Aerospace Quality Engineer – NASA Flight Hardware

KBR Careers; Wallops Island (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Relocation benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

KBR seeks Quality Engineers to support NASA programs from Wallops Island, Virginia, focusing on mission assurance across the full project life cycle.

These roles emphasize supplier surveillance, inspections, and ensuring conformance to developer procedures and contractual requirements during fabrication, integration, and testing. Roles may be full-time or part-time, with duties spanning documentation, reviews, and final acceptance readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years Quality Engineering experience.
• Experience with NASA or aerospace industry requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure flight hardware anomalies, corrective actions, and re-verifications are documented per non-conformance systems.
• Review manufacturing flow plans and participate in MRRs and TRRs.
• Examine process design/qualification records and verify labs carry required certifications.
• Review flight hardware records and ensure all open items are addressed prior to tests.
• Perform final instrument buy-off review and complete thorough inspections.

Skills

Quality engineering

Analytical skills

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

NASA standards

Job description

KBR seeks Quality Engineers to support NASA programs from Wallops Island, Virginia, focusing on mission assurance across the full project life cycle.

These roles emphasize supplier surveillance, inspections, and ensuring conformance to developer procedures and contractual requirements during fabrication, integration, and testing. Roles may be full-time or part-time, with duties spanning documentation, reviews, and final acceptance readiness.