Independent PA/QA Lead — Space Ground Segment

SSC Space; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 1,400,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

SSC Space is seeking a senior PA/QA Manager to lead independent product assurance and quality assurance across the IRIS² ground segment. You will drive governance, ensure compliance with ECSS/ESA standards, and provide acceptance recommendations at key lifecycle reviews.

You will collaborate with engineering, V&V, safety, security, and supply chain teams to maintain traceability, issue resolution, and evidence-based decision making in a highly regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Product Assurance, Quality Assurance, or mission assurance in space, defence, telecommunications, or critical infrastructure programmes.
• Strong hands-on experience with ECSS, ESA-style lifecycle reviews, verification, qualification, acceptance, and release governance.
• Proven experience with audit programmes, NCR management, corrective action systems, and supplier quality assurance.
• Experience coordinating assurance activities across engineering, V&V, safety, operations, and supply chain functions.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent quality authority and elevate issues based on objective evidence.
• Strong communication skills, including structured reporting, review documentation, and executive briefing.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the programme-level PA/QA framework, ensuring full lifecycle quality assurance across the IRIS² ground segment.
• Establish and maintain independent assurance governance, ensuring objectivity from delivery pressures.
• Drive compliance with ESA/ECSS, contractual, and regulatory requirements, ensuring full traceability and evidence.
• Lead audits, nonconformance management, corrective and preventive actions across internal teams and suppliers.
• Enforce quality and compliance across suppliers through structured surveillance, reviews, and performance oversight.
• Provide formal PA/QA authority and acceptance recommendations at lifecycle reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, QR, and release/acceptance boards.
• Own quality reporting, KPIs, and escalation processes to programme leadership and governance bodies.

Skills

Independent authority

Stakeholder communication

Audit & NCR management

ECSS knowledge

Job description

SSC Space is seeking a senior PA/QA Manager to lead independent product assurance and quality assurance across the IRIS² ground segment. You will drive governance, ensure compliance with ECSS/ESA standards, and provide acceptance recommendations at key lifecycle reviews.

You will collaborate with engineering, V&V, safety, security, and supply chain teams to maintain traceability, issue resolution, and evidence-based decision making in a highly regulated environment.