What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Specialist 3 position at Tohono O'odham Nation?
Position Description Summary
APT Research is hiring a Quality Assurance Specialist 3 on the KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services (SMASS IV) contract at Kennedy Space Center, FL. This person will perform quality assurance direct Government Mandatory Inspection Points (GMIPs), oversight/ insight surveillances and provide QAS support.
APT is an employee-owned engineering services company specializing in conducting safety and quality analyses for the U.S. Government. APT offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities that match your professional development interest, and excellent benefits including being voted as the best place for working parents. Our employees are owners, each share in the commitment to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative Analysis, Planning, & Test Solutions and services that exceed expectations, build employee pride of ownership, and optimize shareholder value.
Responsibilities
Work Environment:
Requires ability to travel domestically (within the U.S.)
Physical Requirements
APT Research is hiring a Quality Assurance Specialist 3 on the KSC Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services (SMASS IV) contract at Kennedy Space Center, FL. This person will perform quality assurance direct Government Mandatory Inspection Points (GMIPs), oversight/ insight surveillances and provide QAS support.
APT is an employee-owned engineering services company specializing in conducting safety and quality analyses for the U.S. Government. APT offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities that match your professional development interest, and excellent benefits including being voted as the best place for working parents. Our employees are owners, each share in the commitment to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative Analysis, Planning, & Test Solutions and services that exceed expectations, build employee pride of ownership, and optimize shareholder value.
Responsibilities
- This effort will be focused on processing critical flight hardware and Ground System Equipment (GSE). Work with a variety of systems such as mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic.
- Performs Government Mandatory Inspection Points (GMIPs) and tracks associated nonconformances.
- Identifies quality & safety issues and potential concerns that need to be documented and addressed.
- Supports audits & assessments of contractor's Quality Management System (QMS), work procedures, and operational processes to ensure products/services are produced per quality and engineering requirements.
- Monitoring of contractor processing schedule to identify operations containing key processes that can be targeted for surveillance inspections and inline assessments.
- Performs inspections, surveillance and requirement compliance while overseeing fabrication, assembly, test and checkout of aerospace flight hardware and GSE.
- Performs acceptance of flight hardware/GSE, receiving inspections, and review of Acceptance Data Packs.
- Mentor other less experienced quality assurance personnel.
- Education: High School Diploma
- Experience: 7 years Quality Assurance experience with complex systems
- Background in aerospace industry or military experience
- Familiar with systems used on aerospace or aircraft vehicles
- Proficiency with computers, Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Ability to work with electronic processing/data systems for the processing of flight hardware documentation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- Must be able to interact and develop excellent working relationships with various customers, peers, and management within and outside of KSC S&MA Organization
- Must be able to qualify for an unescorted badge (US Citizen required) and be able to pass a background investigation & drug test.
- Quality background with experience overseeing operations associated with complex systems (i.e. mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, etc.). Ability to read/ interpret drawings, requirements, specifications.
- Experience monitoring/evaluating contractor processing activities.
- Experience auditing Quality Management Systems (performing audits, compliance, and requirements assessments)
- Technical experience with aerospace industry or military work experience with mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and other system utilized on aircraft or aerospace vehicles.
Work Environment:
- Office environment and KSC Flight hardware and Ground support Testing Facilities
- Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate, and timely communication, both verbally and written
- Ability to interact professionally with coworkers, management, and customers
Requires ability to travel domestically (within the U.S.)
Physical Requirements
- Requires sitting for extended periods of time at a workstation / desk
- Ability to climb stairs and standing for extended periods of time
- Ability to lift >15 lbs.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgement
- Work attire must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk / hazard to the employee or others
