Manufacturing & Quality Engineer (Journeyman)

Sabre Systems LLC • Patuxent River, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Sabre Systems is recruiting a Journeyman Manufacturing & Quality Engineer for the Manufacturing and Quality Engineering Division in NAVAIR’s Systems Acquisition Group. The role provides manufacturing production, producibility, and quality expertise to the Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System Program Office (PMA-262), which oversees development, production, fielding, and sustainment of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. The position is on-site at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, Maryland. Situational telework may be approved case by case, consistent with mission requirements and applicable policy. Travel to alternative sites is less than 10%. The selected candidate works with oversight and guidance from a senior Government Civilian M&Q engineer.

The role supports manufacturing and quality engineering requirements and activities throughout acquisition, including supplier and facility evaluations, design and production reviews, risk assessments, readiness assessments, and coordination of quality issues. The candidate also works with stakeholders across disciplines to support timely dispositions while balancing cost and schedule priorities.

Requirements

• Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university.
• At least six years of recent and relevant experience in a position related to the labor category description.
• Four years of experience in installation of hardware and/or equipment; experience may be concurrent with other experience.
• One year of experience in design, preparation, and modification of engineering documents and drawings; experience may be concurrent with other experience.
• Active DoD SECRET security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Fleet Support Team and Depot maintenance.
• Industrial Engineering experience.
• Experience coordinating and executing DCMA oversight and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide Manufacturing & Quality Specialist support to the Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System Program Office under the oversight and guidance of 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 throughout acquisition phases, including capacity analysis for scalability.
• Examine suppliers and conduct facilities evaluations, assessing contractor design, development, and manufacturing and quality planning activities and integration of production and producibility considerations into systems engineering.
• Examine the re-standing up of manufacturing lines that had been shut down.
• Review and analyze the development and implementation of retrofit activities.
• Develop or review designs by extracting and analyzing engineering data and applying conventional engineering practices to develop, prepare, or recommend schematics, designs, specifications, electrical drawings, and parts lists.
• Evaluate design producibility, manufacturing planning, and proposed or actual production and quality processes against program affordability needs, established schedules, and production plans.
• Prepare technical risk assessments and evaluate Requests for Variance (RFV) 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 or technical meetings, including design- and process-oriented technical inputs.
• Support non-conformance requests and Product Quality Deficiency Reports.
• 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).
• 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.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across disciplines to ensure timely and accurate disposition of Material Review Board (MRB) tags, Problem Alerts, and in-flow inspections while balancing cost and schedule priorities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, evolving benefits designed to meet employees’ diverse needs.
• Employee referral bonus eligibility; a Level 3 Employee Referral Bonus applies to qualifying referrals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level