Quality Assurance Specialist

Duties

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Acq Demo Business and Technical Management to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

As a Quality Assurance Specialist at the NH-1910-3 broadband level, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serves as a Quality Assurance Specialist and assess, evaluate, and monitor resources to ensure acceptable quality and mission assurance standards are met for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
• Monitors processes and practices that ensure compliance with quality and mission assurance strategies, policies, agreements and standards.
• Investigate un-verified failures. Review and verify failure analyses and anomaly resolution. Participate in technical issues and independent review teams.
• Develop and communicate quality assurance planning and practices, corrective actions, and appropriate policy initiatives that span all MDA programs, site management activities, and general operations.
• Coordinate and monitor sensitive and complex quality assurance issues.
• Develop briefings and alternative courses of action and prepare detailed summaries, analyses, and reports outlining critical quality assurance issues which may affect the mission and goals of the MDA and the sustainment of the missile defense program.
• The physical demands of the work require considerable and strenuous physical exertion, such as traverse (up and down) ladders, occasional moderate/heavy lifting, must not have abnormal anxiety to temporarily work in confined spaces, and walking/standing for long periods of time.
• Must be able to work around chemicals, solvents, dust and particulates that may be encountered inside/outside any of these manufacturing test facilities without the need of a respirator.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Maxi Flex
• Recruitment Incentives: Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees based on agency policy and availability.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is not telework eligible.
• This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
• Employee must obtain/maintain Non-critical Sensitive/Secret security clearance.
• This is an acquisition position coded Foundational in Engineering and Technical Management. Incumbent must obtain mandatory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certification within 36 months of entry into position.
• Incumbent must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months.
• Employee must maintain an active IPC-A-610 (solder) and IPC/WHMA-A-620 (harness) certification. For new employees, this requirement shall be met within 2 years of hiring.
• For employees permanently assigned to a facility that Processes Printed Wiring Boards into Circuit Card Assemblies, IPC-A-600 (printed wiring boards) shall also be maintained. For new employees, this requirement shall be met within 2 years of hiring.

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH-03 Broadband Level, if you fulfill the following qualifications:

A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02/GS-11 grade level in the Federal service as listed below and must meet 2 of the 3 specialized experience listed below to be qualified:

• Planning, performing, or overseeing the manufacturing, assembly, and qualification testing of complex mechanical, electrical, or electronic systems and assemblies.
• Conducting formal process audits, quality evaluations, and surveillance of manufacturing and testing workflows to verify compliance with technical standards and engineering drawings.
• Implementing and enforcing Quality, Safety, or Mission Assurance (QSMA) principles, policies, risk mitigations, and root-cause corrective action (RCCA) protocols within defense or space systems programs.

OR

B. Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:

Additional information

Other Notes:

ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires Acquisition Workforce Level Foundational in Engineering and Technical Management Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 36 months after entry into this position.

• DAWIA (Back to Basics) Certification: NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Foundational certification. Certification prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 36 months after entry into this position. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click for more details and .

RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: .

All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement.

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see )

This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment.
You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.