Quality Specialist, Rocket Motor SystemsActive

As a Quality Specialist for Rocket Motor Systems, you will be the boots on the ground at our McHenry, Mississippi facility -- the quality team's daily presence on the production floor. You will work alongside manufacturing operations to ensure that solid rocket motor hardware is…

What you'll do

• Provide daily shop floor quality support to manufacturing operations, serving: as the accessible, on-the-ground quality resource for operators, technicians, and production supervisors -- answering questions, clarifying work instruction requirements, and helping resolve quality issues in real time before they become escapes.

• Manage product containment activities when nonconforming material or process: deviations are identified, ensuring suspect product is physically segregated, clearly identified, and controlled until disposition is complete -- preventing nonconforming hardware from advancing through subsequent manufacturing operations.

• Conduct internal process audits across RMS manufacturing operations,: verifying that production activities conform to work instructions, manufacturing planning, quality procedures, and AS9100 requirements -- documenting findings and tracking corrective actions through to closure.

• Perform in-process and final inspection sampling on solid rocket motor: components and assemblies using calibrated measurement equipment, verifying conformance to engineering drawings, GD&T requirements, and acceptance criteria at critical manufacturing checkpoints.

• Monitor the shop floor for safety and quality risks that can be proactively: mitigated, including FOD (foreign object debris) control, electrostatic discharge (ESD) compliance, propellant and energetic material handling practices, cleanliness and contamination controls, and environmental condition requirements -- escalating concerns before they result in product impact or personnel hazard.

• Support the Material Review Board (MRB) process by documenting: nonconformances, gathering objective evidence, and assisting quality engineers with root cause investigation -- ensuring MRB records are accurate, complete, and closed in a timely manner.

What they're looking for

• Technical degree or associate's degree in quality, manufacturing, mechanical,: or aerospace engineering technology -- or equivalent military or trade school training in inspection or quality assurance.
• Experience working in or supporting solid rocket motor, propellant, ordnance,: or pyrotechnic manufacturing operations -- including familiarity with the unique safety protocols, personnel limits, and environmental controls these facilities require.
• ASQ Certified Quality Inspector (CQI), Certified Quality Improvement: Associate (CQIA), or equivalent certification.
• Experience with nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods such as radiographic: inspection, ultrasonic testing, or visual inspection standards used in aerospace hardware acceptance.
• Familiarity with AS9102 First Article Inspection processes, including the: ability to compile FAI data packages and coordinate with engineering for characteristic accountability.
• Experience conducting internal audits in a manufacturing environment,: including audit planning, checklist development, finding documentation, and corrective action follow-up.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles, 5S, and continuous improvement: methodologies as applied to quality and inspection operations.
• Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES), ERP systems, or: quality data management tools (e.g., Jira, Teamcenter, Oracle, or equivalent).