Quality Assurance Manager

Thales Group; Paço de Arcos; Presencial; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Thales Group in Paço de Arcos, Portugal, is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead quality management across bids, projects and products within defence and aerospace domains.

The role emphasizes driving process maturity, governance, and continuous improvement while coaching multidisciplinary teams and reporting to senior management. Fluency in English and strong collaboration across functions are essential.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management or related technical field.
• Experience in Quality Assurance within complex engineering, software or high-tech environments.
• Good knowledge of Quality Management Systems and ISO 9001:2015.
• Familiarity with defense quality standards such as AQAPs and STANAGs is an advantage.
• Understanding of project management, quality planning, reviews, risk management and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience with Agile software development practices; SAFe is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsabilidades

• Support critical bids, projects and products by ensuring compliance with quality processes, governance and applicable standards;
• Coach and support multidisciplinary teams in applying quality management practices and improving process maturity throughout the project lifecycle;
• Provide independent quality assessments and report operational performance to project and senior management;
• Identify risks, opportunities and improvement actions to strengthen project execution and organisational maturity;
• Collaborate with engineering, project management, product teams, customers and Government Quality Assurance Representatives (GQAR);
• Perform quality reviews, audits and internal assessments, supporting root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives;
• Promote quality awareness, operational excellence and best practices across the organisation;
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and deployment of the Quality Management System.

Conhecimentos

Quality Assurance

ISO 9001

SAFe

Agile

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

English communication

Team collaboration

Quality reviews

Defense standards

Formação académica

Engineering/CS/Business degree

Ferramentas

Quality Management Systems

Auditing tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

## Quality Assurance ManagerApplyremote type: Hybridlocations: Paço de Arcos - Q45time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R0331459Location: Paço de Arcos - Q45, PortugalFor more than 35 years, Thales acts in Portugal for global Defence and Aerospace markets and promotes and delivers innovative solutions that enhance its customer’s critical systems' security, on land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, through a technical team of excellence.Bring your **Quality Assurance** expertise to the forefront of mission-critical Defence and Aerospace solutions. Join Thales Portugal as a **Quality Assurance Manager** and help drive quality, operational excellence and continuous improvement across complex projects and products.**Responsibilities:*** Support critical bids, projects and products by ensuring compliance with quality processes, governance and applicable standards;* Coach and support multidisciplinary teams in applying quality management practices and improving process maturity throughout the project lifecycle;* Provide independent quality assessments and report operational performance to project and senior management;* Identify risks, opportunities and improvement actions to strengthen project execution and organisational maturity;* Collaborate with engineering, project management, product teams, customers and Government Quality Assurance Representatives (GQAR);* Perform quality reviews, audits and internal assessments, supporting root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives;* Promote quality awareness, operational excellence and best practices across the organisation;* Contribute to the continuous improvement and deployment of the Quality Management System.**Requirements:*** Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management or a related technical field;* Experience in Quality Assurance within complex engineering, software or high-tech environments;* Good knowledge of Quality Management Systems and international standards, particularly ISO 9001:2015;* Familiarity with defence quality standards such as AQAPs and STANAGs is an advantage;* Understanding of project management, quality planning, reviews, risk management and continuous improvement methodologies;* Experience with Agile software development practices; knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a plus;* Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills;* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;* Proactive, adaptable and collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments.The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.In 2024, the Group generated **sales of €20.6 billion.** For our more than **83,000 employees** in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. **With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.****Say HI\* – Your journey to us**At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact **Tiago Vital** is looking forward to your online application on our Career Portal.