Quality Assurance Manager

Thales Group; Viseu; Híbrido; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Thales Portugal is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to drive quality, governance and continuous improvement across complex defence and aerospace projects. You will coach multidisciplinary teams, perform independent quality assessments and report to senior management.

The role requires a degree in engineering or related field, experience in QA within high-tech environments, knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, and familiarity with Agile practices.

Qualificações

• Experience in Quality Assurance within complex engineering or high‑tech environments.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and ISO 9001:2015.
• Familiarity with AQAPs and STANAGs is advantageous.
• Understanding of project management, quality planning, reviews and risk management.
• Experience with Agile software development practices.
• Knowledge of SAFe is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.

Responsabilidades

• Support bids, projects and products by ensuring quality processes and standards.
• Coach multidisciplinary teams in quality management and process improvement.
• Provide independent quality assessments and report performance to management.
• Identify risks and improvements to strengthen execution and maturity.
• Collaborate with engineering, project management, product teams, customers and GQAR.
• Perform quality reviews, audits and internal assessments and drive root cause analysis.
• Promote quality awareness and best practices across the organisation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and deployment of the QMS.

Conhecimentos

Quality assurance

Agile development

SAFe knowledge

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Proactive mindset

English proficiency

Formação académica

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering/CS/Business or related field

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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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 ScaledAgile 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?