Vetted SpecialistsExample profilePaul D.Quality & Mission Assurance Manager, Launch VehiclesOwned Q&MA for a medium-lift launch vehicle through 14 consecutive missions with no MA-attributable anomaly — chaired MRB and FRB, signed every flight readiness reviewRebuilt the FRACAS system from spreadsheets to a closed-loop database: mean time to root cause cut from 41 to 12 days, recurrence rate down 60%Passed NSSL certification MA audit and an AS9100D recertification with zero major findings across engine, structures and avionics productionFRACASNSSL certificationAS9100D lead auditor
Vetted SpecialistsExample profileSofia A.Safety & Mission Assurance Manager, Spacecraft InstrumentsLed S&MA for a Class B science instrument to GSFC-STD-7000 and NPR 8735.2 — MA plan, EEE parts control plan, and software assurance plan accepted at first submissionRan system and subsystem FMECA that drove two design changes before CDR and retired the top single-point-failure risk on the registerManaged GIDEP and counterfeit-avoidance program across 180 suppliers; two suspect lots quarantined and dispositioned before integrationNASA-STD-8739EEE parts controlFMECA
Vetted SpecialistsExample profileArjun N.Mission Assurance Director, Precision WeaponsDirected mission assurance across three missile production programs, $600M combined, with a team of 34 MA engineers and inspectors under MIL-STD-1543 and AS9100DStood up a production-phase FRACAS and MRB cadence that took nonconformance escapes to the customer from 11 per year to 1 over 24 monthsLed the MA position at DCMA and program-office production readiness reviews and closed 100% of customer CARs within contractual windowsMIL-STD-1543MRB / FRB chairDCMA interface
