Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)

PLD Space; Elche; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Physiotherapy in facilities

Health insurance discount (50%)

Family health insurance option

Healthy snacks and fruit

Job summary

PLD Space is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to oversee supplier quality performance and support audits across the supply chain. You will ensure compliance with PLD Space quality standards and aerospace regulations, acting as the main contact for supplier-related quality issues and driving corrective actions.

The role requires a engineering degree, 2+ years in supplier quality, and fluency in English and Spanish, with experience in audits and ISO/ECSS knowledge.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, preferably aerospace.
• 2+ years in supplier quality assurance, preferably in aerospace.
• Solid knowledge of quality management principles and processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and improve supplier quality performance across the supply chain.
• Audit, evaluate and support suppliers to ensure PLD Space quality standards.
• Act as primary contact for supplier quality issues and drive corrective actions.
• Escalate non-conformances and manage deviations (RFW/RFD).
• Collaborate with NCM Engineers during treatment of non-conformances.
• Prepare reports on supplier performance and quality issues for stakeholders.

Skills

Supplier Quality Assurance

Root Cause Analysis

Quality Audits

Regulatory Compliance

Communication

Teamwork

Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering

Tools

Quality Management Software

Job description

About PLD

PLD Space is an international companyon a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space hasestablisheditself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsulepositionthe company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Spaceoperatesover 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in-class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

As a SupplierQuality Engineer your mission will be to oversee and improve the qualityperformance of our suppliers. In this role, you will be responsible forauditing, evaluating, and supporting suppliers to ensure compliance with PLDSpace’s quality standards and aerospace regulations. You will serve as theprimary point of contact for supplier-related quality issues, escalatenon-conformances, manage deviations (RFW/RFD), and drive corrective actions andcontinuous improvement initiatives. Working closely with internal teams andsuppliers, you will play a key role in enhancing product quality, processreliability, and supplier performance across the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and follow up quality processes linked tosuppliers of parts and processes.
• Contribute to the selection and evaluation ofsuppliers, ensuring they meet PLD Product Assurance Requirements.
• Ensure that suppliers adhere to relevant qualitystandards, regulations, and company requirements.
• Perform quality audits to suppliers to verify theymeet the required standards and specifications.
• Escalate suppliers’ non-conformances to the NCMEngineers for their internal or joint treatment.
• Escalate supplier-related non-conformances detected atPLD Space facilities to suppliers’ quality teams.
• Collaborate with the NCM Engineer during the treatmentof supplier non-conformances.
• Manage suppliers’ RFW & RFDs.
• Be the focal point for suppliers for incidenceresolution and quality assurance
• Follow up the implementation of corrective actions atsupplier facilities derived from non-conformance management, reportinginternally to the NCM Engineer.
• Contribute to the development and continuousimprovement of suppliers’ processes and QMS.
• Ensure clear communication of quality requirements andan agile and collaborative environment for improvement of products andprocesses between suppliers and PLD Space teams.
• Prepare reports on supplier performance, qualityissues and corrective actions for internal and external stakeholders.

Necessary Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, withpreference in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
• Fluent in English and Spanish, written and spoken.
• Minimum of 2 years in supplier quality assurance,preferably in the aerospace industry.
• Strong understanding of quality management principles,manufacturing processes, quality control techniques, and product assuranceprocesses.
• Experience in root cause analysis and implementationof corrective actions.
• Hands-on-the-job, autonomy, communication andreporting skills, ability to work in multidisciplinary environments.
• Experience with quality management software tools andsystems.
• Ability to build relationships with suppliers and workeffectively in a team environment.

Desired Requirements

• Experience in product assurance orquality management within the aerospace industry and with ECSS standards:
  • - ECSS-Q-ST-10C (Space Product Assurance)
  • - ECSS-Q-ST-10-09 (Nonconformance ControlSystem)
  • - ECSS-Q-ST-20 (Quality Assurance)
• Experience in working under a QualityManagement System based in ISO 9100.
• Knowledge of launch vehicle orspacecraft manufacturing and testing processes.
• Experience with suppliers' managementand quality control of external deliverables.

Benefits

Health & Wellness

• Physiotherapy within our facilities
• 50% discount on your health insurance
• You can sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

• 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st
• Flexible work schedule

Never stop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Hard work.
• Dynamism.
• Commitment.
• Keep it simple.

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!