You will serve as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer within the Quality Engineering Branch of the Quality and Reliability Division in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate responsible for the development and implementation of solutions, systems and engineering improvement strategies to ensure mission success of aerospace projects.

Duties

Duties described below are at the full-performance level. Duties assigned at a lower grade level will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee. Establish quality assurance requirements to be included in contracts and purchase orders and utilize aspects of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) to define and establish the steps necessary to ensure quality requirements are met. Serve as a quality assurance engineering subject matter expert responsible for the establishment, coordination, and execution of the policies and procedures necessary to implement successful quality assurance programs. Provide authoritative independent verification that critical quality assurance engineering factors are implemented correctly during all phases of project or mission including design, and development phase. Review plans, specifications, and cost estimates for technical adequacy relative to safety and mission assurance in areas such as flight systems, fluid and flight mechanics, or propulsion and power, or materials and structures. Develop guidelines and serve as a focal point for integration of all quality assurance program elements into supported flight projects to ensure mission success. Conduct continuing studies and analyses to determine the feasibility of various advanced quality engineering approaches, to define concepts and criteria for future projects/missions. Analyze and resolve challenging and controversial quality problems related to projects/missions. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
• This position may require a one year trial period.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level: Executing quality assurance programs by following documented quality requirements for products, processes and systems suitable to activity, proportional to risk, and aligned with best practices and standards; Inspecting, auditing and using surveillance methods to ensure quality assurance requirements are met; Assisting with and documenting investigations and root cause analyses for defects and failures and implementing corrective action; Reviewing drawings (e.g., schematics and blueprints) and procedural documents to ensure quality assurance principles are defined. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Implementing quality assurance programs through use of requirements flow down, contract compliance, inspections and surveillance practices; Applying root cause analysis for defects and failures and implementation of corrective action; Using assessment tools (e.g, hazard analysis, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, risk assessments) to develop conclusions or recommendations in the support of risk-informed decision making; Developing technical reports; Approving drawings (e.g., schematics and blueprints) and procedural documents to ensure quality assurance principles are defined. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following:
a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs
b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science
c) Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus.

If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.

Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.

Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.

Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.

Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

• Address Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Rd Greenbelt, MD 20771 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]