The candidate will provide research analysis and technical domain engineering support in M&QE for the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Program Office (PMA-268) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD. 30% travel to Industry sites.
Responsibilities - Provide support for Production & Quality of the MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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), Engineering Investigations (EIs), 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.
Requirements:- U.S. Citizen with Active Secret Clearance.
- Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university
- At least three (3) years of recent and relevant experience in a position related to the labor category description is required.
- Demonstrated experience in an area of engineering expertise is required.
- Industrial Engineering background is desired
- Well versed in Aircraft Design
- Experienced with "on-aircraft" inspections and investigation (touching aircraft)
- Manufacturing and Quality engineering experiences
- Aircraft carrier (CVN)-based experience
- Ground control station familiarity
