Program Product Assurance (Space Sector)

ARQUIMEA; Torrejón de Ardoz; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

ARQUIMEA Space in Madrid develops spaceflight parts and equipment for satellites and launchers, focusing on high‑reliability manufacturing.

The Space Program Product Assurance role ensures reliability, safety, and quality of a spacecraft program, including mass production, by implementing robust PA processes, compliance frameworks and risk mitigation strategies.

Formación

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Eng., Industrial Eng. or related field.
• Certifications such as AS9100/ISO9001, Lead Auditor, Six Sigma or ECSS PA standards are highly desirable.
• Minimum 10 years in product assurance, quality assurance, or reliability engineering in aerospace/high-reliability sectors with 5+ years in space.

Responsabilidades

• Establish and enforce quality control measures across spacecraft production lifecycle.
• Develop standardized PA processes for high-volume manufacturing.
• Oversee supplier qualification, audits, and performance evaluations.
• Identify, analyse, and resolve non-conformities and implement CAPA.
• Ensure materials and subsystems meet space reliability standards and perform LAT.
• Supervise spacecraft verification including environmental and functional testing.
• Manage configuration and change tracking in collaboration with the Change Control Committee.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with space industry standards.

Conocimientos

Quality Assurance

Reliability Engineering

Root Cause Analysis

Continuous Improvement

Supplier Management

Auditing

Educación

Aerospace Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Herramientas

FMEA

FTA

LAT

Descripción del empleo

ARQUIMEA, we are a technology company operating globally and providing innovate solutions and products in highly demanding sectors.

Our areas of activity are Aerospace, Defense & Security, Big Science, Biotechnology and Fintech.

In ARQUIMEA SPACE develops spaceflight parts and equipment for satellites and launchers. We specialize in thermal control systems, structural panels, optical payloads, avionics, release and deployment mechanisms, and rad-hard microelectronics. Together with our tech partners we provide high-throughput smallsats and their subsystems. Our brand-new factory in Madrid is suited to integrate satellites and constellations.

We are looking for a Space Program Product Assurancewith the missionofensuring the reliability, safety, and quality of a spacecraft program, including the mass production of satellites by implementing robust product assurance (PA) processes, compliance frameworks, and risk mitigation strategies.

Tasks to be performed:

• Quality & Reliability Assurance: Establish and enforce quality control measures throughout the entire program, including the spacecraft production lifecycle to ensure mission success and product integrity.

• Process Standardization & Industrialization: Develop and implement standardized PA processes to streamline high-volume spacecraft manufacturing while maintaining compliance/coherence with industry standards (ECSS, AS9100, NASA, ESA).

• Supplier & Subcontractor Quality Management: Oversee supplier qualification, audits, and performance evaluations to ensure adherence to quality and reliability requirements.

• Non-Conformance & Risk Management: Identify, analyse, and resolve non-conformities, implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to minimize risks and ensure continuous improvement. Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities and develop root cause countermeasures.

• Material & Component Assurance: Ensure all materials, components, and subsystems meet strict space industry reliability standards, conducting screening, lot acceptance tests (LAT), and failure analysis when necessary.

• Testing & Validation Oversight: Supervise, form a product assurance point of view, spacecraft verification, including environmental testing (thermal, vibration, radiation), functional testing, and in-orbit performance validation.

• Configuration & Change Management: Supervise design and process changes, ensuring traceability and compliance with PA requirements in collaboration with the Configuration Manager and the Change Control Committee.

• Regulatory & Compliance Oversight: Ensure adherence to international space industry regulations when required and best practices in product assurance.

• Manufacturing Process Audits: Conduct internal and external audits to verify compliance with quality assurance standards and improve production efficiency.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to integrate PA requirements into design, production, and assembly processes.

Required skills, experience and candidate profile:

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• Master’s Degree specialized in Quality Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or Systems Engineering is a plus.

• Relevant certifications such as AS9100 or ISO9001, Lead Auditor, Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt), or ECSS PA standards are highly desirable.

• Minimum experience of10 years in product assurance, quality assurance, or reliability engineering in the aerospace or high-reliability manufacturing sector with at least 5 years in space sector.

• Experience with continuous quality improvement activities in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience in qualifying and auditing suppliers to ensure compliance with PA requirements.

• Experience managing incoming inspections, lot acceptance tests (LAT), and counterfeit parts prevention programs.

• Experience working in a high-throughput production environment, ideally involving the manufacture of satellite constellations, spacecraft components/equipment, or other space hardware at scale.

• Experienced in Root Cause analysis and Continuous Improvement in the spacecraft manufacturing.

• Knowledge of space industry certification and regulatory requirements from NASA, ESA, or commercial space entities.

• Hands‑on experience with failure analysis, risk assessment, and non-conformance management, including tools like Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).

The position is located in our Headquarters of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid).

The candidate must be eligible to work in the EU and must be able to travel to the US.

We're looking for curious, creative, tenacious and collaborative people, eager to do things and unafraid to tackle challenges in order to contribute to improving the society in wich we live.

Think Big, Do the Job & Enjoy Life

At ARQUIMEA, we value diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or other protected factors by law. All candidates will be considered equally based on their skills and experience