Quality Assurance Engineer Associate II​/Quality Assurance Engineer

Overview

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL), a Planned Systems International (PSI) company, is hiring for a Quality Assurance Engineer in Richland, WA. This position will support Navarro-ATL. Navarro-ATL is located in Richland, WA and operates, manages, and maintains the 222-S Laboratory Complex for the Department of Energy. Navarro-ATL members are Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN), and Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International (Gaithersburg, MD).

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• Responsible for providing quality assurance/control engineering services in support of HLMI activities.
• Plans, schedules, and leads QA program audits, surveillances, and assessments in support of corrective action programs.
• Monitors QA assessment program, conducts investigations and identifies deficiencies.
• Develops and revises quality plans, procedures, audit checklists and assists personnel with interpretation/implementation of related requirements.
• May assist with software quality assurance activities.

• Completes assignments that are broad in nature, requiring originality and ingenuity.
• Applies advanced Quality Engineering theories, methods, and research techniques in development, establishment, and maintenance of quality assurance policies, procedures, and methods.
• Demonstrates understanding of the application of Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) and Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) and can review and approve safety basis documents.
• Confers with superiors on unusual matters.
• Leads project-wide system audits as directed by principal quality assurance engineer or program management.
• Writes quality plans, procedures, and audit checklists.
• Verifies quality standards and test procedures for design and process evaluation to attain quality economically and efficiently.
• Provides quality assurance support to ensure that products are acquired and installed in accordance with customer and company quality requirements.
• Ensures sampling plans, quality standards, and quality instructions are utilized in assessing the quality levels of products and processes.
• Documents evaluation, testing, and correction.
• Provides recommendations concerning the disposition of defective materials and maintains a continuous awareness of quality problems.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality activities.
• May specialize in particular areas of quality engineering, such as design, incoming material, process control, supplier evaluation, inventory control, reliability, research and development, software quality, laboratory quality, or administrative application.
• May provide technical guidance to lower-level engineers, technicians, and inspectors.
• Perform quality assurance inspections.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Grade 16:
  Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Engineering, Science or related field and 2 years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Due to the nature of the government contract requirements, US citizenship is required.

• Grade 18:
  Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Engineering, Science or related field and 7 years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills needed to facilitate project milestones.
• Must be able to communicate with peers and management.