Quality Engineer

Title:

Quality Engineer

KBR is seeking Quality Engineers that would be responsible to perform surveillance activities and hardware quality assurance functions on space instruments, components, subsystems, and subassemblies with contract, KBR, and requirements. 

Locations include:

• Boulder, CO

The responsibilities of the Quality Engineer include but are not limited to:

• Support the development and implementation of mission assurance requirements over the entire life-cycle. 

• Monitor processes for compliance to the developer’s procedures and contractual requirements.

• Ensure that flight hardware anomalies, corrective actions, and re-verifications are documented in accordance with the contractors’ non-conformance and corrective action system.

• Review processes prior to use, and monitor when used, will include, but not limited to the following:
  • Printed Circuit Board quality assessment
  • Workmanship including coatings
  • Soldering
  • ESD controls
  • Clean room activities and controls
  • Cable and harness fabrication
  • Contamination control
  • Parts and materials control
  • Control of drawings and procedures
  • Equipment moves (e.g. slings, cranes, and hydrosets)
  • Hazardous operations
  • Contractor responses to corrective action requests
  • Build records, end-item data packages
  • Delivery, storage and transport of flight and non-flight hardware, and critical ground support equipment (GSE)
  • Support Spacecraft transportation planning
  • Spacecraft readiness review(s); pre-ship to launch site
  • Spacecraft transport to launch site monitor; purge, battery health and dynamics
  • Launch site processing; Post-Ship Aliveness Testing, Anomaly Resolution, Site
  • Movements, Spacecraft Fueling, GSE Compliance, Spacecraft to Launch
  • Vehicle Adapter Final Torque verifications, Red/Green Tag verifications,
  • Ordnance installations, Final Closeouts, Final Fairing Installation Inspections and
  • Day of Launch support, Post Launch support, Ground Operations Support

Required Education / Experience:   

• Bachelor’s degree (equivalent years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree) 
• Fifteen (15) or more years’ experience in manufacture, assembly and/or quality assurance of NASA space flight hardware.

Required Skills:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have good working knowledge of the full suite of Microsoft Office. 
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills enabling their ability to discern intent and errors in technical drawings, specifications and procedures and successfully solve problems with minimal supervision. 
• Must possess diplomatic sensitivities relative to programmatic risk management and contractual relationships, strong verbal and written communication skills, and a technical problem-solving background with strong analytical skills.
• Must be proactive and self-motivated. 
• Must be able to work side-by-side with other mission assurance personnel including, but not limited to, Prime Contractor, subcontractors, civil servants, contractors, and DCMA. 

Preferred Education / Experience:

• Master’s degree, in an Engineering, Science, or other Technical Discipline. 
• 15 or more years’ experience in a QE/QI role on NASA projects.
• Experience working/supporting critical path FRB’s for a previous NASA project.

Preferred Training:

• IPC J-STD-001xS (Soldering, Space Addendum)
• NASA-STD-8739.1 (Staking and Conformal Coating)
• NASA-STD-8739.4 or IPC/WHMA-A-620xS (Crimping, Cables & Wiring)
• Developer-specific ESD Control training or training traceable to ANSI/ESD S20.20 (Electrostatic Discharge)
• NASA-STD-8739.6 (Workmanship Implementation Standard

Basic Compensation:

$120,800 - $166,000

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s working location, knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance. 

KBR Benefits​:

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD