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Quality Engineer - Space Flight Hardware

For almost 30 years, SQA Services has been a premier leader in the provision of managed supplier quality services for audits, assessments, remote surveillance assessments, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering to manufacturers within all industries. We deliver services by deploying associates who are located throughout the United States and in 90+ countries around the world to your supplier sites. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with broad experience and local knowledge who can represent our clients on-demand and on-site faster than our competitors.

We are seeking a Quality Engineer - Space Flight Hardware to join our team in San Antonio, TX, working Part-Time. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in quality inspection, particularly in the aerospace industry, with the ability to independently validate established criteria and conduct complex inspections without additional guidance.

This is a 1-2 year contract position, in which you will support our client on a part-time basis (1-2 days/week) on-site in San Antonio, TX . You’ll be part of a dedicated inspection and quality engineering team, ensuring the quality of products sourced from our suppliers. Upon joining, you will be deployed to specific sites and projects based on client needs and production schedules.

In this role, you will monitor contractor controls, and perform quality assurance activities during fabrication, integration, and tests. The extent, degree, and frequency of the actions will need to be sufficient to provide an evaluation of the contractor’s performance and physical verification of the quality status of the supplies and services.
You will have Material Review Board (MRB) and Anomaly Review Board (ARB) voting and approval authority. You will closely engage with the contractor, participate in all associated board meetings, review all contractor-proposed MRB and ARB actions, and shall obtain concurrence from stakeholders prior to approving any MRB or ARB actions or closure.
You will be responsible for ensuring that flight hardware and software anomalies, corrective action, and re-verification are documented in accordance with the supplier’s trouble/malfunction, failure and deficiency reporting and feedback system. You will also be responsible for ensuring early positive preventive and corrective action by advising stakeholders and listing other designees of any operations, controls, or nonconformances, which may jeopardize quality or the safeguarding of supplies and services. You will also be responsible for the satisfaction of mandatory flight hardware inspection requirements.
You will interface as needed with on-site Government personnel, such as DCMA, to stay abreast of plant-wide and other program activities that may have potential impacts or concerns to the mission.

Fifteen (15) or more years of experience in manufacture, assembly and/or quality assurance of space flight hardware. You should be familiar with supplier quality management operations, requirements flow-down and compliance, and performance data accumulation and analysis techniques. You should have NASA certifications (or at a minimum you will have been certified in the past) for the following:
NASA-STD-8739.1 (Staking and Conformal Coating)
NASA-STD-8739.2 (Surface Mount Soldering)
NASA-STD-8739.3 (Soldering)
NASA-STD-8739.4 (Crimping, Cables & Wiring)
ANSI/ESD 20.20 (Electrostatic Discharge)
NASA-STD-8719.9 (Critical Hardware Handling)
You may have current certification to the IPC J-STD-001-ES in place of certification to NASA-STD-8739.2 (Surface Mount Soldering) and NASA-STD-8739.3 (Soldering).
Because of the nature of the products, US Citizenship is also a requirement and background checks are required.

$55 - $65 an hour

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What You Should Know About Quality Engineer - Space Flight Hardware, SQA Services

At SQA Services, we’ve been leading the way in managed supplier quality services for nearly 30 years, and we are currently on the lookout for a dedicated Quality Engineer - Space Flight Hardware to join our talented team in San Antonio, TX, on a part-time basis. If you have a passion for ensuring safety and excellence in aerospace quality assurance, you’ll thrive in this contract role! As a crucial member of our quality engineering team, you’ll dive into complex quality inspections and maintain stringent oversight of space flight hardware manufacturing. You'll be the kind of person who can independently validate established criteria and carry out intricate inspections without needing additional guidance. Not only will you monitor contractor controls and oversee quality assurance activities during fabrication and testing, but you'll also have the exciting opportunity to engage with the Material Review and Anomaly Review Boards. Your ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders including on-site Government personnel will be key in making sound quality decisions that impact missions. With 15 years of experience in the manufacture, assembly, or quality assurance of space flight hardware and various relevant NASA certifications under your belt, you’ll ensure that all mandatory inspection requirements are met. Join us at SQA Services, where your skills will ensure that the highest quality standards are met in an industry that truly matters. We can’t wait to see what you can bring to the table!

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As a Quality Engineer - Space Flight Hardware at SQA Services, your daily responsibilities will include conducting quality inspections, monitoring contractor controls, and ensuring compliance with NASA's standards and protocols. You'll engage with Material Review and Anomaly Review Boards to evaluate and approve contractor proposals, ensuring that quality issues are addressed promptly. This role requires you to collaborate closely with stakeholders and on-site Government personnel to make critical quality decisions, while also documenting anomalies and corrective actions.