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CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join their team in Westminster, CO. The company develops advanced communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.
In this role, you will lead quality assurance activities and drive manufacturing and operational excellence across the organization. You will be responsible for quality planning, inspections, process monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives that ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and organizational standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading quality assurance activities by evaluating product and process requirements, inspection results, and quality documentation for compliance with established standards
- Performing quality evaluations, inspections, process monitoring, and product verification while identifying issues and implementing corrective actions
- Supporting validation activities, first article inspections, process verification, and quality reviews
- Maintaining quality records, inspection documentation, nonconformance reports, and quality data within quality management systems
- Analyzing quality metrics, inspection results, process performance, defect trends, and process capability to identify improvement opportunities
- Leading root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities
- Partnering cross-functionally with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and finance
- Communicating quality issues, inspection findings, and improvement recommendations to stakeholders
- Coordinating quality activities supporting manufacturing readiness, product acceptance, and new product introductions
- Driving implementation of quality process improvements and operational initiatives
- Contributing to continuous improvement of quality assurance processes and organizational performance
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field with 5–8 years of related experience; OR Master's degree with 3–6 years of related experience in quality assurance, quality engineering, manufacturing, operations, or related discipline
- Strong knowledge of quality assurance, quality engineering, manufacturing quality, and process improvement principles
- Understanding of quality management systems, inspection methodologies, product verification, process control techniques, quality planning, and risk-based quality management
- Experience applying quality procedures, inspection documentation, nonconformance reporting, CAPA, and quality reporting processes
- Knowledge of quality standards, root cause analysis methodologies, statistical process control (SPC), measurement systems analysis (MSA), process capability analysis, and continuous improvement principles
- Familiarity with internal auditing practices, inspection methods, manufacturing quality requirements, and regulatory compliance expectations
- Ability to analyze quality data, identify process issues, evaluate quality trends, and implement practical quality improvements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or equivalent)
- Experience with Quality Management Systems (QMS) (ETQ Reliance, Arena QMS, MasterControl, or equivalent)
- Experience with statistical analysis and reporting tools (Minitab, JMP, or equivalent)
Note: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State due to U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.
