Description

Job Description:

Leidos’ currently has an opening for a Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer in the Webster, Texas office. This is an exciting opportunity to work on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Cargo Mission Contract (CMC). From hardware and experiments to toothpaste and food, the International Space Station (ISS) crew requires a steady stream of supplies via NASA’s Cargo Mission Contract. Leidos plans, processes, and packs critical cargo to keep the orbiting outpost fully stocked.

As a QA Engineer, you will apply quality evaluation methods and protocols for processing/fabricating finished products. The role requires collaboration with project engineering to ensure quality standards are in place and met; including implementing methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating products and hardware equipment deliverables.

The position entails inspection of design and analysis of testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducting quality assurance tests; and performing statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for non-conforming products and materials which do not meet standards/specifications. The QA Engineer is responsible for reviewing the design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, and development as applicable to product or process quality.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Leads quality efforts for assigned hardware project development efforts
• Utilizes competencies/knowledge of systems, hardware, operations, configuration management, root cause analysis to drive quality excellence.
• Assure compliance to process and product requirements,
• Assure project documentation is compliant with Leidos and program requirements, objectives, and standards
• Review design, change specifications, materials, tools, techniques, methodologies, and plan against contractual and process requirements
• Oversee the delivery/acceptance process for documentation and products submitted to the Customer
• Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of prior relevant experience or 8+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience with hardware development and multi-discipline background
• Experience resolving complex and multi-dimensional problems
• Communicates with internal and external parties to agree upon concepts, practices and approaches to resolve issues on projects
• Product inspection and test process knowledge
• Frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma practices
• Past experience providing technical advice/input
• Works under very general supervision. Self-motivated individual with proven interpersonal skills; supporting frequent interactions with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Program and Customer personnel)
• Able to use measuring tools to support machined parts measurement verification
• Able to utilize electronic measuring equipment for testing verification
• NASA Workmanship Certifications or ability to obtain
• Working knowledge of MS Office 2016 products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using NASA/Leidos processes and software/tools
• Experience supporting site hardware
• Experience working on NASA programs
• Shared document repository experience (using SharePoint)
• Experience working in a dynamic team environment, participating in process improvement initiatives and driving organizational culture changes

Must be able to pass a Public Trust background investigation; U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residency required due to length investigation for non-U.S. persons.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.