Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Role overview

Support the manufacturing quality and readiness lifecycle for national security space launch vehicles. The work centers on supplier quality, production assurance, and flightworthiness: identifying manufacturing risks, verifying product configuration, and bringing surveillance findings together to assess readiness.

Responsibilities

- Review quality reports and defective products to identify trends and recommend corrective actions. - Work with suppliers to resolve quality issues and strengthen corrective action and improvement efforts. - Audit products, processes, and manufacturing activities against quality requirements. - Investigate defects that escape detection, determine root causes, and develop risk mitigations. - Create audit checklists for flight-critical components and processes, including items subject to significant change. - Verify as-built configurations and consolidate surveillance findings into article readiness reporting.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related STEM field; relevant experience may substitute for education on a stated one-and-a-half-years-for-one basis. - At least 10 years of relevant mechanical or aerospace engineering experience, including 3 or more years in aerospace quality or manufacturing engineering. - Experience with complex product manufacturing, production methods, process qualification or validation, and translating design requirements into manufacturing practices. - Quality engineering, manufacturing, or production program experience demonstrated through education, certification, or work history. - Active Secret security clearance. - Familiarity with Microsoft products and AI tools for professional writing or data analysis.

Nice to have

- Experience with launch vehicle programs, such as Delta, Atlas, Vulcan, Falcon, or comparable systems.

Benefits and work setup

- Fully remote, full-time position. The work involves extended computer use and regular communication with colleagues, management, and customers, sometimes through presentations. - Listed compensation range: $105,900–$177,300. Final pay may depend on experience, skills, location, education, certifications, and contract requirements. - Benefits may include health and life insurance, paid time off and holidays, disability coverage, retirement savings, and learning and wellness programs.