Senior Production & Quality Engineer - DoD Systems

Kairosinc; Maryland; On-site; USD 148,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

401K Plan with Employer Matching

Annual Bonuses

Paid Time Off

11 Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Certification reimbursement

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Rewards and recognition

Community outreach

Job summary

KAIROS, Inc in Lexington Park, MD seeks a Senior Production and Quality Engineer to join our team on-site at NAS Patuxent River. This role includes 30% travel to Industry sites and no telework.

You will lead production and quality activities for an early development classified program, evaluate manufacturability, support design reviews, and drive readiness through MRAs and PRRs. Active DoD security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master’s Degree in a technical or scientific field from an accredited college or university.
• In lieu of a Master’s Degree, a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or scientific field from an accredited college or university and an additional four (4) years of recent and relevant experience may be substituted.
• Must have minimum of ten (10) years of recent and relevant experience in an engineering position, three (3) years of which must be directly related to DoD systems.

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 integrated into the systems engineering process.
• Conduct quality research and data analysis to provide support in establishing M&QE requirements and management of M&QE efforts through all acquisition phases, including capacity analysis to examine 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.

Skills

Industrial Engineering

M&Q skills

DoD experience

Customer analytics

Self-starter

MS Office

Fast-paced

Independent work

Multitasking

Detail oriented

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Master’s Degree in technical/scientific field

Bachelor’s Degree + 4 years relevant experience

Job description

KAIROS, Inc in Lexington Park, MD seeks a Senior Production and Quality Engineer to join our team on-site at NAS Patuxent River. This role includes 30% travel to Industry sites and no telework.

You will lead production and quality activities for an early development classified program, evaluate manufacturability, support design reviews, and drive readiness through MRAs and PRRs. Active DoD security clearance is required.