing, assembly and/or quality assurance of space flight hardware.

Experience working/supporting critical path FRB’s for a previous NASA project.

Familiar with supplier quality management operations, requirements flow-down and compliance, and performance data accumulation and analysis tools and techniques.

Experience preferably at NASA with direct working experience with the following standards and requirements:

NASA-STD-8739.1 (Staking and Conformal Coating)

NASA-STD-8739.4 or IPC/WHMA-A-620xS (Crimping, Cables & Wiring) and ANSI/ESD 20.20 (Electrostatic Discharge)

NASA-STD-8739.6 (Workmanship Implementation Standard)

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have good working knowledge of the full suite of Microsoft Office and the ability to remotely access GSFC database and other online knowledge management tools (e.g., They must possess diplomatic sensitivities relative to programmatic risk management and contractual relationships, strong verbal and written communication skills, and a technical problem-solving background with strong analytical skills. Prime Contractor, subcontractors, GSFC civil servants, GSFC contractors, DCMA). The assigned QE must have familiarity with the applicable Project MAR and the technical quality standards invoked therein.

Relative Dynamics conducts a comprehensive background check that includes drug testing. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

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