Submarine Systems Quality Assurance Specialist - Philadelphia, PA

Job Summary

The Submarine Systems Quality Assurance Specialist supports multiple U.S. Navy submarine classes, ensuring material integrity, system certification, and SUBSAFE compliance across vendor facilities, repair activities, and shipboard work. This role requires local proximity to the Philadelphia area.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish and conduct vendor oversight and surveillance of in-process manufacturing, assembly, repair, and testing activities;
• Review final Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) to verify compliance with contract, drawing, and performance requirements, and provide recommendations for acceptance to NAVY;
• Perform material identification and inventory verification inspections (kick-and-count style inspections) of manufactured equipment and components, documenting findings and reporting results to NAVY;
• Conduct on-site evaluations of vendor processes, including manufacture, assembly, repair, modification, and testing, to assess compliance with technical specifications, contractual requirements, and quality standards;
• Provide technical evaluation, troubleshooting, and investigation of Submarine Sail Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) systems and equipment discrepancies, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions;
• Review, investigate, and adjudicate non-conformances and discrepancies identified during disassembly, manufacture, repair/modification, assembly, and testing phases; develop recommended corrective and preventative actions;
• Perform surveillance and oversight of shipboard and shop SUBSAFE work and testing, ensuring compliance with approved procedures and certification requirements;
• Develop, maintain, and execute checklists and attribute guides used to perform SUBSAFE Functional and In-Process Audits of OII-MSD quality systems and SUBSAFE work/testing activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering;
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience, or 9 years of progressive submarine-related experience;
• Formal training in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) in accordance with ASME Y14.5, with demonstrated ability to interpret technical drawings, apply geometric tolerances, and evaluate inspection and acceptance criteria for manufactured and repaired components.

Desired Qualifications

• SubSAFE Experience;
• Navy / DoD Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) Experience;
• Certified Auditor Qualification or certification as a Quality Auditor;
• Submarine Communications and Electromagnetic Systems (SCEMS) Experience;
• Submarine Quality Assurance Experience;
• Certificates/Security Clearances/Other Required Qualifications: U.S. Citizen with an active Secret clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance prior to start.

Additional Information

Travel: Approximately 10% in support of vendor facilities, shipyards, and Navy activities.

Salary Range: >$100,000