Journeyman Manufacturing & Quality Engineer

Sabre Systems LLC•Patuxent River, MD

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sabre Systems is recruiting a Journeyman Manufacturing & Quality Engineer for its M&QE Division in NAVAIR’s Systems Acquisition Group. The role provides production-capacity and supply-chain research and analysis, along with technical-domain engineering support, to the Tomahawk Weapons System Program Office (PMA 280). The engineer supports development and production work, including major depot-level work, taking direction from a senior Government Civilian M&Q engineer. The position has a local hybrid work environment, with duties performed on-site at Patuxent River Naval Air Station two to three days per week. It requires 30% travel to alternative sites.

Requirements

Technical or scientific bachelor's degree (BS or BA) from an accredited college or university.
At least three years of recent and relevant experience in a position related to the labor-category description.
Manufacturing and quality analytic skills.
Demonstrated experience in an area of engineering expertise.
Active DoD SECRET security clearance.
U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Industrial Engineering background is desired.

Responsibilities

Provide support for development and production work, including major depot-level work, for the Tomahawk Weapons System Program Office (PMA 280), taking direction from a senior Government Civilian M&Q engineer.
Conduct quality research and data analysis to support establishment of M&QE requirements and management of M&QE efforts across acquisition phases, including scalability-focused capacity analysis.
Examine the robustness of the industrial-base supply chain and tier suppliers.
Perform facilities evaluations of contractor design, development, and manufacturing/quality planning activities, ensuring production and producibility considerations are integrated into systems engineering.
Evaluate design producibility, manufacturing planning, and proposed or actual production and quality processes in consideration of program affordability needs, 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 and design- and process-oriented input for producibility and manufacturing discussions in design reviews and program or technical meetings.
Identify causes of potential or actual manufacturing, producibility, or quality problems and recommend solutions to M&QE and IPT management through briefings or written correspondence.
Support the M&QE lead during Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs), Quality System Evaluations (QSEs), other M&QE reviews, and Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) events.
Conduct quality research and data analysis to help M&QE Division leadership improve M&QE products and capabilities in support of programs and fleet readiness.