About this job

As Product Assurance, Quality Assurance Manager you will be in charge of the Product and Quality Assurance activities for electronic units and subsystems and systems designed and/or manufactured by Thales Alenia Space in the UK or procured. The role will also involve supporting bid teams and coordinating Quality Engineering experts.

Responsibilities

Management of Quality Assurance / Product Assurance Activities

• Performing and/or coordinating the Quality Assurance / Product Assurance activities for TAS in the UK (Bristol and Harwell) and its suppliers/subcontractors (write/review Data packs, participate to/lead reviews, participate to inspections, manage NCRs,…);
• Perform Procurement Quality Assurance: activities (definition/cascading of Quality Requirements to subcontractors/ suppliers, review of Data packs, participate to/lead reviews, participate to inspections, manage NCRs,..)
• Management of Work Packages;
• Interfacing with TAS in theUK management;
• Supporting bid teams by reviewing product and quality assurance requirements, creating or amending product assurance procedures in line with the bid requirements and preparing the estimates;
• Internal and external audit performance, including sub-contracts & suppliers;
• Interface with other TAS Quality organizations.

Quality Management System:

• Customer’s satisfaction improvement
• Quality Management System implementation and review
• Improvement Plan definition and follow up
• Quality reporting including Veto right and duty of alert
• Alerts (following non-conformance) management
• Claims management
• Company Quality dashboard
• support Company Certifications
• Lessons learnt implementation

Profile

We are looking for someone that can demonstrable a positive performance record in the following activities;

• Management of quality or product assurance in a complex multifunctional manufacturing or engineering context;
• Experience in any of the areas on follows is desirable: Satellite/subsystem,AIT,GSE,Electronic units, Payload
• A working knowledge of European Space Agency or UK MoD quality and product assurance expectations
• Communication and influencing skills to build productive relationships at all levels of the business
• Knowledge of one or more of the following disciplines would be advantageous: RAMS, Radiations, EEE Parts Quality, Materials and Processes
• The job holder would be expected to be educated to degree level in an Engineering or QA discipline
• A professional qualification from an institution with relevance to Quality & product assurance is desirable.