Quality Assurance Representative

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Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success.  We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. 

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

The Airborne Systems Business Area, part of the Defense Sector at Leidos, currently has an opening for a cleared Quality Assurance (QA) Representative to work in our Beavercreek, OH office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Air Force Research Lab, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, and other DoD missions. Your role will be to support our diverse portfolio of programs through a combination of software design and development, hardware interfacing and integration, laboratory experimentation, ground and flight testing to deploy cutting edge software and hardware solutions.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Responsible for performing software quality assurance including requirements analysis, clarification and tracking, testing, verification and validation of autonomous core system solutions

• Identify a set of project-specific characteristics, applicable processes, approved tailoring, and project implementation for each process to create and maintain a Tailored Process Baseline

• Quickly learn and apply new tools and technology as related to the program’s Quality Assurance requirements

• Conduct site and program requirement compliance audits to ISO 9001 and AS9100

• Ensure control and compliance of subcontractors to SOW, customer requirement and standards

• Quickly learn and apply new tools and technology as related to the program’s Quality Assurance requirements

• Internally lead effort for site maintaining and sustaining quality AS9100 and ISO 9001 certifications/credentials. 

• Proactively address internal and external corrective action requests (CAR), perform detailed root cause analysis, identify containment, preventive and corrective actions

• Actively prepare and brief quality management review data and status quarterly

• Coordinate and/or present weekly, monthly quarterly and annual reports

• Perform continuous improvement activities

• Review, comment and approve deliverable documents

• Provide timely measurements and audit outcomes

• Effectively communicate ideas and information

• Provide support in an extremely fast paced research environment across multiple projects/programs

• Schedule and Conduct Process Compliance and Product Audits

• Conduct final quality analysis of product prior to customer delivery

• Participate in the planning of Quality activities for the program(s)

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of general experience; or a Master's Degree and 2+ years of general experience is required; 4 additional years of related experience or training or additional certification will be acceptable in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.  

• Extensive experience with ISO 9001: 2015, AS9100:2016, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011, CMMI-DEV v.1.3, and/or CMMI-SVC v.1.3 requirements and audit process

• This position requires the ability to pass a background investigation with Dept. Of Defense

• This position will be located at a Leidos facility.

• TS security clearance is required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASQ Certifications (CQA, CQE, CQM, CQP) a plus

• 1-2 years of experience in a QA or process improvement role

• Knowledge of and experience with ISO9001 implementation

• Knowledge of and experience with CMMI Level 3 or higher implementation

Original Posting:

April 11, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $72,150.00 - $130,425.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.