- Perform multi-area in-line Quality Engineering tasks for critical government furnished equipment (GFE) space flight EVA and EMU hardware to establish and/or assign government mandatory inspection points (GMIPs).
- Review work authorizing documents and engineering drawings for compliance to NASA/JSC requirements and GMIP assignments.
- Perform critical review of design changes, oversee failure investigations, develop corrective actions, and prepare investigation reports.
- Review hardware documentation to identify pre-test status.
- Perform flight equipment acceptance reviews to determine limited life status, certification status, and open work/issues.
- Evaluate new designs for flight and critical EVA/EMU ground support equipment to assure compliance with NASA and voluntary consensus industry workmanship requirements and provide recommendations to improve manufacturability/inspectability, and increase reliability.
- Perform real-time evaluations of flight EVA/EMU equipment manufacturing issues and failures to determine root cause and provide recommended manufacturing process improvements and/or hardware repair or rework methods and procedures.
- Develop and/or evaluate new or revised inspection requirements, special processes, and workmanship standards for design and manufacture of high reliability EVA/EMU and related equipment and systems for space flight applications.
- Provide technical and quality support and guidance to less experienced quality personnel.
- Complete all necessary GFE QE training/certification curriculum, and once certified, serve as mentor to other GFE QE personnel during their on-the-job training.
- Pursue certification in the secondary discipline of EVA Safety, and complete all necessary training/certification curriculum. Once completed, the GFE QE would be considered "cross-trained" in EVA Safety and may be asked on occasions to perform tasks such as EVA/EMU hazard and FMEA/CIL review, EVA console support, EVA/EMU anomaly support, and EVA/EMU hardware design review support.
Job Requirements
Required Education/Background:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace/Aeronautical).
- Candidate must be a US Citizen
Required skills:
- PC literacy with proficiency in the use of Microsoft office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong presentation skills in technical forums as well as superior verbal and written communication skills.
- Adaptability and flexibility regarding changes in task assignments and deadlines.
- Ability to work both independently and as a member teams.
- Ability to receive and execute specific assignments with minimal supervision.
- Ability to maintain positive working relationships with NASA customer, peers, and manager/supervisor.
- Must be willing to travel (< 5%), including possible international travel.
Desired Education/Experience:
- 0-5 years minimum experience in performing quality engineering tasks associated with the manufacture, assembly, processing, and inspection.
- Working knowledge of NASA standards and program requirements documents governing the design, development, manufacture, assembly, processing, testing, inspection, and certification of space flight hardware.
- Prior experience support NASA's EVA program from a hardware and/or operations perspective.
