Quality Assurance Engineering Technician – NASA Balloon Program

About the role

Peraton is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineering Technician to support NASA's scientific balloon program at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas. You will help ensure that hardware and payloads meet rigorous reliability standards for missions that launch across the United States and worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate current methods and techniques to verify they meet reliability standards.
• Develop, modify, and maintain quality evaluation and control systems for processing materials into finished products.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to implement and enforce quality standards.
• Ensure inspection, testing, and evaluation procedures for products and equipment comply with guidance.
• Conduct quality‑assurance tests and perform statistical analysis of results.

Required profile

• Experience working in a technical or engineering environment supporting hardware assembly and testing.
• Ability to work on‑site at the Palestine, TX facility and travel to launch and recovery sites as needed.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow documented procedures.

Required skills

• Quality Assurance methodologies
• Reliability testing
• Inspection and testing procedures
• Statistical analysis of test data

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on unique near‑space missions supporting NASA and university research.
• Competitive benefits and a low‑cost‑of‑living location with easy access to larger Texas cities.