Product Assurance Engineer

Big Science Sweden; Jodrell Bank; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Big Science Sweden is seeking an experienced Product Assurance Engineer based at the SKAO Global Headquarters in Jodrell Bank, UK. The role involves implementing quality assurance requirements for contracts within the SKA project, ensuring compliance with standards, and engaging closely with contractors.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in quality assurance programs, problem-solving skills, and adaptability to research environments. Regular international travel to contractor sites and extended stays may be required.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of implementing quality assurance/control programmes.
• Experience with major capital projects.
• Strong understanding of compliance with standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Implement quality assurance requirements for contracts.
• Review contractor outputs for compliance.
• Engage with stakeholders to drive right-first-time outcomes.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Problem-solving

Stakeholder engagement

Flexibility

Adaptability

Job description

Ideal for an experienced quality professional with a track record of implementing Quality Assurance / Quality Control programmes on major capital projects—developing and executing quality plans, driving compliance to customer requirements and applicable standards, and influencing internal and external stakeholders to deliver right-first-time outcomes.

The Role

The SKAO Product Assurance team is responsible for the definition and implementation of the quality assurance and control activities for the SKA Project.

Reporting to the Product Assurance Manager, the Product Assurance Engineer delivers hands‑on implementation of SKA quality assurance requirements for certain contracts within the SKA project and provides clear, regular updates to the project team. The role involves close engagement with contractors to confirm the adequacy of their processes and resources to execute the contracts, and to rigorously review outputs at each contract stage for compliance with requirements, standards and regulations. Working closely with Subject Matter Experts as required, the role is central to ensuring product quality and successful integration into the SKA Telescope system.

The Product Assurance required for SKAO will involve several challenges which are unique to research infrastructures. The successful candidate will rise to these challenges and overcome them to help deliver a world leading science facility. This will require good problem‑solving skills, flexibility and adaptability to the ways of working in a research environment in order to come up with innovative theoretical ideas to problems and translating them to practical solutions for implementation.

The Product Assurance Engineer will be based at the SKAO headquarters in the UK but will also work in the field at contractors sites, the SKAO test facilities and the Telescope construction sites. Therefore, regular international travel to these sites will be required. Some duties may require occasional extended stays of up to 4 weeks in host countries, subject to visa requirements.

The role is a two year fixed‑term andwill be based in the SKAO Global Headquarters located at Jodrell Bank in the UK.