Senior Quality Engineer

About the role

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Senior Quality Engineer to our team. In this role you will support product and process quality by leading quality planning, inspections, process monitoring, and continuous improvement activities that ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and organizational quality requirements. This role contributes to manufacturing and operational excellence by analyzing quality performance, resolving quality issues, and implementing corrective actions that improve product quality, process capability, and manufacturing consistency.

Working cross-functionally with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management, the Senior Quality Engineer supports quality assurance, process improvement, product validation, and manufacturing activities while ensuring products and processes comply with quality standards, customer requirements, and business objectives.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance activities by evaluating product and process requirements, inspection results, and quality documentation to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Perform quality evaluations, inspections, process monitoring, and product verification activities while identifying quality issues and implementing corrective actions that improve product quality and manufacturing performance.
• Support validation activities, first article inspections, process verification, and quality reviews that ensure products and manufacturing processes meet customer, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
• Maintain quality records, inspection documentation, nonconformance reports, and quality data within quality management systems to support compliance, traceability, and reporting.
• Analyze quality metrics, inspection results, process performance, defect trends, and process capability to identify opportunities for quality improvement and operational excellence.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities by documenting findings, verifying implementation effectiveness, and monitoring long-term corrective actions.
• Partner cross-functionally with quality, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and finance to align quality objectives with operational priorities and customer requirements.
• Communicate quality issues, inspection findings, process concerns, corrective action status, quality trends, and improvement recommendations to appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinate quality activities that support manufacturing readiness, product acceptance, customer requirements, new product introductions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive implementation of quality process improvements and operational initiatives that improve product quality, manufacturing performance, and process consistency.
• Maintain quality documentation, inspection records, procedures, audit documentation, and reports in accordance with quality management system requirements.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of quality assurance processes, manufacturing operations, and overall organizational performance.

Job Requirements and Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field with 5-8 years of related experience, or a Master's degree with 3-6 years of related experience in quality assurance, quality engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a 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, corrective and preventive action (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 that support operational objectives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate inspection results, manufacturing performance, process capability, and quality risks to support informed quality decisions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, e.g. Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or equivalent applications.
• Quality management systems (QMS), e.g. ETQ Reliance, Arena QMS, MasterControl, or equivalent applications.
• Statistical analysis and reporting tools, e.g. Minitab, JMP, or equivalent applications.

Additional information

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

Please note: CesiumAstro does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to our website or to CesiumAstro team members will be considered property of CesiumAstro, and we will not be obligated to pay any referral fees.