Quality Assurance Specialist (Aerospace)

NASA International; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NASA International in Houston, TX, seeks a Quality Assurance Specialist (Aerospace) for leadership in aircraft maintenance, quality, production, and support activities. You will coordinate maintenance planning, contractor oversight, technical compliance, and risk management to ensure safe, reliable, and mission-ready NASA aircraft.

The position requires specialized experience at GS-12 level and involves leading QA audits and process surveillance to ensure compliance with aircraft maintenance,

Qualifications

• One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level.
• Leading aircraft maintenance support shop activities involving structural repair, corrosion control, nondestructive inspection, component repair, avionics, electrical, ground support equipment, or other specialized aircraft maintenance functions.
• Planning and coordinating maintenance workloads, personnel, tooling, equipment, materials, facilities, and technical requirements to support aircraft inspections, repairs, modifications, production schedules, and mission requirements.
• Performing or leading quality assurance audits, Government Mandatory Inspection Points, process surveillance, product inspections, and technical compliance reviews of aircraft maintenance, repair, fabrication, or contractor activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead aircraft maintenance support shop activities across diverse specialized functions.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance workloads to meet inspections, repairs, production schedules, and mission requirements.
• Perform or lead quality assurance audits and technical compliance reviews of maintenance, repairs, and contractor activities.

Skills

Lead aircraft maintenance

Maintenance planning

Quality assurance audits

Risk management

Job description

As a Quality Assurance Specialist (Aerospace) within the Aircraft Operations Division, you will provide technical leadership for aircraft maintenance, quality, production, and support activities. You will coordinate maintenance planning, contractor oversight, technical compliance, risk management, and cross-functional efforts to ensure safe, reliable, and mission-ready NASA aircraft. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level:

• Leading aircraft maintenance support shop activities involving structural repair, corrosion control, nondestructive inspection, component repair, avionics, electrical, ground support equipment, or other specialized aircraft maintenance functions.
• Planning and coordinating maintenance workloads, personnel, tooling, equipment, materials, facilities, and technical requirements to support aircraft inspections, repairs, modifications, production schedules, and mission requirements.
• Performing or leading quality assurance audits, Government Mandatory Inspection Points, process surveillance, product inspections, and technical compliance reviews of aircraft maintenance, repair, fabrication, or contractor activities.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.