Quality Assurance Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide Quality Assurance advisory and assistance services to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rocket Lab at Edwards AFB, California.
• Represent the government on all test and logistics quality assurance activities.
• Manage the quality assurance processes for AFRL rocket propulsion research/test and logistics activities.
• Coincides and integrates with logistics offices and others to accomplish the quality assurance reviews.
• Assess and determine the level of project quality assurance reviews and overall compliance of test/logistics activities.
• Advise project managers, test directors, test conductor, etc. on technical and quality assurance requirements.
• Provide quality assurance assessment of test facilities, systems and hardware to evaluate compliance with Air Force and industrial standards.
• Develop and process reports in Air Force specified tracking databases and present results to site leadership as required.
• Provide training to Logistics personnel on supply and logistics policies and implementation to ensure compliance with Air Force and industrial standards.
• Develop and coordinate Evaluation and Inspection plan in accordance with AFRL 61-101 Addendum C with Site Logistics Manager.

Requisite Skills

• Familiarity with Air Force quality assurance standards and implementation and reporting of those standards.
• A working knowledge of Air Force and Research Laboratory Instructions, i.e., AFI 61-101, AFRLI 61-101/AFMC Supplements, and RQ OI 61-105 West and other applicable instructions and standards related to quality assurance.
• Familiarity with rocket propulsion testing.
• Experience with SRB quality management.
• A good command of Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, TEAMS, Project, and PowerPoint).
• Good interpersonal, reporting and communication skills (written and verbal).

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Air Force quality assurance in a test environment required.
• A 4-Year college degree is highly desirable.
• The candidate must be a US citizen.
• The candidate must obtain a US security clearance.