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Airbus • Marseille, France

#ET15 - Design Supplier Quality Assurance Manager M/F

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Position is located in Marignane

Quality is at the core of our company and is a foundation for a more sustainable business.

Quality assurance role at the design phase is a key enabler for success of the development of our products.

As a Quality Assurance Engineer for Suppliers your responsibility is to ensure that the Equipment developed by our Suppliers is robust from the very start, and meets quality standards of safety and reliability.

What type of work will you be doing?

Your role is to ensure robustness in the development of Equipment for the “Buy” scope, so development done by our Suppliers, for existing and next generation of Programs.

You will do this through these pillars:

1/ ensure that supplier adhere to standard

2/ help the supplier to solve issue

3/ improve the process continuously in order to be more resilient

4/ secure risk mitigation are in place

In this role you will follow the development of civil and military helicopters and systems with stakeholders, bringing communication between Supplier and Airbus different departments. You will directly interact and collaborate with our Suppliers and with internal departments such as Engineering, Innovation, Quality, Manufacturing.



Main tasks:

  • Preparation and participation of Design Review and ensure process adherence
  • Secure quality of the Supplier deliverables such as the Quality Assurance Plan
  • Propose and implement continuous improvement initiatives in order to improve efficiency
  • Collaborate and interact with various departments and organizations, in particular with Helicopter Programs, Chief Engineer, Procurement and certification teams.

We are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and skills:

  • Proven work experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer or similar role and experience in Supplier monitoring
  • Good project management and experience in design reviews
  • Good knowledge in system development processes (V model, functional analysis)
  • Knowledge of configuration management principle
  • Good stakeholder management and communication skills and ability to work in international context with strong networking skills
  • Knowledge about Lean management is a plus
  • English: Negotiation level


This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
Airbus Helicopters SAS

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Classe Emploi (France): Classe G13

Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Qualification & Operability

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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

Working at Airbus

Company employees

150,000

Gender diversity (male:female)

70:30

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Awards & Achievements

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Flexa awards 2025
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