Space Kinetic Corp.
Quality Engineer
El Segundo, California
Sponsorship not specified$171k-$800kDetected 1 day ago
Product ManagementSupply ChainERPGD&T
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- This is not a role for someone looking for a traditional 40-hour work week.
- The annual base salary for this role is below.
- Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data.
Responsibilities
- This role serves as a technical partner throughout the product lifecycle, helping engineers design quality into our products rather than inspecting it in after the fact.
- T his role will support the implementation and certification of our first manufacturing process to AS9100 standards while working side-by-side with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
- As we transition from building our first flight hardware to producing many vehicles, this engineer will own quality for one of our major space programs, driving the systems, processes, and standards needed to ensure every product is built to meet the demands of spaceflight.
- Success in this role means helping Space Kinetic move from proving we can build one exceptional vehicle to reliably produce many with consistent quality, repeatability, and mission readiness.
- Own quality for a major spacecraft program from development through production.
- Build, implement, and scale Space Kinetic's Quality Management System (QMS).
- Support AS9100 implementation and certification for our first manufacturing process.
- Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations to design quality into products and processes.
- Develop quality standards, processes, and controls for spacecraft and flight hardware.
- Drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Ability to work in office and manufacturing environments.
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field along with 3 -7 years of experience in aerospace, defense, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience with inspection methods, GD&T, and manufacturing documentation.
- Experience with CAPA and root cause analysis.
- Experience with ERP, QMS, and electronic document control systems.
Compensation
- $120,000 - $160,000 USD
- The annual base salary for this role is below.
Company info
- Space Kinetic is a dual use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations - one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel. In a world where many companies are focused on incrementally improving the status quo, we are focused on creating something entirely different - an architecture underpinned by new first principles to meet the opportunities and challenges of the third space age head-on. Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures - where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a 'one-to-many' system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster.
- This is not a role for someone looking for a traditional 40-hour work week. Space Kinetic is building ambitious, first-of-its-kind technology, and that requires urgency, ownership, and a high level of commitment to changing the foundational assumptions for everything we do in space.
- Space Kinetic is a dual use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations - one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel.
- In a world where many companies are focused on incrementally improving the status quo, we are focused on creating something entirely different - an architecture underpinned by new first principles to meet the opportunities and challenges of the third space age head-on.
- Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures - where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a 'one-to-many' system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster.
- Space Kinetic is building ambitious, first-of-its-kind technology, and that requires urgency, ownership, and a high level of commitment to changing the foundational assumptions for everything we do in space.
- We are seeking a Quality Engineer to help ensure the successful development, integration, and delivery of spacecraft and flight hardware as w ell as build and scale our Quality Management System (QMS).
- Job Responsibilities
Equal opportunity
- Space Kinetic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
- Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education/experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
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