Space-Grade Product Assurance Engineer

Octagon Group; Sedgefield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Octagon Group in County Durham is recruiting a Product Assurance Engineer to join a rapidly growing engineering business working on advanced RF and microwave technology for satellite communications, space and defence applications.

The role covers leading product assurance activities across space and payload programmes, ensuring ECSS, ESA and NASA compliance, and close collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, test and supply chain teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in Product Assurance, QA or Reliability within space/aerospace/defence or RF electronics.
• Knowledge of PCB manufacturing and aerospace soldering standards.
• Experience with ECSS, ESA or NASA standards; AS9100/ISO9001 is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Assurance activities across space and payload programmes.
• Ensure compliance with ECSS, ESA and NASA requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, test and supply chain teams.
• Support selection and qualification of space-grade components and materials.
• Review quality plans, manufacturing documentation and non-conformances.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Support design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews and programme gates.
• Manage configuration control, traceability and quality documentation.
• Support supplier quality and audit activities.

Skills

Product Assurance

Quality Assurance

Reliability Engineering

FMEA

Risk Management

Configuration Control

Traceability

Quality Documentation

Audits

AS9100

ECSS Standards

Job description

Octagon Group in County Durham is recruiting a Product Assurance Engineer to join a rapidly growing engineering business working on advanced RF and microwave technology for satellite communications, space and defence applications.

The role covers leading product assurance activities across space and payload programmes, ensuring ECSS, ESA and NASA compliance, and close collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, test and supply chain teams.