Quality Engineer Analytical Laboratory​/Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer Analytical Laboratory / Quality Engineer 1-2 at Los Alamos National Laboratory

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What You Will Do

This position will assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of processes, procedures and applications contributing to the overall objective of maintaining an effective quality program for the Actinide Analytical Chemistry Group (C-AAC). As a Quality Engineer (QE) for C-AAC, the successful candidate(s) will work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on the Quality Team to develop and implement protocols to ensure analytical laboratory operations are compliant with chemistry laboratory quality protocols and procedures, provide robust quality oversight to analytical chemistry operations for C-AAC, work with all teams in C-AAC and institutional quality to strengthen the C-AAC quality program, assist in the accreditation of ISO 17025, implement the weapons program quality program to ensure compliance, and foster strong relationships with customers, peers, and service providers.

The role involves identifying and addressing productivity impediments and promoting work‑process improvements.

• Understand and adhere to Laboratory and industry regulatory guidance specific to QE
• Assist in implementing institutional level QA policies and QA procedures down to the C-AAC group level
• Assist in communications between institutional Quality Assurance (QA) and the group
• Assist with the writing or reviewing of technical and performance specifications, quality levels, sampling plans, and inspection plans or procedures at the group level
• Assist with the planning, conducting, and reporting of internal independent assessments, surveillance, and audits
• Ensure procedures and policies are adhered to by performing internal assessments
• Assist on actions taken in response to audit findings to assure adequacy of completed corrective actions
• Assist in the application of quality control techniques, statistical process control methods, and data collection to identify failure causes, trends, focus improvement actions, rate the performance, and measure effectiveness
• Work with teams in the C-AAC group to correct deficiencies and improve operations
• Assist with initiating, validating, and closing non‑conformance reports (NCRs), corrective actions, and preventive actions
• Assist in maintaining tracking systems related to customer service and other teams’ requests (e.g., Quality Ticketing System, data package tracking)
• Assist to prepare, review, receive, index, classify, and transmit administrative and QE records
• Assist with defining, identifying, and applying product and process control methods such as developing control plans, identifying critical control points, developing and validating work instructions, reviewing method validation plans/reports, and reviewing verification plans/reports
• Assist laboratory personnel with the implementation and understanding of QE policies, plans, and procedures and provide technical support and initiative in identifying areas for QE practice enhancement for design and production accuracy
• Ensure C-AAC results, materials, processes, and final products meet quality specifications and are completed accurately according to established requirements
• Ensure data packages are completed in a timely manner and meet all QA and/or QC requirements
• Ensure analytic data quality meets or exceeds customer expectations
• Assist in implementing C-AAC quality assurance/control objectives and assignments

• Prepare, train others, and implement institutional level QA policies and C- AAC quality procedures
• Assist in managing investigations and causal analysis on issues requiring corrective actions
• Assist in determining and defining C-AAC quality assurance/control objectives and assignments
• Provide oversight on C-AAC quality‑owned processes (e.g., data package tracking, measuring and test equipment, corrective actions, and non‑conformance processes)
• Assist in maintaining ISO 17025 accreditation
• Assist in managing group assessments and audits from internal and external…