EVA Quality Engineer - A

Aerodyne Industries


Job Description:

Aerodyne Industries is a dynamic, rapidly growing engineering and information technology services firm headquartered on Florida’s exciting Space Coast. With locations throughout the US, we take pride in delivering small business agility with large corporation capabilities. Our list of clients count on us to prepare NASA’s Missions to the Moon and Mars and to defend our nation supporting the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense. Join the adventure of a lifetime by becoming a teammate with Aerodyne Industries and work on projects that will define our future.

1. 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).
2. Review work authorizing documents and engineering drawings for compliance to NASA/JSC requirements and GMIP assignments.
3. Perform critical review of design changes, oversee failure investigations, develop corrective actions, and prepare investigation reports.
4. Review hardware documentation to identify pre-test status.
5. Perform flight equipment acceptance reviews to determine limited life status, certification status, and open work/issues.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Provide technical and quality support and guidance to less experienced quality personnel.
10. 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.
11. 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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

Location:

Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX 77058 US (Primary)

Clearance Required: None

Shift Type:

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Career Level: Entry Level Less than 2 years

Category: Engineering

Date Needed By:

Job Type: Full-time

Travel:

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