Senior Aerospace QA Engineer — Lead & Audit Expert

University of Colorado; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a QA Engineer to provide planning, leadership, and supervisory quality assurance expertise to the Safety & Mission Assurance team for flight hardware development projects.

Responsibilities include maintaining certifications, generating QA planning documents, auditing vendor performance, guiding anomaly review boards, and representing LASP as the prime QA contact on programs and contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Ten years of QA experience in an aerospace environment.
• Ability to develop technical solutions requiring ingenuity and creativity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with QA systems such as ISO 9001, AS9100, conducting audits, and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Maintains NASA and IPC certifications for workmanship inspections.
• Generates high level quality planning documents for programs and the LASP Quality Management System (QMS).
• Audits, monitors, evaluates, and reports on vendor and subcontractor performance and activities.
• Guides, oversees, and makes recommendations to anomaly review boards throughout the project anomaly resolution process.
• Represents LASP as prime QA contact on programs and contracts, interacting with senior external personnel on significant technical matters.

Skills

QA leadership

Quality planning

Audits & compliance

Vendor management

Documentation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

QA systems ISO 9001/AS9100

Job description

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a QA Engineer to provide planning, leadership, and supervisory quality assurance expertise to the Safety & Mission Assurance team for flight hardware development projects.

Responsibilities include maintaining certifications, generating QA planning documents, auditing vendor performance, guiding anomaly review boards, and representing LASP as the prime QA contact on programs and contracts.