About this job

We are recruiting a Quality Assurance Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (EUMETSAT) who shall provide service to the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Copernicus Mission Development (CMD) Divisions of the Programme Preparation and Development Department, supporting EUM QA team.

Responsibilities

• Identify and report issues to the Technical Officer on specific QA aspects
• Monitor the suitability and implementation of LEO/CMD QA plans & policies, and propose changes as considered needed
• Propose new QA related documentation (e.g. procedures, working practices…) to be used by the LEO and CMD Programmes, as considered needed
• Propose updates to existing QA related documentation (e.g. procedures, working practices…) used by the LEO and CMD Programmes, as considered needed
• With respect to AR/NCR handling
  • Organise ARB/NRBs
  • Annotate the outcome of AR/NCR processing discussions in the associated EUMETSAT tool (i.e. cover the role of ARB secretariat)
  • Extract reports after completion of ARB/NRBs, and process them as per agreements reached during the corresponding ARB/NRBs

• In the area of the Ground Segment procurement
  • Control and monitoring of the existing process as defined in QARD
  • Generation of reports on existing processes in place
  • Generation of reports on new required process to be put in place as requested by the Technical Officer
• In the area of the Space Segment procurement
  • Control and monitoring of the existing process
  • Generation of reports on existing processes in place
  • Generation of reports on new required process to be put in place as requested by the Technical Officer
• Update the established metrics and /or indicators
• Propose new metrics and their implementation as requested by the Technical Officer
• In the area of the System Engineering
  • Control and monitoring of the existing process
  • Generation of reports on existing processes in place
  • Generation of reports on new required process to be put in place as requested by the Technical Officer
• The incumbent shall contribute to the organisation and execution, according to the EUMETSAT applicable Working Practice, of the following reviews
  • Formal Reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, LORR..) including Delta Reviews originated from the Formal Reviews
  • Test Reviews (e.g TRR, TRB, PTR) inviting internal and external EUMETSAT participants. Boards composition will be agreed with or defined by Technical Officer on a case-by-case basis
  • Internal checkpoints and keypoints, as agreed by the Programmes’ Management
• The incumbent shall perform in the area of Integration, Verification and Validation (IVV)
  • Control and monitoring of the existing process
  • Generation of reports on existing processes in place
  • Generation of reports on new required process to be put in place as requested by the Technical Officer
• The incumbent shall monitor and contribute to the Risk process by means of
  • Reports on the implementation of the Risk Management process as defined in the applicable Working Practice
  • Submission of new QA related risks as requested by the Technical Officer
  • Contribution to the Risk Registers, as required
• The incumbent shall gather lessons learnt, implemented as follows
  • Sending the Lessons Learnt template to collect Lessons Learnt as requested by the Technical Officer
  • Call Lessons Learnt discussion meeting collecting the gathered lessons learnt, and inform by e-mail the Technical Officer of the Lessons Learnt gathered
  • Performing the facilitator role and taking minutes of the discussion outcomes and actions
  • Update the Lessons Learnt programme repository and report to Technical Officer about the retained Lessons Learnt
• The incumbent shall provide reports to the Technical Officer on the implementation of the relevant programme PMP and QA Plan specified processes
• Perform additional QA tasks originated in the framework of LEO and CMD Programmes development, upon request of Technical Officer

Profile

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or relevant field
• University degree in a technical discipline and a background of at least 5 years in space systems (space/ground segments)
• Proven experience in project QA positions
• Knowledge of system engineering life-cycles
• Knowledge and experience of engineering standards used in system developments, such as ECSS
• Knowledge and experience in ISO 9001:2015
• Experience in Project Reviews Organisation and Conduction
• Good interpersonal skills, including communication and mediation skills
• Very good attitude to team working
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Contact:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 10/04/2021 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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