Join Airbus Defence and Space in Getafe, Spain as a Quality Programme PA Manager on a temporary agency basis. In this role, you will oversee quality matters during the assembly, integration, and test phases of space projects, ensuring high standards and driving preventive quality.
Requirements
Engineering degree or equivalent such as Physics or Chemistry.
At least 2 years of experience in the quality assurance domain for space sector projects.
Cleanroom and hardware experience including performing inspections.
Familiarity with ECSS standards.
Fluency in Spanish (at least C1) and English (at least C1).
Good stakeholder management skills.
Skills & Responsibilities
ECSS standards: Apply space industry standards to guide compliance and prepare quality assurance documentation.
Root Cause Analysis: Lead investigations for critical and repetitive issues to implement preventive measures.
Stakeholder management: Interface effectively with manufacturing engineering, materials and processes, and AIT management.
Potential transition routes: People from aerospace manufacturing or general quality engineering roles may bring transferable inspection and compliance skills, alongside meeting the required engineering degree and language proficiencies.
Job description
Job Description:
An opportunity for a Quality Programme PA Manager has arisen within Airbus Defence and Space, Getafe (Madrid).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The jobholder will be responsible for:
Acting as the main point of contact for quality matters for the relevant project(s) throughout the assembly, integration, and test (AIT) phases, including interfacing with other departments such as Manufacturing Engineering, Materials and Processes, AIT management etc.
Performing and coordinating inspections (incoming and outgoing inspections, KIPs, MIPs).
Managing non-conformities and deviations raised during the AIT phases, including organizing, conducting, and documenting internal Non-Conformity Review Board (NRB) meetings.
Preparing quality assurance documentation such as the Quality Assurance Plan, Quality Control Plan, inspection reports, etc., and contributing to other project documents such as the KIP/MIP Plan, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Action Plan (PA), etc.
Traveling to support test campaigns from the QA perspective (frequently abroad).
Identifying and implementing measures to reduce the cost of quality (such as reducing inspections and sampling).
Initiating and leading the Root Cause Analysis process for critical and repetitive issues in the area.
Organizing and managing reviews such as Integration Readiness Reviews (IRRs).
Promoting a preventive quality mindset within the AIT team, ensuring the implementation of basic quality processes (quality authorization, quality delegation, operational surveillance, etc.).
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Engineering degree or equivalent (Physics, Chemistry, etc.).
Languages: fluent in Spanish (at least C1) and English (at least C1).
At least 2 years of experience in the quality assurance domain for space sector projects.
Experience working in a cleanroom and with hardware: performing inspections, monitoring integration activities, etc.
Familiarity with ECSS standards.
Good stakeholder management skills.
WHICH BENEFITS WILL YOU HAVE AS AIRBUS EMPLOYEE? At Airbus we are focused on our employees and their welfare. Take a look at some of our social benefits: - Vacation days plus additional days-off along the year. - Attractive salary. - Collective transport service in some sites. - On-site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office. - Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives. - Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment
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Company: Airbus Defence and Space SAU
Employment Type: Agency / Temporary -------
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Quality Assurance
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