Quality Assurance Specialist

Duties

• Ensures contractor compliance with all requirements related to the design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, and modernization of a variety of items for contractor and customer activities throughout the world.
• Applies a wide range of methods, principles, and practices directly related to quality control/quality assurance fields; statistical analysis, control and sampling, quality data analysis and evaluation to determine contractor compliance.
• Incorporates a thorough and detailed QA knowledge in applying various methods and techniques for investigating, analyzing, and ensuring corrective action on complex quality problems.
• Develops and implements a surveillance plan which begins with clear objectives supported by a master schedule that includes identification of contractor and sub-contractor production needs.
• Performs audits/surveillance of contractor's processes to ensure customer and contractual requirements are met.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Pre-Employment Physical Required
• Passport/Visa for selectee and family members may be required.
• Immunizations for selectee and family members may be required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC).
• Tour Length: 36 months/Accompanied.

Qualifications

To qualify for a(n) Quality Assurance Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Applying the full range of principles, concepts, and methodologies related to the quality assurance functional programs.
• Establishing process measurement points and statistical techniques/methods to measure, analyze, and continuously improve processes.
• Applying process-related practices, methods, and techniques such as statistical analysis; control and sampling; process proofing; and quality data analysis, in order to evaluate Government and contractor data and determine contractor compliance with the many aspects of quality control.
• Performing investigations of defective material for cause and corrective action and initiate process improvements with the contractor as needed.

Additional Overseas Information:

• For OCONUS positions, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws and agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information before applying for or accepting this position.
• US citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement. Ordinarily Resident is defined as a US citizen who is locally resident; and, has legal, permanent resident status within the host country; and, is subject to host country employment and tax laws.
• Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 and the March 20, 2025 .

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. Visit .
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: No
• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) expenses will be paid in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR). When you perform a civilian PCS with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit .
• Pay Retention will be extended to eligible employees who apply through a formal recruitment program and is selected for a position at an OCONUS location. Visit .
• Financial Disclosure Required
• Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Foundational certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click for more details and .
• Selectees initially recruited from the US may receive certain foreign allowances IAW Dept of State Standardized Regs and may be subject to additional approval. Visit .
• Pay Retention will be extended to eligible employees who apply through a formal recruitment program and is selected for a position at an OCONUS location. Visit .
• Selectees must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements. Visit .
• Medical and DoD Dependents Schools special education services may not be available in the immediate location of this position.
• If an employee brings a child to an OCONUS location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis, the DoDEA and the Military Dept responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services. If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3yrs of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddler is entitled to attend the DoDEA on a space-required basis, then the Military Dept. responsible for Early Intervention Services will provide the infant or toddler with the required EIS. Visit and .