Position Title: Senior Quality Engineer

Location: Redstone Arsenal

Position Type: Full-Time

Travel Requirements: Less than 10% of the time

Position Summary: The candidate will provide Quality Engineering SME support to the Program Executive Office (PEO) Missile and Space (M&S) Integrated Fires & Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office’s Performance Management Directorate. This position is responsible for providing leadership, senior level guidance, technical expertise, and support in the functional areas of Quality Engineering necessary to ensure that FMS IBCS systems and components fulfill requirements and standards. The candidate Quality Engineer activities will include:

1) Developing and implementing quality strategies and plans

2) Developing quality requirements for associated contract/SOWs

3) Supporting component and system level qualification activities as necessary to ensure non-conformance/failures are identified.

4) Ensuring proper Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) activities via a Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) are performed on identified non-conformance/failures

5) Providing recommendations to mitigate risk and eliminate potential failure modes by supporting Failure Review Boards (FRBs) and Material Review Boards (MRBs)

6) Supporting Production/Pilot Line Validation activities

7) Supporting Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs)

8) Supporting First Article Inspections (FAIs)

9) Supporting Acceptance Test activities

10) Supporting Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs) and Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs)

11) Supporting Materiel Release and Safety Release activities

12) Evaluating Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and waivers/deviations for their impact on product integrity

13) Evaluating design efforts to ensure appropriate quality, environmental and performance issues are considered

14) Reviewing Contract Deliverable Requirement Lists (CDRLs) for Quality, Reliability, Production, etc.

15) Developing and providing briefings to senior leadership on Quality related issues

16) Mentoring and providing recommendations to others

Required Qualifications:

• Must be a US citizen.

• While primary responsibilities are located in Huntsville, AL, candidate may be required to travel to various manufacturing or test sites to perform the same functions at the primary location.

• A bachelor’s degree (or Master’s) in an Engineering discipline.

• 5+ years of relevant experience is required.

• Active Secret Security Clearance is required.

Desired Qualifications:

Experience with Air and Missile Defense in the Quality Engineering domain is a plus. Candidate must be experienced with Microsoft Office products. Candidate should have an understanding of systems engineering methodology and techniques. Candidate must be able to think independently and be self-motivated, with proven organizational skills, ability to multi-task and support varied assignments. Good communication skills are important, with a positive and friendly demeanor.

CULTURE REQUIREMENTS:

• Engineers, Analysts, and Developers at Cintel, Inc. are highly motivated, technical, and self‐organized. We place a lot of trust in our team members to develop technical solutions for ill‐defined problems (i.e. thrive in an environment where the problem is vague, requirements are lacking, and a solution is not obvious). We need problem solvers.

• We want our team members to be self‐motivated and eager to learn new skills. If you consider yourself a jack‐of‐all‐trades, and are eager to keep up with the latest trends in technology, you’ll fit right in.

  ABOUT CINTEL, INC:

  Cintel Inc. is a Small Business providing strategies and services to support an array of Government clients in Software Development, Operational/Tactical and Installation/Facilities Energy, Cyber Security, Modeling and Simulation, Data Science, and Programmatic support.

  We offer our clients nimble, unique, and value focused solutions with an emphasis on people, connectivity, communication, and teamwork. Our team believes that people drive solutions. By connecting people, information, teams, and experience we deliver solutions that respond to customer needs.

  It is the policy of Cintel that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, or veteran status. These policies shall ensure that the practice of nondiscrimination will be applied in the employment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, recall or rehire of personnel. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

  Cintel, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on any of the characteristics mentioned above. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.

Department

Systems Engineering & Integration

Employment Type

Full-Time

Minimum Experience

Experienced