Quality Engineer Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Supervise, lead, and direct the Quality Engineers as they support Orion Assembly, Test, & Launch Operations (ATLO) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) ensuring the build, assembly, and test of all hardware & software meets quality requirements.
• Lead KSC Quality team in tracking and reduction of Q Note non‑conformance to maintain green status per LOB goals.
• Provide weekly activity reports to Program Management, highlighting critical activities and major occurrences.
• Identify programmatic issues, capture them in a concise professional manner, and present them at the monthly Orion Corrective Action Board.
• Lead root cause analysis events for CARs, incidents, Q‑notes, etc.
• Utilize data analytics to identify areas of concern, driving and implementing effective RCCA.
• Review and approve Drawing Problem Reports, Changes Task, Test Procedure reviews, manufacturing work instructions reviews, PO closure, and lab users’ activities.
• Ensure all requirements are met prior to performing Product Acceptance.
• Communicate constraint reviews for testing and manufacturing operations, ensuring all quality constraints are captured and communicated in a professional timely manner.
• Provide quality oversight for Run for Record Testing, non‑conformance reviews and review of Requirement Verification Reports to support DD250 deliverables.
• Direct respective Quality Engineers to ensure compliance with AS9100 and other internal LM requirements.
• Continuously review process methods, procedures, process performance trends, develop, and deploy corrective and preventive actions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability.
• Enable the quality team to fulfill team goals through strong communication, providing flow‑down direction, and mentoring the team.
• Perform as a quality engineering individual contributor > 75% of the time.
• Review/approve work instructions, test procedures, drawings, etc.
• Directly support testing activities (console support, flag review, test run closure).
• Perform product acceptance on flight and deliverable hardware.
• Directly support floor operations, providing quality perspective and insight to resolve issues.
• Ensure adequate quality resources are scheduled and available to support multiple shifts as needed.

• Confirmed leadership and organizational skills.
• Experience with Excel, metrics, key performance indicators, Tableau, and/or other metrics and data visualization tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of non‑conformance handling and disposition.
• Ability to present technical data to senior leadership on a regular basis.
• Strong understanding and ability to execute various root cause corrective action techniques with a demonstrated history of success.
• Ability to achieve and maintain certification in technical skills as required by the role.
• Ability to obtain Public Trust security clearance.
• US Citizenship required.

• Experience with human spaceflight NASA/DCMA customers.
• Spacecraft experience.
• Previous software and hardware quality experience.
• Current QMRB certification.
• Ability to work in an environment with evolving requirements and dynamic schedules.
• Experience with spacecraft processing.
• Ability to develop performance metrics and take appropriate action.
• Experience with program management and project management tools.
• Understanding of export control and ITAR requirements for working with international suppliers.
• Knowledge of SAP operating system, VECAMS, EPDM, P2P & automation framework.
• Experience with working in an ATLO environment.
• Experience with root cause corrective action analysis.
• Experience with final acceptance process (product acceptance / usage decision).
• Experience in design/test readiness / manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Knowledge of quality systems and processes.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Experienced with preliminary review (PR) and material review board (MRB).
• May be certified in lean, six‑sigma quality engineering methodologies and root cause corrective action training/certification.
• ASQE certified.
• Experience with working in an assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) and production environment.
• Experience working with flight aerospace…