Senior Quality Integration Engineer - Army

Intrepid, an SPA Company, sets the standard for delivering excellence in the federal marketplace and is known for treating employees like family. We provide our employees with a challenging and supportive work environment, paired with a competitive salary and an industry-leading 401k contribution.

We are looking for a Senior Quality Integration Engineer to join our team to support the Program Executive Office (PEO) Missile and Space (M&S) Integrated Fires & Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office's Performance Management Directorate in Huntsville, AL. #MC

Your day-to-day work will include:

Develop and implement quality strategies and plans with the ability to utilize systems engineering concepts to ensure components and software meet performance requirements.
• Independently develop quality plans to support the USG as the lead system integrator for multiple configurations of hardware/software.
• Develop quality requirements for associated contracts/SOWs applying quality best practices and ensuring hardware/software integration quality requirements are included.
• Develop strategic quality integration metrics to support oversight and monitoring of hardware, software, and integration activities.
• Independently perform and report trend analysis for hardware, software, and integration activities within all lab, assembly, contractor, and production facilities.
• Develop white papers to outline recommendations for quality system improvements and production/integration gaps to support the USG in prioritizing requirement execution on a quarterly basis.
• Support component and system-level qualification activities as necessary to ensure non-conformance/failures are identified.
• Ensure proper Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) activities via a Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) are performed on identified non-conformance/failures for both hardware and software failures. Develop and provide RCCA assessments for failures within the Lead System Integrator environment, ensuring preventative countermeasures are included.
• Provide recommendations to mitigate risk and eliminate potential failure modes by supporting Failure Review Boards (FRBs) and Material Review Boards (MRBs).
• Support Production/Pilot Line Validation activities providing independent assessments for quality portions and requirements within the validation.
• Support Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs) by providing independent assessments for quality portions and requirements within the validation.
• Support First Article Inspections (FAIs) and report summary data with recommendations to the USG.
• Support Acceptance Test activities and report summary data with recommendations to the USG. Track and monitor completion of AT activities, ensuring urgent issues are addressed prior to DD250.
• Support Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs) and Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs) and report summary data with recommendations to the USG.
• Evaluate Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and waivers/deviations for their impact on product integrity, quality, and producibility, providing data analysis and reporting to USG leadership on recommendations for approval.
• Evaluate design efforts to ensure appropriate quality, environmental, and performance requirements are included for both hardware and software development.
• Review Contract Deliverable Requirement Lists (CDRLs) for Quality, Reliability, Production, etc. Provide technical expertise and assessment to support Government acceptance of CDRLs.
• Mentor and provide recommendations to other Quality Engineers. Provide expert guidance on program milestone requirements, core quality engineering competencies, contract requirements package contents related to production/quality, product sell-off processes, and prime/sub-contractor quality management.
• Develop briefing packages outlining quality and integration issues for senior leadership, ensuring coordination across multiple functional disciplines within the USG.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in a STEM field
• US citizenship, and residency near Huntsville, AL, or be willing to relocate
• Ability to work in our Huntsville office up to full time, depending upon client needs
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Experience in software quality assurance and application within an integrated test environment
• Experience and understanding of systems engineering, as well as experience in design for quality
• Experience in agile software and/or hardware development environments
• Demonstrated senior-level experience developing and implementing acceptance test plans, writing quality requirements/SOWs/contracts, monitoring contract execution to include reviewing Contract Deliverable Requirement Lists (CDRLs) for Quality, Reliability, Production, and performing root cause corrective action (RCCA) and first article inspections
• An active SECRET security clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Air and Missile Defense in the Quality Engineering domain is a plus.
• Experience with Government active production programs (US and/or FMS) is preferred.
• Master's degree