Quality Engineer

Title:

Quality Engineer

At K , we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. K  employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. K  is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of K 's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join K 's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

BELONG. CONNECT. GROW. with K .

Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely.

K  is seeking Quality Engineers to support NASA programs. We are looking for both full time & part time. These Quality Engineers will support the development and implementation of mission assurance requirements over the entire project life cycle. These Quality Engineers will also focus on supplier surveillance and inspections. This position will monitor processes for compliance to the developer’s procedures and contractual requirements.

Processes to be reviewed prior to use and monitored when used may include:

• Printed Circuit Board quality assessment

• Workmanship including coatings

• Soldering

• ESD controls

• Clean room activities and controls

• Cable and harness fabrication

• Contamination control

• Parts and materials control

• Control of drawings and procedures

• Equipment moves (e.g. slings, cranes, and hydro sets)

• Hazardous operations

• Contractor responses to corrective action requests

• Build records

• Delivery, storage and transport of flight and non-flight hardware, and critical ground support equipment (GSE)

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that flight hardware anomalies, corrective actions, and re-verifications are documented in accordance with the contractors’ non-conformance and corrective action system

• Participate in production planning, review manufacturing flow plans and participate in Manufacturing and Test Readiness Reviews (MRRs and TRRs)

• Examine process design and/or process qualification records, procedure review, work order review, and verifying that labs carry required certifications

• Review flight hardware records and ensure all open items are identified and addressed prior to the performance of tests

• Monitor contractor quality and safety controls, and participate in quality assurance activities during fabrication, integration, and tests

• QAR monitoring

• Support activities related to root cause corrective actions

• Support processes for collecting and analyzing data that measures supplier success

• Review the supplier’s CDRL documents related to quality assurance and provide recommendations

• Review flight hardware records for completeness prior to integration & final acceptance testing

• Perform a final instrument “buy-off” review

• Complete thorough inspections

Education, Experience, &

Skills:

• Bachelor’s…