Quality Engineer II

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At Cesium Astro
, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, Cesium Astro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Quality Engineer II to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing leading-edge electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.

In this postion, you will support product and process quality by coordinating quality planning, inspections, process monitoring, and continuous improvement activities that ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and organizational quality requirements. This role contributes to manufacturing and operational excellence by analyzing quality data, evaluating process performance, and supporting corrective actions that improve product quality and process consistency.

Working cross-functionally with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management, this role supports quality assurance, process improvement, product validation, and manufacturing activities while ensuring products and processes comply with quality standards, customer requirements, and business objectives.

• Assist with quality assurance activities by evaluating product and process requirements, inspection results, and quality documentation to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Perform quality evaluations, inspections, and process monitoring activities while identifying quality issues and recommending corrective actions that improve product quality and process performance.
• Support validation activities, first article inspections, process verification, and quality reviews that ensure products and manufacturing processes meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain quality records, inspection documentation, nonconformance reports, and quality data within quality management systems to support compliance, traceability, and reporting.
• Analyze quality metrics, inspection results, process performance, and defect trends to identify opportunities for process improvement and risk reduction.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities by documenting findings, tracking action items, and verifying implementation effectiveness.
• Partner cross-functionally with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and finance to support quality objectives and operational priorities.
• Communicate quality issues, inspection findings, process concerns, corrective action status, and quality trends to appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinate quality activities that support manufacturing readiness, product acceptance, customer requirements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist with implementation of quality process improvements and operational initiatives that improve product quality, manufacturing performance, and process consistency.
• Maintain quality documentation, inspection records,…