Junior Quality Assurance Engineer - ISO/NQA-1 Focus

newcleo; Camugnano; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Temporary contract (12 months)

Job summary

newcleo is seeking a QA-focused professional to join the integrated QHSE team in Italy. You will ensure robust quality policies, standards, and procedures across projects and products, collaborating with global colleagues to share best practices and provide direct support.

You will oversee quality management, experimental test control, and M&TE processes, with a focus on data integrity, traceability, and regulatory compliance. Fluency in English and Italian is required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of QA, engineering, testing, manufacturing, or R&D experience.
• Exposure to regulated industries is a plus.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001; willing to learn ISO 19443 and ASME NQA-1.
• QA principles for R&D facilities, thermal-hydraulic test loops and rigs.
• Quality requirements related to Design Control, Test Control, and M&TE.
• Quality documentation: experimental reports, technical dossiers, quality records.
• Document Control and Configuration Management processes.
• Nuclear design/manufacturing codes familiarity is an advantage.
• Welding, forging, heat treatment, and special process qualifications familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and maintenance of quality programmes, systems, and procedures compliant with ISO 19443 and ASME NQA-1.
• Support internal and external audits: prep, follow-up of findings, coordination with auditors.
• Ensure activities, processes, and services comply with internal procedures and standards.
• Support quality-related continuous improvement and lessons learned.
• Implement Test Control processes across R&D facilities, test loops, prototypes.
• Verify procedures, test plans, acceptance criteria, and environmental parameters are defined and applied prior to tests.
• Maintain test records and quality documentation for data integrity and traceability.
• Implement calibration, maintenance, and traceability of M&TE procedures.
• Assist inspections per MIP/CIP at factory and test sites.
• Ensure item identification and material traceability throughout procurement and testing.
• Support non-conformance reporting, investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective actions.
• Maintain quality records and documentation for inspections and tests.

Skills

Quality Assurance

R&D environments

ISO 9001 basics

Nuclear quality

Documentation skills

Document control

Configuration management

English C1+

Italian C1+

French (plus)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Science or technical field

Job description

newcleo is seeking a QA-focused professional to join the integrated QHSE team in Italy. You will ensure robust quality policies, standards, and procedures across projects and products, collaborating with global colleagues to share best practices and provide direct support.

You will oversee quality management, experimental test control, and M&TE processes, with a focus on data integrity, traceability, and regulatory compliance. Fluency in English and Italian is required.