Senior Production & Quality Engineer - PMA 268

Synectic Solutions, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI) seeks a Senior Production & Quality Engineer for the MQ&E Division within NAVAIR’s Systems Acquisition Group.

The candidate will provide research analysis and technical domain engineering support for the MQ&E program (PMA-268) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD, with 30% travel to industry sites. The role focuses on production and quality planning, producibility assessment, and readiness activities to ensure affordability and fleet readiness

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with Active Secret Clearance.
• MS or MA in technical/scientific field (or BS + 4 years experience).
• At least 10 years in engineering, 3 of which must be DoD-related.
• Industrial engineering background desired.
• Well versed in Aircraft Design.
• Experience with on-aircraft inspections.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for MQ-25 Stingray production and quality engineering.
• Evaluate design producibility and manufacturing/quality planning.
• Prepare technical risk assessments for decision meetings.
• Support readiness reviews and Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs).
• Identify causes of manufacturing, producibility, or quality problems and propose solutions.
• Support design reviews with input on producibility and processes.
• Conduct quality research and data analysis to improve MQ&E products.
• Assist MQ&E leadership to improve programs and fleet readiness.

Skills

Ten years engineering experience

DoD systems experience

Aircraft design

On-aircraft inspections

Manufacturing & quality engineering

Ground control station familiarity

Education

MS or MA in technical/scientific field

BS in technical field + 4 years experience

Job description

Synectic Solutions isseeking aSenior Production & Quality Engineerfor 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 the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Program Office (PMA-268) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD. 30% travel to Industry sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for Production & Quality of the MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
• 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

• U.S. Citizen withActive Secret Clearance.
• 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
• Well versed in Aircraft Design
• Experienced with “on-aircraft” inspections and investigation (touching aircraft)
• Manufacturing and Quality engineering experiences
• Aircraft carrier (CVN)-based experience
• Ground control station familiarity

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.