Quality Engineer - Upton, NY

Quality Management Office (QMO) Position

Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers.

The Quality Management Office (QMO) is seeking a motivated self-starter to join their team as a deployed Quality Representative. As an engineer, you will apply standard quality assurance and quality control practices and techniques in specific aspects of design, procurement, manufacture, test, and initial operation. In this role, you will work with colleagues to support the implementation of quality assurance and quality control methods on projects and processes. Activities include planning, performing, and documenting assessments of processes against requirements, supporting the implementation of corrective action plans, analyzing performance data, performing supplier reviews and selections and incoming inspections, managing calibration programs, and developing and reviewing procedures.

This position will directly support the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) within the Energy and Photon Science Directorate. The mission of the NSLS II is to operate one of the most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world to enable scientists from academia and industry to tackle challenges in quantum materials, energy storage and conversion, condensed matter and materials physics, chemistry, life sciences and more by using imaging techniques with light ranging from infrared to x-rays.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform implementation assessments of NSLS-II programs including Quality Assurance, Conduct of Operations, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, LOTO, Accelerator Safety, etc. This includes developing assessment criteria, assessing implementation of requirements, documenting results, preparing reports, and performing follow-up.
• Perform independent verification of corrective action implementation resulting from internal and external assessments, causal analysis, critiques and surveillances.
• Participate in and potentially lead investigation and causal analysis teams.
• Review/approval of technical documents (e.g. drawings, engineering change requests, statements of work, specifications, procedures, purchase requisitions) to ensure appropriate quality requirements have been addressed.
• Perform Vendor Qualification and Verification activities including participation in vendor QA submittals, source selection boards, on-site inspections, factory and incoming inspections of materials.