Quality Assurance Engineer

Title: Quality Assurance Engineer

Company:  Space Micro, Inc.

Location:  San Diego, CA

Company Description: Space Micro, powered by Voyager Space, is an engineering-driven business focused on technology advancement for high-reliability space subsystems. Our hard-earned reputation is based on innovative, cost-effective, high-performance communications, digital, and electro-optic systems, as well as our ability to leverage commercial technologies to meet military and space requirements.

Responsibilities: 

• Performs Receiving, In-Process, Source, and Final Inspection of PCBs, PCBA’s, mechanical slices/PCBA’s, Box assemblies, and cables as a backup for the inspector
• Participates and leads closed-loop root cause and corrective action activities (RCCA) using 5Y Analysis, Fishbone Diagram and 8D methods.
• Dispositions non-conforming material
• Maintain Quality metrics for tracking daily activities within the department
• Help with preparing EIDP (End Item Data Package)
• Identify and initiate continuous improvement opportunities.
• Perform purchase order reviews, planning reviews and supplier data reviews, to ensure that quality requirements are captured and flowed down
• Interface with business partners over quality related issues
• Contribute to a team environment, be flexible, and volunteer support to meet team goals
• Collaborate with program management, engineering, purchasing, production control, operations, and inspection
• Reviews customer requirements and ensures that they are met
• Issues, monitors, and maintains corrective action database.
• Maintains accurate and current supplier quality records, such as supplier audits, certifications, corrective action responses, and database screens
• Administers the company calibration system
• Collects data to trend ESD, contamination levels, non-conformances and corrective actions
• Develops, implements, and drafts documentation for quality related processes
• Conducts internal and supplier audits
• Supports the Quality Manager in supply chain management, including source inspections, supplier surveys, supplier corrective actions, and administering the Space Micro supplier database

Requirements:

• 4-year degree in technical field and 3-5 years of quality, manufacturing, or process control experience
• Quality engineering experience
• Proficient in MS suite of Office products
• Proficient in the use of Google productivity products

Preferred Qualifications:

• IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, and the J-STD-001 Space Addendum Certification
• BS degree in Quality, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Six Sigma 
• ASQ Certification

Salary Range: $75,000 – 90,000/year

ITAR REQUIREMENT 

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

  Space Micro, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.