Electronics Engineer (Product Assurance) - Space Imaging

ZipRecruiter; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in space imaging seeks an Electronics Engineer (Product Assurance) to support high-quality custom imaging sensors and Front End electronics for major customers like NASA and ESA. The role focuses on ensuring customer satisfaction through effective project planning, compliance management, and quality assurance processes. Applicants should have a strong background in product assurance within aerospace or related industries.

Qualifications

• Experience in Product/Quality Assurance, particularly in space, aerospace, or defence.
• Background in design and production of electro-mechanical parts and systems.
• Knowledge of high-reliability parts and materials.

Responsibilities

• Establish product assurance and compliance aspects for new projects.
• Support design, test, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Reinforce assembly, verification, validation, and testing phases.

Skills

Product Assurance

Customer Focus

Project Planning

Root Cause Investigation

Quality Requirements

Job description

Job Description

Electronics Engineer (Product Assurance) – Space Imaging

• £40,000 - £50,000 + excellent bens.
• Chelmsford, Essex (4 days p/w on site)

We have been trusted to design and deliver CCD and CMOS imaging sensors and sub-systems for over 150 space missions by the world’s largest space agencies, including NASA, ESA, JAXA, CSA and recently for the Russian-led World Space Observatory. We offer space imaging supply chain management, including space qualified imaging sensors, arrays and sub-systems for space science, earth observation and astronomy; helping solve the mysteries of the Universe and understanding climate change on Earth.

The Electronics Engineer (Product Assurance) – Space Imaging is required to provide support to the Business Unit, supplying high quality custom image sensors, Front End electronics and Optical Systems to external customers such as NASA & ESA prime contractors.

Customer-focussed, the Product Assurance Engineer role is to ensure that customer expectations are met or exceeded through effective project planning (bid & execution) and control, and in the event of escapes, to ensure that appropriate root cause investigation takes place and that corrective and preventive action is planned, tested and implemented.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to - Electronics Engineer (Product Assurance) – Space Imaging

• Establish and advise the product assurance and compliance to requirement aspects of new projects, products and plans
• Underpin the design, test and manufacturing readiness reviews within the project lifecycle
• Reinforce the assembly, verification, validation and test phases of the project
• Flow down quality requirements to the customer and supply chain
• Facilitate customer mandated reviews
• Support a programme of risk based internal and external audits
• Adopt the administration of co-authorise and close out permits, concessions and NRBs.

Skills & Experience - Electronics Engineer (Product Assurance) – Space Imaging

• Experience within a Product/Quality Assurance role, preferably within space, aerospace or defence industries
• A background in design and production for electro-mechanical parts and systems (with assemblies, electronics and software experience as an advantage)
• Knowledge of high-reliability parts and materials