Journeyman Engineer

Synectic Solutions is currently recruiting a Journeyman Engineer for the Manufacturing & Quality Engineering (M&QE) Division, in NAVAIR’s Systems Acquisition Group.  The candidate will provide research analysis and technical domain engineering support in M&QE for a classified at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Lexington Park, MD.  Location: On-site at NAS Patuxent River, MD and 30% travel to Industry sites.   This work is not eligible for teleworking.

Salary Range: $130k - $140k

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for Production & Quality of an early development classified program.   
• Examine suppliers and perform facilities evaluations assessing contractor design, development and manufacturing/quality planning activities, ensuring that production and producibility considerations are being appropriately integrated into the systems engineering process.
• Conduct quality research and data analysis to provide support in the establishment of M&QE requirements and management of M&QE efforts through all acquisition phases, including capacity analysis to examine for scalability.
• Evaluate design producibility, manufacturing planning and proposed or actual production/quality processes considering program affordability needs and with respect to established schedules and production plans.
• Prepare technical risk assessments for decision meetings and related briefings.
• Support the M&QE Division and IPT in planning and leading design, manufacturing and quality risk reduction efforts, producibility assessments and Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs).
• Provide technical support for producibility and manufacturing discussions in design reviews and program/technical meetings and provide design and process oriented technical inputs.
• Identify the causes of potential or actual manufacturing, producibility, or quality problems and recommend solutions to M&QE and IPT management via briefing or written correspondence.
• Support the M&QE lead during the conduct of Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs), Quality System Evaluations (QSEs), Engineering Investigations (EIs), and other M&QE reviews. Support Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) events.
• Conduct quality research and data analysis to assist M&QE Division leadership in improving M&QE products and capabilities so that they optimally support programs and fleet readiness.

Requirements:

• Active DoD TOP SECRET security clearance (SCI eligible)
• Must be a US Citizen
• Technical or Scientific BS or BA degree from an accredited college or university
• At least three (3) years of recent and relevant experience in a position related to the labor category description is required.
• Industrial Engineering background is desired
• Manufacturing & Quality Engineering skills highly desired
• Strong interpersonal and written/oral communications skills for working with multi-disciplinary teams and proficient in the MS Office 365 suite

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About Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI) 
Synectic Solutions, Inc. (SSI), is an award-winning, 20-year government contracting agency focused on the areas of logistics, engineering, management, and information technology. SSI is a growing organization committed to exceeding customer expectations, to continually improving all products, services, and processes, and to perform all work with the commitment to upholding the highest standards and ethics.