Quality Assurance Engineer

Airbus SE; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus Portugal SA in Lisbon is seeking a professional Quality Assurance expert to ensure DOA conformity and robust process management across programs. You will define and monitor quality controls, align with corporate standards, and collaborate with multiple stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.

The role requires a master's in aeronautics or mechanical engineering, plus experience with ISO 9100/9001/9004 and strong data management. Fluency in English is essential; German is desirable.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in aeronautics or aerospace/mechanical engineering.
• Knowledge of Part 21 is highly valued.
• Several years of experience in quality management, DOA and/or process management.
• Experience with ISO 9100/9001/9004.
• Analytical and systematic working style.
• Project management skills and structured approach.
• Strong data management, resilience and assertiveness.
• Fluent business English; German desirable.
• Willingness to travel.
• MS Office and G Suite experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistent application of guidelines, standards and norms.
• Manage DOA process requirements and maturity criteria.
• Establish quality functions for program processes.
• Represent ASA for design conformity process.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure design conformity and quality standards.
• Apply quality methods like PPS, 9S, Six Sigma, Ishikawa, FMEA, Five-Why and Benchmarking.
• Drive process referentials and improve process maturity.
• Deliver services for DOA compliance and quality topics across sites.
• Find solutions to prevent DQN, modification and non-quality issues.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Team communication

Accurate work ethic

MS Office

G Suite

Travel willingness

Part 21 knowledge

Quality management

DOA management

Process management

Project management

English fluency

German desirable

Education

Master's degree in Aeronautics / Aerospace Engineering

Tools

MS Office

G Suite

Job description

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Ensures consistent application of guidelines, standards, procedures and norms.
• Ensuring the business requirements and the process maturity criteria within the DOA (Design Organization Approval) processes and methods
• Establish process quality function for program processes
• Represent ASA for design conformity process
• Assure that all Business Requirements and the process maturity criteria are fulfilled by the Process in accordance with the Corporate Process Management rules.
• Support proactively the Process Management Team to set up the Process referentials and to improve the Process maturity.
• Ensure process is fully described according to Airbus Aerostructures requirements,
• Allowing its application across Airbus Aerostructures and the Risks & Opportunities associated are managed.
• Act as a correspondent on overall Quality with Process Management Team
• Application of quality management methods eg. PPS, 9S, Six Sigma, Pareto, Ishikawa, FMEA, Five-Why and Benchmarking etc.
• Ensuring that the DOA delivers relevant services of your organization for the process covered by the DOA is correct and complete
• Be accountable to collaborate and connect with multi stakeholders to ensure Design conformity and quality Standards adherence; as well as aircraft configuration standards
• Define adapt quality measurement, reports and analysis of Airframe non-quality items; you will use and establish previous program lessons learnt on non qualities
• Advise on Quality process, propose solutions & improvements
• Act as focal point for quality topics for site engineering
• Find solutions to prevent DQN, modification & Non Quality issues

Requirements

• A diploma/master's degree in aeronautics and engineering aerospace, mechanical engineering or in other ways acquired comparable qualification
• Knowledge in Part 21 requirement is highly valued
• Several years of professional experience in the field of quality management, DOA management and/or process management
• Elevant experience with the common quality management system (ISO 9100/9001/9004)
• Analytical and systematic way of working
• Project management skills: understanding of the overall project management methodology, structured and organized way of working
• Talent for agile, reliable and fast data management as well as high resilience and assertiveness
• Team & communication skills
• Accurate work ethic
• Business fluent English (German desirable)
• Experience in MS Office and G Suite
• Willingness to travel

Company: Airbus Portugal SA

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Job Family: Quality Assurance

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