Cleared Senior/Principal Quality Assurance Specialist - FENG and Isolator Test and Final Assembly Value Stream, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 87,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Affordable housing

Minimal traffic congestion

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is seeking a Cleared Senior/Principal Quality Assurance Specialist to support the FENG and Isolator Test and Final Assembly Value Stream onsite.

You will facilitate the value stream, apply Plan-Do-Check-Act and defect prevention, develop performance metrics, and prepare for external audits while ensuring explosives accreditation requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline plus five or more years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Active DOE Q level security clearance or equivalent.
• Experience using Microsoft Suite.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the FENG and Isolator Test and Final Assembly Value Stream to achieve successful outcomes and to employ work practices compliant with Explosives Accreditation requirements.
• Develop and monitor performance metrics and conduct data analysis to evaluate end-to-end processes and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide guidance to achieve or retain explosives accreditation and coordinate with owners of quality policies.
• Prepare for external audits/assessments and support management reviews.
• Identify root causes, implement corrective/preventive actions, and track actions to completion.

Skills

Microsoft Suite

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline

Tools

Oracle

ARAS

JCTR

T3

Microsoft Suite

Job description

Cleared Senior/Principal Quality Assurance Specialist - FENG and Isolator Test and Final Assembly Value Stream, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

Extraordinary co-workers

Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to support the FENG and Isolator Test and Final Assembly Value Stream

On any given day, you may be called on to:

Facilitate the FENG and Isolator Test and Final Assembly Value Stream to achieve successful outcomes and to employ work practices that are compliant with Explosives Accreditation requirements operating under a COE. Using Plan-Do-Check-Act and defect prevention principles and methodologies, enables a broad range of continuous performance improvement activities. Uses systems and process methodologies to provide input for optimizing programs, policy, and enterprise functions. Develops and recommends processes for decision making and program design and execution. Performs analyses, conducts investigations, formulates, and recommends corrective and preventive actions for specific issues, including training management. Develops and monitors performance metrics. Supports organization Quality Management System.

Provides guidance to achieve or retain explosives accreditation.

Determines whole-system quality-related requirements, including program functions, customer needs, supplier input, and system controls.

Establishes, maintains, and improves quality policies, processes, procedures, and tools.

Develops and manages performance metrics and conducts data analysis to evaluate the success of end-to-end processes and quality improvement initiatives. Tracks, trends, monitors, and reports on performance results.

Develops business cases and recommends priorities and actions for improvement.

Assesses processes and systems and conducts risk analysis, root cause analysis, corrective or preventive actions, lessons learned, and benchmarking. Tracks corrective and preventive actions to completion.

Provides written reports on completed assessments.

Assists customers with corporate Quality issue management systems and close out of corrective actions in those systems.

Assists organization with preparing for external audits/assessments.

Executes performance assurance processes in compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Coordinates and communicates feedback to owners of performance assurance policies.

Contributes to strategic planning activities and facilitates management reviews.

Ensures operation and continuous improvement of document control and records management processes.

Due to the nature of work, successful candidate must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range:

$87,400 - $168,800

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require:

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline plus five or more years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Experience using Microsoft Suite

Active DOE Q level security clearance or equivalent.

Qualifications We Desire:

Experience using Oracle

Experience using ARAS

Experience using JCTR

Explosives operations experience

Experience using T3

About Our Team:

Neutron Generator Test and Final Assembly, performs development, qualification, surveillance, and continuous production activities related to Neutron Generator Assembly (NGA) diagnostic units and final NGA shippable deliverables. We support the development, qualification, surveillance, and continuous production activities related to Neutron Generator Assembly (NGA) diagnostic units, and final NGA shippable entities. For continuous production, we support the definition and execution of processes required for explosive functional testing, NGA product data analysis, final preparation, assembly and packaging of Neutron Generator Assemblies (NGAs) prior to shipment, and product quality assurance. We conduct a range of highly-specialized activities necessary to deliver Neutron Generator products and product assurance. We strive to meet or exceed our customer's expectations by consistently providing the highest quality products on time to meet customer schedules. The department's specialized capabilities include the functional testing of explosive and radioactive/non-rad NG assemblies and components; the mechanical assembly, marking, encapsulation and thermal conditioning of explosive NG/A components; and product quality assurance and acceptance.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q security clearance to start, or equivalent active security clearance with another U.S. government agency (e.g., DOD). Sandia is required by DOE directive to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

• Affordable housing, reasonable cost of living
• Minimal traffic congestion compared to larger cities