Senior Production & Quality Engineer

Synectic Solutions, Inc.; Patuxent Highland (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectic Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Production & Quality Engineer for the MQE Division, to provide domain engineering support for a DoD program at NAS Patuxent River, MD. The role requires extensive DoD experience and on-site presence with occasional travel to industry sites.

Responsibilities include evaluating suppliers, ensuring producibility, conducting quality research, and supporting PRRs, MRAs, QSEs, EIs, and SETR events to improve fleet readiness.

Qualifications

• MS or MA in a technical/scientific field is required.
• Alternate BS/BA with four years of additional relevant experience.
• At least ten years in engineering, with three in DoD systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for Production & Quality on an early development classified program.
• Evaluate suppliers and assess design, development and manufacturing/quality planning.
• Contribute to risk assessments and support Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs).
• Support producibility discussions in design reviews and program meetings.
• Identify causes of manufacturing or quality problems and propose solutions.
• Assist in audits, MRAs, QSEs, EIs and SETR-related activities.

Skills

Quality engineering

Production

Risk assessment

Data analysis

DoD experience

Education

MS or MA in technical or scientific field

BS or BA with 4 years relevant experience

Job description

Synectic Solutions is seeking Senior Production & Quality Engineer for the M&QE Division, in NAVAIR’s Systems Acquisition Group. The candidate will provide research analysis and technical domain engineering support in M&QE for a classified at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD. Location: On-site at NAS Patuxent River, MD and 30% travel to Industry sites. This work is not eligible for teleworking.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for Production & Quality of an early development classified program.
• Examine suppliers and perform facilities evaluations assessing contractor design, development and manufacturing/quality planning activities, ensuring that production and producibility considerations are being appropriately integrated into the systems engineering process
• Conduct quality research and data analysis to provide support in the establishment of M&QE requirements and management of M&QE efforts through all acquisition phases, including capacity analysis to examine for scalability
• Evaluate design producibility, manufacturing planning and proposed or actual production/quality processes considering program affordability needs and with respect to established schedules and production plans
• Prepare technical risk assessments for decision meetings and related briefings
• Support the M&QE Division and IPT in planning and leading design, manufacturing and quality risk reduction efforts, producibility assessments and Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs)
• Provide technical support for producibility and manufacturing discussions in design reviews and program/technical meetings and provide design and process oriented technical inputs
• Identify the causes of potential or actual manufacturing, producibility, or quality problems and recommend solutions to M&QE and IPT management via briefing or written correspondence
• Support the M&QE lead during the conduct of Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs), Quality System Evaluations (QSEs), Engineering Investigations (EIs), and other M&QE reviews. Support Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) events
• Conduct quality research and data analysis to assist M&QE Division leadership in improving M&QE products and capabilities so that they optimally support programs and fleet readiness

Requirements:

• Technical or Scientific MS or MA degree from an accredited college or university
• ALLOWABLE SUBSTITUTION: Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience
• At least ten (10) years of recent and relevant experience in an engineering position, three (3) of which must be directly related to DoD systems. Demonstrated experience in an area of engineering expertise is required
• Industrial Engineering background is desired
• M&Q skills highly desired
• Must be a US Citizen
• Active Secret DoD Security Clearance required
• Must be a US Citizen

What Your Experience Working For UsWill Be Like

Ask any of our employees and they will tell you SSI is a great place to work with an upbeat and positive culture. We take pride in our work to continuously improve on our performance in a manner that enhances the mission of the agencies we serve while expanding opportunities for our employees and our company.

About Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI)

Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI), is an award-winning, 20-year government contracting agency focused on the areas of logistics, engineering, management, and information technology. SSI is a growing organization committed to exceeding customer expectations, to continually improving all products, services, and processes, and to perform all work with the commitment to upholding the highest standards and ethics.

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