Production Support Quality Engineer, 2nd Shift, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper Quality Assurance Specialist

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key Job Responsibilities

This position will work a 4x10 schedule, Sunday through Wednesday, 5:00 PM to 3:30 AM.

• Review and approve Nonconformance Reports submitted during the build and test of satellite products.
• Create and submit Nonconformance reports for review and approval when defects are found either through inspection or through containment activities.
• Perform process and product audits on the floor to ensure products are being built in accordance with engineering specifications and business requirements.
• Transpose engineering drawing and specification requirements into inspection and quality control processes during assembly to ensure product requirements.
• Participate in shift stand up meetings representing Quality to ensure relevant information is shared between manufacturing personnel and quality team members.
• Support Quality inspectors and manufacturing technicians to provide direction in ambiguous inspection/requirement activities, and provide quality perspective on product defects.
• Perform relevant containment activities when notice of escapes or batch defects are found on material, ensuring material is controlled and written up for disposition.
• Interpret engineering drawing requirements into acceptability determination for products on the floor.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

A Day In The Life

Perform daily defect investigation and resolution for assigned product families.

Investigates product issues and determine disposition for nonconformances.

Represent quality on the floor when issues arise.

Perform process and product audits to ensure compliance to QMS and product requirements.

As defect trends are identified, perform product containment exercises, notice of escapes, and screening activities to ensure that product nonconformances are addressed.

Develop standard nonconformance processes to use within the manufacturing teams in order to drive efficiency in the nonconformance process.

About The Team

The Kuiper Manufacturing Quality team is driven to deliver high-quality product lines while maintaining a fast production rate. This position will join the team at an exciting moment, with an opportunity to directly own the quality outputs of some of our critical sub-systems.