Sensor & Dev/Mods Quality Engineer

501517 Sensor & Dev/Mods Quality Engineer

Work Location:            Huntsville, AL

Schedule:                    Full Time 40 hours per week; 8 hours per day in office (remote work is not authorized)

Relocation:                  Negotiable

IronMountain Solutions is seeking a Sensor & Dev/Mods Quality Engineer to support the Apache Attack Helicopter Project Management Office (AAH-PMO) based in the Huntsville, AL area.  Candidates must have a good knowledge of the Apache helicopter and/or other US Army Aviation rotary-wing platforms and must be highly motivated, a self-starter and be able to handle multiple tasks.  An ideal candidate for this position must be able to work independently, often acting without direct supervision, be self-motivated, and able to build strong relationships across multiple Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and project office personnel with all levels of government employees. Candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret level security clearance. Per federal requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this level of clearance.

Education and General Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, etc.) is required and at least twelve (12) years of relevant experience associated with production & quality control of technical items related to aviation systems.


• Strong interpersonal skills are a must to facilitate coordination of configuration management, contracts, outside contractors/vendors, engineers, and project/program leadership.

 Job Duties:

• Conduct acquisition planning and development by reviewing current and future Sensor & Dev/Mods contract language to ensure quality management is addressed. Evaluate and ensure contractors follow accepted quality standards (ISO 9000, AS9100, and CMMI).


• Ensure Quality of Design (Engineering Analysis) of all Sensors & Dev/Mods Products by participating in all Preliminary/Critical Design Reviews and provide guidance to the contractor to fix any noted shortcomings.


• Participate in Qualification Testing of products and material during the design and production phase of the program by: Assuring proper engineering requirements/flow down, assuring that engineering requirements are understood/tested, and analyzing data for Determination of Design Margins and providing input, as required.


• Conduct Special Test and Inspection Equipment Management by participating in Validation & Control of Sensors & Dev/Mods hardware/software by conducting: Functional and Physical Configuration Audits, Software Source Code Verifications, Fault insertions and isolations, and Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R) Analyses.


• Conduct Production Line Validation/Qualification through: Process Control Analyses (Statistical Techniques), Process Capability Analyses (Lean/6 Sigma), and Mapping Factory Test and Inspection to Process Capabilities.


• Participate in Production Testing (First Article/QV) by assuring Proper Engineering Requirement Flow-down to Test Points; Designing, Developing, and monitoring First Article Testing; and Developing and Validating Factory Acceptance Testing Processes (ATPs). ATPs include Critical Process and parameter identification and Mapping, mandatory Test/Inspection Point Identification, Statistical Process Capability Analysis, Test Equipment Validation, and Developing Sampling Plans (Quality Risk Trades).


• Develop Quality Metrics and track/analyze contractor performance against those metrics. This includes being a Key Corrective Action Board (CAB) Participant, Key Participant in Contractor’s Root Cause/Corrective Action (RCCA) Process, Assess/Analyze Contractor’s CAB and RCCA Process, Metric Trend Analysis (statistical) and Reporting, Program Quality Health Evaluation and Reporting, and Program Quality Risk Evaluation and Reporting


• Conduct Materiel Release functions to include Assure Quality Hardware is delivered to the Warfighter, fully support Unconditional, Conditional & Urgent Releases, assure all Engineering actions are closed, ensure all Qualification Tests are complete, assure all Waivers/Deviations have been analyzed, properly mitigated and do not affect “qualified baseline.”


• Provide recommendations, findings, and decisions to program PM and senior management in the accomplishment of various Program objectives.


• Keep PM informed of technical status of assigned tasks, program status, significant program events, controversial issues, program reviews, and other relevant issues. 


• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use tools or controls; normal physical activity (reach with hands and arms; climb stairs); and communicate effectively with all levels of employees and leadership. The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 25 pounds. 


• Must be willing and able to travel up to 25%

IronMountain Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer