Overview
Job Overview: We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled LEO constellation system & satellites Product Assurance manager to join our team and play a critical role in the implementation of the Product/Quality assurance programme for the development of constellation system and associated satellites procurement project. In this position, you’ll work closely with the program manager, the system engineering team and the space segment engineering group, contributing directly to our ongoing projects and initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact within an organization that values growth, teamwork, and professional development.
Who You Are
- You have strong leadership and technical skills demonstrated by 10 to 15 years in satellite telecommunications system developments, implementing space recognized quality standards.
- You have evolved in international space projects and in industrial customer / contractor relationships.
- You have a high level of hardware and software product/quality assurance technical expertise and support to all activities associated with spacecraft procurement programs.
What You’ll Do
- Monitor and control all the technical and management aspects of the Quality Assurance disciplines, during spacecraft design, manufacturing and test phases: selection and procurement of electrical & electronic parts, selection and qualification of materials and processes, reliability, safety, hardware and software quality assurance, configuration control.
- Oversee and control the work carried out by manufacturers to ensure the adequate implementation of Eutelsat product/quality assurance requirements throughout the program.
- Manage and coordinate additional PA/QA support staff (quality engineers, quality resident engineers) and ad-hoc consultants assigned to the project.
- Regularly develop professional relationships with internal and external contacts, in particular with the responsible experts involved in the various quality assurance disciplines within the supplier’s organizations and/or agencies.
- Provide Eutelsat Program office (Program Manager, System Manager and spacecraft engineers) with a high level of spacecraft technical product assurance expertise for all activities associated with the design, development, manufacturing and tests of spacecrafts.
- Monitor the PA activities during the spacecraft assembly, integration and test activities at the contractor facilities.
- Participate in project design and test reviews at multiple levels (system, satellite and unit).
- Interact with the end-to-end system development team to ensure requirements traceability and associated verification plan.
- Carry out the hardware & software acceptance reviews in coordination with the program office.
- Manage the non-conformance control system and coordinate, with the support of the Program office, the inputs to the identification of non-conformances, their analysis, definition of corrective actions, and their implementation and close-out. Assess technical residual risks associated to the non-conformances and waivers, and decide on their acceptability.
What You’ll Need
- Strong knowledge of quality and product assurance requirements commonly applied in the telecommunications space industry.
- Strong knowledge of software development environment.
- Good knowledge of MBSE (Model Based System Engineering) methodology and requirements management.
- Excellent knowledge in English.
- Ability to work in a team.
Where You’ll Work
- The main office is in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
- Travel to contractors and their suppliers or agencies are periodically required.
- Home working is generally accepted on the basis of 2 days per week. This may be modulated according to project needs and to enforce in-person meetings when it makes more sense.
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