Senior Production/QA Engineer

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group - Patuxent River, MD

Full-time - Senior

Patuxent River, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Production/QA Engineer at Pax River, Maryland. This position supports the Strategic Integrated Kinetic Effects (STRIKE) Project Office (PO), which is tasked with fielding the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) and Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Army weapon systems. The role is contingent upon contract award, emphasizing the importance of this position in the successful execution of critical defense projects. The Senior Production/QA Engineer will provide engineering and scientific expertise in the planning, development, and execution of requirements reviews and design reviews for LRHW and MRC weapon systems, as well as any other weapon systems reporting to the PO. This includes assisting in the development of assessment briefings and coordinating requirements review and design review summary reports as part of Milestone Documentation requirements and independent assessment requirements from PEO and other agencies. In addition, the engineer will support the formulation of Requests for Proposal (RFPs), including recommendations on statements of work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL), and Document Summary Lists (DSL). The role also involves maintaining a document repository containing all CDRLs, system specifications, data requirements, and associated attachments. The engineer will prepare and maintain technical documentation such as evaluations, reports, studies, briefings, recommended specifications, draft standards, and commercial item descriptions for LRHW and MRC product development. The position requires providing technical recommendations and expertise in missiles and the interface between munitions and launcher systems, performing trade-off studies and risk assessment analysis of candidate systems, and providing inputs to the integrated master schedule. The engineer will also be responsible for providing technical expertise in all aspects of guidance and control systems, including sensors, guidance technologies, navigation and control devices, and associated interfaces for weapons systems. Furthermore, the engineer will participate in Technical Exchange Working Groups, provide Quality Assurance technical advice, and support the Government's administration of Quality Assurance programs. This includes developing special processes and procedures, assisting with technical issues found from production batch testing, and evaluating data for sufficiency while coordinating with authoritative sources to resolve inconsistencies. The role also involves supporting failure analysis tasks and analyzing the impact on fielded hardware, ensuring the reliability, availability, and maintainability of the systems involved.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and scientific expertise in the planning, development, and execution of requirements reviews and design reviews for LRHW and MRC weapon systems.
• Assist in the development of assessment briefings and coordinate requirements review and design review summary reports as part of Milestone Documentation requirements.
• Provide technical input to the formulation of Requests for Proposal (RFPs) including recommendations on statements of work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRL), and Document Summary Lists (DSL).
• Support and maintain the document repository containing all CDRLs system specifications, data requirements, and associated attachments.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation such as evaluations, reports, studies, briefings, recommended specifications, draft standards, and commercial item descriptions for LRHW and MRC product development.
• Provide technical recommendations and expertise in missiles and the interface between munitions and launcher systems.
• Perform trade-off studies and risk assessment analysis of candidate systems and provide approaches to mitigate the risks.
• Provide inputs to the integrated master schedule such as should cost, schedule, and production status for the LRHW and MRC programs.
• Provide technical expertise to briefings, meetings, working groups, core teams including development and refinement of briefing materials and suggested responses to action items.
• Provide management support for the planning, direction, and execution of functional support to programs.
• Coordinate, document and communicate requirements for the support of the STRIKE Risk Management process.
• Prepare and maintain performance management documentation such as evaluations, reports, studies, briefings, personnel tracking information, and organizational data.
• Participate in Technical Exchange Working Groups by recording action items, statusing action item summaries, and creating minutes for Government approval.
• Provide Quality Assurance technical advice, assistance and recommendations in support of Quality Assurance and Source Selection audit activities.
• Provide technical expertise in support of the Government's administration of Quality Assurance programs (ISO-9000/AS9100).
• Provide technical expertise for the development of special processes and procedures to include non-destructive testing, welding, heat treatment, soldering, painting and calibration.
• Assist with technical issues found from production batch testing and issues with part interchangeability, and quality assurance reporting for all STRIKE launcher production quality issues.
• Gather relevant production and related/impacting hardware and software delivery information for munitions and GSE in support of Production Division.
• Evaluate the data for sufficiency, and coordinate with authoritative sources and data originators to resolve any inconsistencies in the received data.
• Provide technical expertise in support of the Government's administration of the Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) programs.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Secret clearance
• MA/MS Degree
• Over 10 years of experience