Quality Assurance Analyst II or III

Work Location

Los Alamos National Laboratory - Los Alamos, NM

Employment Type

Full-Time / Onsite

Clearance Type

DOE Q Clearance (Position will be cleared to this level)

Job Summary / Overview

Omega Technical Services is seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst level II or III for the Production Liaison Group (W-8) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM.

The Production Liaison Group (W-8) is the Design Agency representative to the Nuclear Security Enterprise production plants and ensures that weapon production activities at the Production Agencies meet design requirements and intent. W-8 also provides document configuration management (DCM) and Engineering Authorizations (EA) and quality assurance release to W-Division and associated ALDW programs.

The Quality Assurance Analyst (QAA 2/3) will support all aspects of quality assurance related to DCM for weapon production definition. The successful candidate will report directly to the DCM team leader and W-8 group leader. This is an on-site position at Los Alamos, NM.

Quality Assurance Analyst 2

• Interaction with system engineers to develop and manage documentation.
• Ensurethat all documents related to the nuclear weapons programs are current, accurate, and complete for a given weapon system.
• Must be able to operate independently and must exercise individual initiative to demonstrate successful completion of assigned tasks.
• Collaboratewith multi-disciplinary teams consisting of system engineers, physicists, technicians, and designers.
• Possess strong personal leadership and teamwork skills.
• In order to effectively meet stakeholder deadlines, flexibility is required.
• Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can work on multiple tasks for numerous stakeholders with changing priorities.
• Experience with document review, formatting, technical editing, and coordinating the formal release process for all weapon design definition on both the yellow and red networks.
• Ensure the alignment of equivalent quality assurance (QA) work conducted by the Engineering Authorization Quality Assurance team.
• Assist the DCM team leader in the updating procedures, training documents, and templates.

Quality Assurance Analyst 3

• Interaction with system engineers to develop and manage documentation.
• Ensurethat all documents related to the nuclear weapons programs are current, accurate, and complete for a given weapon system.
• Must be able to operate independently and must exercise individual initiative to demonstrate successful completion of assigned tasks.
• Collaboratewith multi-disciplinary teams consisting of system engineers, physicists, technicians, and designers.
• Possess strong personal leadership and teamwork skills.
• In order to effectively meet stakeholder deadlines, flexibility is required.
• Must be able to demonstrate that he/she can work on multiple tasks for numerous stakeholders with changing priorities.
• Experience with document review, formatting, technical editing, and coordinating the formal release process for all weapon design definition on both the yellow and red networks.
• Ensure the alignment of equivalent quality assurance (QA) work conducted by the Engineering Authorization Quality Assurance team.
• Assist the DCM team leader in the updating procedures, training documents, and templates.
• Demonstrate expert-level document processing skills, strong personal leadership, and the ability to effectively guide and motivate the DCM team to achieve organizational goals.
• Must be able to operate independently, have strong problem-solving skills and exercise individual initiative to complete assigned tasks along with supporting team member growth and development.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Experience in QA processing documents.
• Ensuring results, materials, processes, and final products that meet quality-specific specifications, and completion according to established requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in editorial review to include proofreading, grammar, spelling, punctuation, accuracy, and attention to detail with a high level of accuracy when reviewing technical documents, diagrams, drawing, and parts-lists.
• Experience with relevant software applications, spreadsheets, word processing, and product data management tools.
• Demonstrated experience in management of classified and/or unclassified materials, and electronic media.
• Demonstrated experience with configuration management and quality control pertaining to procedures related to quality, data gathering and analysis, cause and corrective action determination, and process improvement activities.
• Experience collaborating with LANL management, integrating efforts between teams, and directing stakeholders to resources, procedures, and appropriate capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience guiding configuration management efforts from conception through approval, release, and distribution.
• Experience in effectively supporting multiple high-level deliverables and/or assignments in a timely manner.
• Experience building strong stakeholder relations, adhering to security requirements and definitions, especially in regard to protection of LANL technologies, products, and related documentation.
• Proven experience in clear and concise oral and written communication.
• Experience interacting within a large team, with technical staff, and supporting stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to ensure high-quality service.

In addition to what is outlined above, the Quality Assurance Analyst 3 will require:

• Advanced experience in QA processing documents.
• Advanced experience with applications and processing of data management.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality and stakeholder focus. Advanced level to interact successfully under pressure.

Education/Experience:

• Level 2- Position requires a Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
• Level 3- Position requires a bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation. At this level, post graduate course work may be desirable.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with the engineering authorization system, document management (e.g., EALink, ThingWorx, and PDMLink), and applications to stockpile maintenance.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Visio.
• Extensive knowledge of configuration management.
• Demonstrated expertise in management of classified materials and electronic media.
• Derivative Classifier (DC) experience.
• Active DOE Q-Clearance and Sigma 15 authorization.

Why Omega Technical Services?

Omega Technical Services is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a trusted partner supporting the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and other government clients on mission-critical projects. We offer competitive pay, benefits, and the opportunity to work on impactful projects in national security and technology.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Omega Technical Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or status as a qualified individual with a disability or protected veteran.