The Aerospace Corporation - El Segundo, CA
posted 5 months ago
The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a Hardware Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Systems and Operations Assurance Department. This role is critical in ensuring the quality and reliability of space systems hardware throughout the design, manufacturing, integration, and testing phases. As a member of our high-performing and collaborative team, you will apply your fundamental Quality Engineering expertise across the full program lifecycle, identifying and evaluating risks, trade-offs, and mitigation plans tailored to specific QA requirements. You will employ a rigorous and methodical approach to problem-solving and root cause analysis, participating in gated design and hardware production readiness reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, and PSR, providing technical assessments and recommendations to customers. In this position, you will also participate in hardware Failure Review Boards, providing risk assessments and recommendations to customers. Your responsibilities will include performing mandatory inspections of electronic hardware at prime contractors and sub-tier suppliers/subcontractors, conducting independent pedigree, End Item Data Package, and Hardware Acceptance reviews. You will develop and execute process and product assessments and audits, starting from audit/assessment planning through to the verification of corrective and/or preventive actions. Delivering independent, data-driven technical advice and feedback to management and customers through effective verbal and written communication will be essential. Additionally, you will be required to travel to customer and/or government facilities, representing the company and department in a professional manner.