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Quality Assurance Engineer II

Arcata is a technical services company supporting our nation's defense and maintaining our country's leadership in science, aeronautics, and space. Our greatest strength is our people. Together, the hard work of our staff and team members supports critical operations that make a difference and advance human achievement. The J-Tech II contract is one of Arcata's longest standing partnerships. J-Tech II provides engineering and technical services to support research, development, test and evaluation, training missions, and related support activities for the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Utah Test and Training Range, and China Lake Ranges. We provide test and training support for our customers on JTECH II that includes engineering, operating, and maintaining communications, radar, telemetry, video, RF, and display and debriefing systems, to planning, scheduling, executing, and analyzing large force exercises and tests.

This position is located in Tonopah, NV. Job Duties: Under limited supervision from the Quality Assurance/Data Management Supervisor and oversight from the Quality Assurance Lead/Data Analyst, audits and inspects assigned Annex 2 contract equipment, systems, sites and functions at various locations to ensure work is being performed in compliance with the Enterprise and Annex 2 Joint Range Technical Services (J-TECH) II contract requirements and JT4 policies, plans, and procedures. Works directly with the Engineering Department to ensure project completions are in compliance with the Joint Range Technical Services (J-TECH) II Enterprise and Annex 2 contract requirements and JT4 policies, plans, and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform tasks necessary to conduct Area, Activity, Special, Outgoing, and Incoming inspections of equipment, systems, sites, vehicles, and services.
• Review and provide feedback to the QA Lead for the inspection checklists covering systems and sites that fall under their responsibility.
• Ensure Quality Assurance reports comply with JT4, Annex 2, and departmental practices before being submitted.
• Ensure audit/inspection reports are accurate and non-conformances are cross-referenced to applicable standards and specifications, as necessary.
• Meet and comply with all Arcata and JT4 training requirements for this position.
• Ensure reports are finalized within 3 workdays of the audit/inspection conducted.
• Make informed recommendations for improvement which provide the basis for acceptance or rejection of corrective and preventive actions to non-conformances, observations, and opportunities.
• Maintain audit/inspection documentation and records IAW with JT4/Annex 2 practices.
• Perform pre and post inspection research and analysis of equipment/systems for task non-compliance.
• Monitor inspections to identify trends for equipment failures or procedural non-compliances, and recommend new metrics or improvements to existing metrics to be used for trend analysis or reporting.
• Provide departmental activity status updates as required to the QA Lead/Data Analyst.
• Assist in the development of schedules and processes to include procedures, checklists, and work instructions.
• Assist in the management of technical orders and ETools for the Technical Order (TO) Distribution Office (TODO).
• Perform verification inspections on Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTOs).
• Review updates to external documents for impact on the Quality Management System.
• Recommend initiatives to improve the Quality Management System.
• Provide configuration and inventory audits for all Annex 2 systems and equipment, as necessary.
• Accomplish assigned training requirements on schedule.

Other Related Duties

• Aid in identifying, investigating, and eliminating safety hazards.
• Aid in identifying security concerns.
• Prepare periodic and special reports as required.
• Perform related work as required.

Qualifications

Education: Associates degree in a field re