Mission-Ready Flight Assurance Engineer

Piper Companies; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Temporary housing stipend

RSUs

Unlimited PTO after 90 days

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Flight Assurance Mechanisms Engineer to support mission readiness and quality across spacecraft mechanisms. This onsite Western TX role emphasizes process rigor, inspections, and anomaly resolution through the full lifecycle of flight hardware.

The position focuses on assurance program activities, nonconformance disposition, and audit-ready documentation in a high‑cadence satellite production environment. Strong cross‑functional collaboration is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in flight/mission assurance, quality or reliability engineering for aerospace hardware.
• Experience with anomaly investigations and corrective actions.
• Familiarity with qualification and verification testing and environmental or functional tests.

Responsibilities

• Own flight assurance plans, processes, and audits across the mechanisms lifecycle.
• Perform independent inspections and approve test procedures for assemblies and tests.
• Track TRR/TVAC/life testing and ensure test readiness and sign-off.
• Manage nonconformance workflow and lead root cause investigations.
• Maintain assurance documentation and conduct supplier surveillance.

Skills

Flight assurance

Anomaly investigation

Documentation control

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Systems Engineering

Tools

Windchill

Jira

Autodesk

SolidWorks

CATIA

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Flight Assurance Mechanisms Engineer to support mission readiness and quality across spacecraft mechanisms. This onsite Western TX role emphasizes process rigor, inspections, and anomaly resolution through the full lifecycle of flight hardware.

The position focuses on assurance program activities, nonconformance disposition, and audit-ready documentation in a high‑cadence satellite production environment. Strong cross‑functional collaboration is required.