Mission Assurance Engineer SME

Mission Assurance Engineer (Subject Matter Expert)

a.i. solutions is searching for a highly motivated Mission Assurance Engineer SME who will support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance (QS) Directorate implementing quality and mission assurance requirements by providing technical evaluations of Developer designs for subcomponents, assemblies, and integrated systems associated with MDA programs.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical evaluations of developer designs for subcomponents, assemblies, and integrated systems associated with MDA programs and provide subject matter expertise for the identification, evaluation, and mitigation of risks associated with various aspects of the design, development, manufacturing, fielding and operation of MDA systems.
• Provide insight into implementation and execution of MDA’s Assurance Provisions (MAP) and Parts, Materials, and Processes Mission Assurance Plan (PMAP) requirements on MDA’s development efforts.
• Evaluate the current risk level of baseline system designs, as well as the impact of baseline changes to the overall system risk profile. Assist in communicating issues and risks. Prepare risk notification reports.
• Assist with review and assessment of hardware and software compliance with quality and related mission assurance requirements, including support of failure investigations, failure review boards, evaluations, audits, and assessments. Activities include determining root cause of failures of MDA hardware and software.
• Prepare draft documents, briefs, presentations, and actions items responses, which may include information papers.
• Provide weekly status reports on activities and issues of concern.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters degree or PhD from an accredited school with 15 or more years related experience in quality or mission assurance
• Experience in analyzing, and reporting on missile defense or aerospace system design requirements, design solutions, and test and evaluation data.
• Experience leading the development and execution of policies and requirements related to quality or mission assurance and reviewing and making recommendations for test risks and technical risks at the senior executive level of large aerospace organizations.
• Experience leading the assessment, auditing, inspection, and verification of hardware and software configurations for all end item system configurations involving complex aerospace systems across their entire life cycle.
• Highly experienced with planning, execution, and evaluation of ground and flight test events for complex aerospace systems.
• Experienced with reviewing and making recommendations for test risks and technical risks at the senior executive level or large aerospace organizations.
• High degree of experience with analyzing and addressing aerospace mission assurance trends and patterns impacting missile defense or aerospace systems, elements, and components.
• Security Clearance Requirements: Secret

MAKE A MOVE, MAKE AN IMPACT.

a.i. solutions was founded over 25 years ago with a mission to MAKE AN IMPACT by exceeding expectations. A move to our team means using your passion and ingenuity to MAKE AN IMPACT through innovations, defending national security, and enabling access to space. MAKE A MOVE, to join a team driven by a shared ambition, and rewarded for individual contributions.

BENEFITS THAT MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Salary ranges from $193,000 to $218,000/year depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
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• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Safe Harbor Plan, we contribute on Day #1
• Paid Parental leave for Mom & Dad
• Company Paid Life/AD&D
• Tuition Assistance
• Wellness plans that reward wellbeing & work life harmony