Systems Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has an enterprise client seeking a Systems Engineer III in Redmond, WA.

Summary:
The Build Reliability Engineer (BRE) will ensure complex Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) products, and any design revisions thereto, are properly qualified and implemented in manufacturing. This role will oversee the New/Revised Product Introduction process and ongoing builds; focusing on quality, reliability, process improvement, and risk reduction from prototype throughout production. Successful candidate will work with engineering and production teams to assure effective implementation of Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design for Quality (DfQ), and Design for Reliability (DfR) principles.

Key Responsibilities:
* Partner with design and manufacturing engineering teams to understand key manufacturing, quality, and reliability Critical to Function (CtF) attributes and/or parameters
* Oversee implementation of appropriate manufacturing process and reliability control plans
* Review and approve or reject the results of product and process qualification activities
* Perform relevant analyses of process control, measurement, and reliability data to facilitate real-time, data-driven decisions
* Collaborate with production teams to improve existing processes for yield, cost, and throughput with negligible impact on quality and reliability
* Investigate production inspection, test, and reliability screening failures to identify failure mode, underlying mechanism, and proximate causes for implementation of corrective action
* Review and approve or reject nonconforming product dispositions for flight hardware to assure negligible impact on reliability

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline, physics, or similar
* Experience with analytical methodologies associated with materials/failure analysis
* Experience with fabrication and assembly of PCBs and PCBAs, respectively
* Experience conducting statistical data analysis

Preferred Qualifications:
* Manufacturing process development experience
* New Product Introduction (NPI) experience
* Production and supplier quality experience

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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