OSS is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business headquartered in Huntsville, AL. We are focused on "Making a Difference" in the lives of our Department of Defense Customers, Communities, and Employees. Our greatest strength is our people. We expect competence and character and look for uniquely skilled and passionate individuals bound by a collective vision to bring their best to our mission. OSS believes in taking great care of our employees, evidenced by our exemplary benefits package: OSS covers 75% of the monthly insurance cost towards employee Health Insurance, we offer multiple Principal product options, and we have a fantastic 401k plan match with eligibility to start immediately upon hire. If you are interested in an opportunity to join a great mission, supporting awesome customers with a growing company, please reach out to us to learn more!

OSS is seeking a talented Quality Engineer in support of PM UAS with on-site support. You must have excellent communication and documentation skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Our primary objective is to provide our customers with outstanding support and dedication to help them fulfill their mission. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as Senior Quality Manager for government programs.
• Plan, develop, implement, and manage Quality on assigned programs over their life cycle, ensuring that contractors meet their responsibilities for product quality in accordance with the contract requirements, and that systems fielded to Soldiers are of high quality and meet user requirements. 
• Develop quality input for program management documents to include acquisition plans and strategies, source selection evaluation plans, supportability strategies, system engineering plans, statements of work, and specifications, and ensure appropriate contract clauses are called out in PM SPIE contracts. 
• Coordinate with product managers, users, ATEC, and other Government agencies as needed to translate operational, and mission needs into practical system concepts and specifications. 
• Review and evaluate system performance, assess risk, and make recommendations with respect to product acceptability. 
• Assure compliance with contractual scope, schedules, specifications, and other requirements, and when appropriate, recommend program and contract changes. 
• Develop or evaluate sampling plans based on MIL-STD-1916, ANSI Z1.4, or other industry standards. 
• Participate in post awards, program reviews, design reviews, and conferences as the quality engineer on assigned programs. 
• Evaluate design efforts to ensure all appropriate environmental and performance issues have been considered and addressed. 
• Review and ensure adequacy of all test plans, procedures, and reports for assigned programs, for both Government and contractor tests, as well as all failure reports. 
• Monitor testing to ensure test is being conducted in accordance with approved procedures, and report results to the PM. Ensure effective root cause corrective action for all failures as well as adequacy of validation and implementation plans. 
• Evaluate engineering change proposals and waivers/deviations for quality impact and conduct physical and functional configuration audits. 
• Prepare contract letters for Quality Lead and COR signature for review of all quality related contract data. 
• Maintain all quality data and metrics on Quality-Test SharePoint site. 
• Conduct audits of contractor quality management systems and system assembly and test procedures, to ensure contractor adherence to ISO 9001, the specification, and to all contract requirements. 
• Evaluate contractor quality data, metrics, and process controls. 
• Work with contractors to improve their quality system, processes and implementation of process controls. 
• Conduct continuing review and evaluation of system performance through review of reports, correspondence, data bases, field data, product and process audits, and observation of internal operations. 
• Provide Product Assurance Suitability Statement for material release. 
• Ensure product quality deficiency reports (PQDR) are adequately addressed. 
• Work with DCMA and monitor support provided on PM programs, ensure establishment of quality assurance letters of instruction (QALIs) and/or memoranda of agreement (MOA) where required, and review DCMA surveillance plans for adequacy. 
• Monitor, manage, and reinforce the importance of the OSS Quality Objectives 

 Required Qualifications, Certifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 15 years relevant experience
• Subject matter expert for Quality 
• Ability to lead Quality efforts on assigned programs with minimal oversight from the Government lead. 
• DoD Secret Clearance

 Desired Qualifications, Certifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Quality Auditing Experience 
• Equivalent or experience commensurate with DAWIA Level III PQM certification 
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 

Offset Strategic Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetics, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disability status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, and compensation. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email us from our website contact link.