Staff Engineer, Quality Assurance (R5358)

Team: Quality

Location: Wichita Metro Area

Commitment: Full Time Employee

Workplace Type: onsite

Job Description:

What you'll do:

• Support ground and flight test readiness, including hardware inspections, configuration verification, test article acceptance, and review of test documentation
• Work directly with flight test and engineering teams to identify, document, and resolve hardware, configuration, process, and test discrepancies
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, test procedures, work instructions, configuration records, and acceptance criteria
• Ensure test articles meet applicable engineering, quality, safety, and configuration requirements before testing
• Support execution of ground and flight test activities, including inspections, test point readiness, discrepancy resolution, and post-test evaluations
• Manage nonconformances, test discrepancies, and quality records through appropriate containment, investigation, disposition, and corrective action
• Lead or support root cause analysis and corrective actions for product, process, and test-related issues
• Identify emerging quality risks and work with engineering and test teams to implement practical mitigations
• Analyze test and quality data to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve development and test processes
• Support configuration management and traceability of developmental hardware, assemblies, and test articles
• Ensure objective evidence and quality records are complete and support product and test requirements
• Promote a culture of safety, technical rigor, accountability, and disciplined execution in developmental test operation

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, technology, quality, or related field, or equivalent experience supporting developmental test operations
• 5+ years of experience supporting developmental and/or operational ground or flight test 
• Experience working directly with developmental aircraft, complex aerospace hardware, or mission-critical systems
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, bills of materials, test procedures, work instructions, and acceptance requirements
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced developmental test environment with changing requirements and priorities
• Willingness to work outdoors at test ranges and travel as required
• Overtime, evening, and weekend coverage as required by flight test operations

Preferred qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience supporting developmental or operational flight test
• Experience with unmanned aircraft, prototype aircraft, weapons systems, or other mission-critical aerospace systems
• Experience with flight test readiness, test article acceptance, configuration verification, or post-test inspection
• Working knowledge of AS9100 and aerospace/defense quality requirements
• Experience with MRB, NCR, RCCA, CAPA, and other quality processes
• Experience with configuration management and engineering change processes
• Familiarity with inspection and measurement methods used for aerospace hardware
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Six Sigma, or related certification