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Manufacturing & Quality Specialist

Sabre Systems, LLC, Patuxent Highland (historical), MD, United States


Manufacturing & Quality Specialist
Responsibilities

Provide Manufacturing & Quality Specialist support for the V-22 Osprey Joint Program Office taking directions from a senior Government Civilian M&Q engineer.

Conduct quality research and data analysis to provide support in the establishment of M&QE requirements and management of M&QE efforts through all acquisition phases, including capacity analysis to examine for scalability.

Examine suppliers and perform facilities evaluations assessing contractor design, development and manufacturing/quality planning activities, ensuring that production and producibility considerations are being appropriately integrated into the systems engineering process.

Develop or review designs by extracting and analyzing a variety of engineering data and applying conventional engineering practices to develop, prepare, or recommend schematics, designs, specifications, electrical drawings and parts lists.

Conduct tests or experiments requiring selection and adaptation or modification of a wide variety of critical test equipment and test procedures; preparing and operating equipment; recording data; and measuring and recording problems of significant complexity that sometimes require resolution at a higher level and analyzes data and prepares test reports.

Evaluate design producibility, manufacturing planning and proposed or actual production/quality processes considering program affordability needs and with respect to established schedules and production plans.

Prepare technical risk assessments for decision meetings and related briefings.

Support the M&QE Division and IPT in planning and leading design, manufacturing and quality risk reduction efforts, producibility assessments and Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs).

Provide technical support for producibility and manufacturing discussions in design reviews and program/technical meetings and provide design and process oriented technical inputs.

Identify the causes of potential or actual manufacturing, producibility, or quality problems and recommend solutions to M&QE and IPT management via briefing or written correspondence.

Support the M&QE lead during the conduct of Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs), Quality System Evaluations (QSEs) and other M&QE reviews. Support Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) events.

Conduct quality research and data analysis to assist M&QE Division leadership in improving M&QE products and capabilities so that they optimally support programs and fleet readiness.

Location
Hybrid position with 10% of the work on-site at NAS Patuxent River, MD, 20% of the work will be performed at alternative sites; 70% of the work will be performed at the Contractor facility. This work is eligible for teleworking. Active DoD SECRET security clearance is required.

Qualifications

Technical or Scientific AS or AA degree.

Allowable substitution: High School diploma or GED and three (3) years of recent and relevant experience.

At least six (6) years of recent and relevant experience in a position related to the labor category description. Four (4) years of experience in installation of hardware and/or equipment. One (1) year of experience in design, preparation, and modification of engineering documents and drawings. Experience may be concurrent.

Industrial Engineering background is desired.

Supports non-conformance requests and Product Quality Deficiency Reports.

V-22 maintenance background or Rotary Wing maintenance background highly preferred.

DCMA background would be helpful.

Manufacturing & Quality knowledge, skills and abilities.

Active DoD SECRET security clearance is required.

Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Compensation
The general salary range for this position is $102,115.00 - $113,077.00.

EEO
We respect the unique perspectives that a diverse workforce of minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans brings not only to our company, but also to our customers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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