Product Assurance Manager

Oxford Space Systems; Harwell; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday: 28 days + bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits allowance

Employee assistance programme

Ability to work flexibly

Job summary

Oxford Space Systems in Harwell, United Kingdom, seeks an experienced Product Assurance Manager to ensure product quality across projects, align with PA plans, and drive process improvements.

Reporting to the Lead PA Manager, you will lead audits, manage inspections, and oversee materials and parts selection while collaborating with Engineering and MAIT teams. A degree in engineering is required; space sector experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in Product Assurance and/or Quality Assurance, preferably in the Space sector or another technically focused industry.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and with parts, components and materials selection and qualification.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with proactive approach to process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product meets quality standards across multiple projects and adherence to processes.
• Identify and implement process improvements across the PA lifecycle.
• Conduct internal audits and analyze results to drive improvements.
• Approve project inspections and manage materials/parts selection.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

ISO 9001

Job description

Harwell, United Kingdom | Posted on 09/09/2026

Oxford Space Systems develops innovative deployable antennas forSpace. Our aim is to be the globalleader in this field, providing effective solutions today for the space-basedservices of the future. We areleveraging innovations from beyond the space sector to make our antennassmaller, lighter and cheaper than traditional designs.

This is an exciting time to join us as we scale up for thefuture, having already delivered multiple systems for operational satelliteswith in-orbit deployment success, and significant investment in our facilitieswith a state of the art head office at Harwell and a bespoke manufacturingfacility in Abingdon.

The Role

As an experienced Product Assurance Manager, you will use yourexpertise to ensure our products meet our exacting quality standards. This is acritical role in our organisation as you will be working across multipleprojects identifying and executing strategies to ensure high quality standards,adherence to processes, managing any non-conformances and undertaking rootcause analysis. You will also approveproject inspections and have responsibility for materials, parts and componentprocess selection.

Reporting to the Lead Product Assurance Manager, you will workalongside our Engineering and MAIT teams ensuring all project deliverables arein line with the project product assurance plan. You will also be responsible for identifyingand executing process improvements across the PA lifecycle. This role will also support Quality Assuranceby conducting internal audits and analysing the results to identify andimplement improvements.

You will have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or anequivalent area, have previous experience of Product Assurance and/or QualityAssurance preferably in the Space sector or another technically focusedindustry, you will also be familiar with ISO 9001 and have experience withparts, component and materials selection and qualification. A goodunderstanding of the Product Assurance discipline is necessary to tailor theapproach to the level of risk tolerated for each project (e.g. traditional vs.new space), enablinginformed trade‑offs on cost, schedule, and technical risk through evidence‑basedassurance. You will also haveexcellent communication and influencing skills, strong project managementexperience along with being proactive and open to driving process improvements.

If you have the relevant skills and experience, are proactive,resourceful, enthusiastic and want to make a significant contribution to agrowing and exciting company, then we want to hear from you. In return we offera competitive salary, flexible benefits allowance, employee assistanceprogramme, exciting career opportunities, the ability to work flexibly, as wellas 28 days basic holiday plus bank holidays and a contributary pension scheme.