Senior Quality Engineer - Space Systems

CesiumAstro, Inc.; Westminster, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Comprehensive benefits package (health

Dental and vision coverage

Job summary

CesiumAstro, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead QA planning, inspections, and continuous improvement across product and manufacturing processes.

You will ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements, driving corrective actions and process capability improvements. You will work with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management to optimize quality performance, data-driven decisions, and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related field with 5–8 years of related experience, or a Master's with 3–6 years.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance, quality engineering, manufacturing quality, and process improvement principles.
• Experience with quality procedures, inspection documentation, nonconformance reporting, CAPA, and quality reporting processes.
• Knowledge of quality standards, root cause analysis, SPC, MSA, process capability, and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with internal auditing, inspection methods, manufacturing quality, and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to analyze quality data, identify issues, evaluate trends, and implement improvements.
• Proficiency with MS Office; ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, Dynamics, NetSuite) and QMS tools.
• Statistical analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Minitab, JMP).

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities by evaluating product and process requirements and inspection results.
• Perform quality evaluations, inspections, process monitoring, and product verification.
• Support validation activities, first article inspections, and process verification.
• Maintain quality records, nonconformance reports, and QA data in QA systems.
• Analyze quality metrics, defects, and process capability for improvements.
• Lead root cause investigations and CAPA activities with follow-up actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align quality objectives with operations.
• Communicate QA issues and improvement recommendations to stakeholders.
• Coordinate QA activities supporting manufacturing readiness and new product introductions.
• Drive quality process improvements to enhance product quality and manufacturing performance.
• Maintain QA documentation, procedures, audits, and reports per QMS.

Skills

Quality engineering

CAPA

Process improvement

Root cause analysis

SPC

MSA

QMS

Data analysis

Quality documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree (advanced)

Tools

Oracle ERP

SAP ERP

Microsoft Dynamics

NetSuite

Job description

CesiumAstro, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead QA planning, inspections, and continuous improvement across product and manufacturing processes.

You will ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal quality requirements, driving corrective actions and process capability improvements. You will work with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management to optimize quality performance, data-driven decisions, and manufacturing