Manufacturing and Quality Specialist

KAIROS Inc•Pax River, MD

3d•$100,000 - $113,000•Hybrid

About The Position

KAIROS, Inc is searching for an energetic, experienced, and highly motivated Manufacturing and Quality Specialist, to join our team. This position supports work in Pax River, MD and has the opportunity for hybrid work. Established in July 2013, KAIROS, Inc. is a growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in Life Cycle Program Management, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Logistics and Sustainment, Enterprise Platforms and AI, and Additive Manufacturing services focused on optimizing customers’ program performance and mission through proven methodologies and ethical practices. Our headquarters is in California, MD near Naval Air Station Patuxent River. We offer competitive salaries and benefits with outstanding growth potential. This position will provide manufacturing and quality expertise to the V-22 Osprey Joint Program Office (PMA-275). NAVAIR's PMA-275 manages the cradle-to-grave procurement, development, support, fielding, and disposal of the tiltrotor program systems for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force.

Requirements

Manufacturing & Quality knowledge, skills and abilities
Strong customer relations, analytics, and documentation skills
Self-starter, highly motivated, strong work ethic with a commitment to quality
Microsoft office suite proficiency, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Ability to work within a challenging, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
Ability to work independently
Ability to multi-task and meet competing, deliverable deadlines
Detail oriented
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide clear status and/or communicate issues
Ability to adapt to evolving technology
Must have a Technical or Scientific associate’s degree
In lieu of an associate’s degree, a High School diploma or GED and three (3) years of recent and relevant experience may be substituted
At least six (6) years of recent and relevant experience
Four (4) years of experience in installation of hardware and/or equipment.
One (1) year of experience in design, preparation, and modification of engineering documents and drawings. Experience may be concurrent.
This position is subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. In order to complete the requirements for government security clearance investigation you must be a U.S. Citizen and be able to complete the full background investigation. This position requires an Active Secret Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

Industrial Engineering background is desired
Supports non-conformance requests and Product Quality Deficiency Reports
V-22 maintenance background or Rotary Wing maintenance background highly preferred
Experience with DCMA (desired)

Responsibilities

Provide Manufacturing & Quality Specialist support for the V-22 Osprey Joint Program Office taking directions from a senior Government Civilian M&Q engineer.
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.
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.
Develop or review designs by extracting and analyzing a variety of engineering data and applying conventional engineering practices to develop, prepare, or recommend schematics, designs, specifications, electrical drawings and parts lists.
Conduct tests or experiments requiring selection and adaptation or modification of a wide variety of critical test equipment and test procedures; preparing and operating equipment; recording data; and measuring and recording problems of significant complexity that sometimes require resolution at a higher level and analyzing data and preparing test reports.
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) 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.