Manufacturing Quality Engineer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Manufacturing Quality Engineer to support the United States Space Force Space (USSF), Systems Command (SSC) in executing the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. This position is 100% remote. 

This role will support the NSSL program's launch vehicle manufacturing quality and readiness lifecycle. Focusing on Quality Engineering and Production Assurance, this role ensures supplier AS9100 compliance, mitigates risks from non-conformances, Escapements, and Out of Position (OOP) work, and drives Flightworthiness Certification. Key duties include performing audits, verifying "as-built" configurations, and consolidating multidisciplinary surveillance data into final Article Readiness Reports. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Integrate industry best practices in own area to achieve objectives.  

• Analyze reports and defective products to determine trends and recommend corrective actions.  

• Collaborate with supplier representatives on quality problems, ensuring effective corrective actions are implemented and contributing to supplier quality improvement programs.  

• Perform audits of the company, product, or processes as needed to validate concurrence with Quality, and identify current Quality ratings.  

• Identify system defect escapements, analyze root causes, and develop effective mitigation strategies. 

• Develop checklists in accordance with engineering design and industry standards to perform Baseline Audits on Flight Critical Components and Processes that are new or encountered a level of change identified under AS9100.  

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical/aerospace engineering or a related STEM field. (1.5 years relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of each 1 year of education/degree requirement). 

• 10+ years as a Mechanical/Aerospace engineer in relevant fields 
• 3+ years of aerospace quality or manufacturing engineering experience. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience involving manufacture of complex products, application of manufacturing principles and methods including product design, process design, producibility, process qualification/validation, product design requirements flow down to manufacturing. 

• Degree, certification, or proven experience in quality engineering, manufacturing and production programs. 

• Knowledge of Microsoft Products and AI platforms used for professional writing or data analysis. 

• Experience with Delta, Atlas, Vulcan, Falcon (or similar) launch vehicle programs highly desired. 

Security Clearance Requirements: 

• Active Secret clearance 

Physical Requirements: 

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%. 

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer. 

• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.