Quality Assurance Technician

This role directly supports the Quality System, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control requirements, ensuring all work meets the Government's expectations for customer satisfaction, defect-free products and services, and fully documented quality processes. The specialist acts as a technical quality resource, executing inspections, and documentation tasks required of the contract., * Maintain a compliant quality system supporting customer satisfaction and defect-free products.

• Maintain documented processes, procedures, and planning artifacts for an auditable QMS.
• Prepare and deliver QAP and CDRL documentation within required timeframes.
• Support contract-required capabilities including documented processes, issue tracking, monitoring variations, field performance feedback, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Execute inspections including incoming, FAI, CoCs, sampling per MIL-STD-1916, and measurement/analysis metrics.
• Apply best industry practices, including ISO/IEC 15288:2015, ISO/IEC 12207:2017, Lean Six Sigma, Risk Management, and Systems Engineering methodologies.
• Support sampling and inspection activities, ensuring all QC evidence meets contract standards.
• Support contract-required capabilities including documented processes, issue tracking, monitoring variations, field performance feedback, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Prepare nonconformance documentation, and ensure traceability for corrective actions.
• Provide objective evidence including incoming receipt inspections, first article inspections, CoCs, sampling inspections (MIL-STD-1916 Level III), and measurement/analysis metrics.

Required Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Formal Electronics Training or Military equivalent A/B School
• 10 years of experience in electronics, mechanical or systems maintenance
• At least four (4) of the last eight (8) years of experience with C5ISR systems, subsystems and equipment
• Experience supporting NIWC Atlantic programs.
• Experience supporting Government or DoD quality systems.
• Knowledge of QAP, contract-driven QMS processes, and CDRL documentation requirements.
• Experience with process audits and quality inspections.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-1916, FAI, CoC, and defect-prevention methodologies.
• Strong documentation, communication, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Works with program teams to maintain compliance with the QAP and all QMS-driven tasks.