Quality Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Quality Engineer to support the Gunnery Training Systems (GTS).   Gunnery Training Systems (GTS) provide precision and degraded-mode gunnery simulation for crews, sections and platoons as applicable. This effort includes tech refresh, concurrency upgrades, production of current systems development and production of new platform devices, RMF recertification and Embedded Training support.   The GTS’ are virtual gunnery training simulators that provide initial familiarization training, skills progression, and sustainment training that fulfill Gunnery training requirements for wheeled and tracked vehicles.  The GTS shall provide capabilities that allow students to become familiar with the actual platform instrumentation including sensors, switches, and various terrain, environmental, and visibility conditions in support of the U.S. Army (Army), Department of Defense (DoD), and Federal government programs and agencies.  .

Works directly with the Program Managers to develop strategies, goals, tasks, roles, responsibilities, and information needs for QA surveillance. Serve as the GTS program’s QA lead for the performance of planning, work product reviews, and quality audits Support additional programs within the Business Area as assigned by the Business Area lead and/or QEC Director. Implement and maintain the Quality Assurance program Plan (QAPP). Analyze post-delivery reports; provide feedback for trends, recommend actions to correct procedural, product, or process deficiencies. Assist in establishing and streamlining processes spanning multiple technical areas. Facilitate lean six sigma improvement events to address complex technical issues and problems that impact multiple areas or disciplines. Support development of Power BI dashboards to monitor contractor performance, inventory levels, and compliance with SLAs and SOW requirements.  Analyze survey feedback from military installation points of contact (POCs), identifying trends and key drivers of contractor satisfaction and dissatisfaction.  Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) of service delivery issues, providing data-driven recommendations to improve program performance.  Provide ad-hoc data analysis and reports to support decision-making for program leadership and external stakeholders.  Identify key performance trends impacting program effectiveness, delivery orders, business operations system shortfalls, and regional variations in service delivery.  Support the integration of lean improvement solutions to streamline data extraction, transformation, and reporting; reduce manual work and improve accuracy.  Support Quality Management Reviews by reporting to higher level management on the program’s quality achievements and the program’s progress towards meeting quality objectives. Update the program’s Tailored Process Baseline (TPB), as required. Provide review and input to program plans and other program documents in support of accurate and on-time GTS deliverables. Execute timely quality audits in adherence with the program’s audit schedule and in compliance with Leidos policies and direction, report audit results to program leadership. Generate corrective action requests for audit findings and maintain the Common Audit Database (CAD) with timely updates/closures of audit findings. Support external audits conducted in support of maintaining the Enterprise AS9100 for GTS at mulitple site locations and required travel for on-site readiness, audits and pre-DCMA audits/inspections.

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 6+ years prior relevant experience. Quality assurance experience in a procurement environment. Experience supporting program functions by identifying risks, researching technical issues, and gathering necessary information to inform PMO-level decision-making and Program-level strategic planning.  Demonstrated experience