Quality Assurance Specialist (Aerospace)
About The Position
As a Quality Assurance Specialist within NASA's Aircraft Operations Division, you will provide technical leadership for aircraft maintenance, quality, production, and support activities. You will coordinate maintenance planning, contractor oversight, technical compliance, risk management, and cross-functional efforts to ensure safe, reliable, and mission-ready NASA aircraft. The role serves as the Maintenance Technical Lead for NASA aircraft, providing leadership for organizational-, intermediate-, and depot-level maintenance, modification, inspection, repair, and sustainment. It includes developing maintenance plans and schedules, setting inspection requirements and workload priorities, and coordinating resources. You will provide technical direction across maintenance, quality, engineering, operations, logistics, safety, contractor, and program organizations; assess maintenance conditions and risks; oversee contractor work; and advise leadership through briefings, reports, assessments, and recommendations. The position also leads maintenance planning meetings, production and aircraft status reviews, technical discussions, and cross-functional teams, and advises on maintenance policy, quality assurance, airworthiness, compliance, configuration control, and process improvement.
Requirements
- One year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level to qualify for GS-14.
- Experience leading aircraft maintenance planning, production, inspection, modification, repair, and sustainment involving multiple maintenance organizations, technical disciplines, and operational requirements.
- Experience coordinating aircraft maintenance across maintenance, engineering, quality assurance, logistics, supply, safety, operations, and contractor organizations to resolve technical issues, set priorities, manage schedules, and support aircraft readiness.
- Experience developing and presenting aircraft maintenance plans, status briefings, risk assessments, recovery strategies, and technical recommendations to senior leadership concerning maintenance performance, contractor execution, resource requirements, schedule impacts, and mission support.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, national, or owe allegiance to the United States.
- May be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
- Position is subject to a pre-employment background investigation or higher-level clearance; requirements may vary by duty location and NASA Center.
- Financial disclosure, drug testing, and travel requirements may apply depending on duty location and NASA Center.
- Current federal employees must meet applicable qualifications, time-in-grade, and 90-day-after-competitive-appointment requirements by the announcement closing date.
- Resume must include a clear, detailed narrative in the applicant's own words describing how they meet the specialized experience requirement.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Maintenance Technical Lead for NASA aircraft maintenance, modification, inspection, repair, and sustainment activities at organizational, intermediate, and depot levels.
- Develop aircraft maintenance plans, production schedules, inspection requirements, workload priorities, and resource strategies.
- Provide technical direction across maintenance, quality, engineering, operations, logistics, safety, contractors, and program organizations to resolve maintenance and airworthiness issues.
- Evaluate maintenance conditions, technical data, operational requirements, schedules, resources, and risks to develop courses of action, recovery plans, and long-range maintenance strategies.
- Oversee contractor aircraft maintenance activities and assess technical compliance, workmanship, production, schedules, documentation, and overall performance.
- Develop and deliver technical briefings, maintenance status reports, risk assessments, and recommendations to leadership.
- Lead maintenance planning meetings, production and aircraft status reviews, technical discussions, and cross-functional teams.
- Advise on maintenance policy, quality assurance, airworthiness, compliance, configuration control, and process improvement.
Benefits
- Comprehensive federal employee benefits package, with benefits available to employees and their families; specific eligibility and benefits depend on position type.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
