Launch Vehicle Manufacturing Quality Engineer

General information

Requisition # R66628 Locations USA-AL-Decatur Posting Date 03/12/2026 Security Clearance Required None Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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MANTECH seeks a highly skilled and detail-oriented Launch Vehicle Manufacturing Quality Engineer to join our team supporting the United States Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) – National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. This full-time position is located on-site in Decatur, AL and plays a critical role in the quality engineering and production assurance of launch vehicle systems.

You will be deeply integrated in the manufacturing quality lifecycle, supporting product and process integrity across the supply chain. This role involves performing technical assessments, audits, and component-level reviews to ensure launch-readiness and system compliance.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement methods and procedures for process control, process improvement, testing, and inspection to ensure products are conforming, free of flaws, and function as designed.

• Analyze reports and defective products to determine trends and recommend corrective actions.

• Collaborate with supplier representatives on quality issues, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and contributing to supplier quality improvement programs.

• Provide quality oversight of MIL-Q-9858A, MIL-I-45208, AS9100, LE-T-014 and ISO-9000 environments, including technical review of written material and assessments of conformance to policies.

Responsibilities Specific to Launch Vehicle Assurance/Quality Engineering:

• Provide overall analysis of launch vehicle article/tail # by consolidating critical metrics from each Flight Critical Item List (FCIL) discipline.

• Identify and track anomalies that may pose flight risk and define Out of Position (OOP) work.

• Document and track non-conformances on component or article basis and verify supplier AS9100 certification status.

• Perform audits on companies, products, or processes to validate quality standards and identify ratings and develop checklists per engineering design and industry standards for baseline audits on flight-critical components.

• Validate that manufacturing and producibility approaches align with the critical design (per SMC-S-021 CDR Appendix E, SAE AS6500, and LE-T-014). Verify as-built and delivered components.

• Track configuration changes ac