Hardware Quality Assurance & Control Engineer
On-siteAlexandria, Virginia, United States
Alexandria, Virginia, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeMedium
Full TimeMedium
Job Summary
Hardware Quality Assurance & Control Engineer at Research Innovations Incorporated (RII) in Alexandria, responsible for ensuring quality, reliability, configuration control, and mission readiness of Dragonfly hardware throughout the manufacturing lifecycle. Serve as the quality authority from incoming inspection through final customer delivery, working with engineering, operations, supply chain, and production teams to maintain compliance with military standards, improve manufacturing processes, and drive continuous product quality improvements to scale production for defense and national security customers.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Manufacturing Quality, or Hardware Test within defense, aerospace, telecommunications, electronics, or related industries.
- Experience performing incoming inspections, assembly audits, final acceptance testing, and production quality verification for complex hardware systems.
- Familiarity with RF systems, software-defined radios (SDRs), communications equipment, electronic systems, or sensor platforms.
- Experience investigating hardware failures, conducting root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
- Working knowledge of configuration management, engineering change processes, and product lifecycle documentation.
- Experience maintaining quality records, inspection reports, test documentation, and manufacturing traceability.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, assembly documentation, bills of materials (BOMs), and technical specifications.
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple quality initiatives simultaneously.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.
- Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance.
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