Senior Quality Engineer/Weapon Production Quality - Active Security Clearance Required

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is important for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$148,920 - $226,668 Annually

$148,920 - $188,880 Annually for the TSS.3 level

$178,770 - $226,668 Annually for the TSS.4 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have multiple openings for Senior Weapons Production Group (WPG) Quality Engineers. You will support new and on-going activities in support of the weapon system surveillance and production operations. These positions are in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED) and support the Weapon Technologies and Engineering (WTE) Program, within the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Principal Directorate.

Depending on your assignment, this position may offer a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level. 

You will

• Collaborate with Product Realization Team (PRT) members on Product Realization Process (PRP) activities and ensure work on weapon, weapon related, and surveillance product is executed per DTED and WTE procedures, NNSA Weapon Quality Policy NAP 401.1A and the requirements of Defense Programs Business Process Systems (DPBPS).
• Interact and coordinate with the NNSA, Design Agency, and Production Agency staff at all levels -Designers, Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Management.
• Participate as a core member on multiple PRTs to provide complex quality related expertise on design intent, quality assurance functions, production, surveillance, configuration management and writing and communicating clear concise requirements using in-depth analysis and/or ingenuity.
• Establish guidance for, participate in, lead the review and critique of Engineering Authorizations (EAs), documentation, and part definition per applicable standards to ensure compliance with NNSA requirements and Design Agency (DA) quality standards.
• Identify, define, and implement process improvements achieving increased efficiency and compliance across the WTE program.
• Lead development and training of technical guidance on DTED/WTE processes, NAP 401.1A and DPBPS requirements for engineering, scientific, and technical staff at Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) Design and Production Agency locations.
• Perform responsibilities of an independent Quality Engineer assessor during formal EE’s by traveling to Production Agencies and other manufacturing sites to observe, verify, and ensure the implementation of and consistent adherence to standard requirements, repeatable fabrication, inspection, assembly, and surveillance processes.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with quality organizations across the nuclear enterprise.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the TSS.4 level 

• Support WTE management in setting direction for quality implementation and supporting strategic engagements across the program.
• Assess, communicate, and resolve impacts from changes to federal requirements, institutional requirements, and production agency processes.
• Provide quality subject matter expertise and advanced support to engineers/scientists in solving highly complex technical problems for various projects within the WTE Program.
• Identify, implement, and monitor corrective actions both internally to LLNL and at partnering PAs.
• Proactively address and influence resolution of emergent and systemic quality issues between LLNL and production agencies.
• Identify, assess, and implement process improvements for achieving increased efficiency and ensuring compliance to quality requirements acr