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Ground Segment Quality Assurance Engineer
2015-08-28 15:04:01| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
This is an opportunity for a a university graduated engineer, with at least 5 years experience in the ProductQuality Assurance area in AerospaceSpace Programmes to support our customer in the quality assurance of the MTG programme. This position is full time and unlimited and fully based on customer side in EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany. The position will start earliest November 2015. Submission deadline for applicants is 7thth of September 2015. RESPONSIBILITIESDUTIES The Key Person will be part of the MTG QA Team which provides support to the MTG Programme. Herhis tasks will be allocated in support of the MTG Ground Segment activities, including Ground Segment and System IVV, monitoring of IVV QA related activities and witnessing tests of facilities, in accordance with the plan and priorities assigned by the GEO QA Manager and the MTG GS QA Engineer. In this framework, the main tasks of the Key Person will include the following Implement EUMETSAT QA policies in the assigned areas, keep in accordance with the MTG System QA plan and all relevant applicable Standards, Technical and QA documents, Procedures and Working Practices WPs that are applicable to the ongoing projects phases Ensure that MTG processes involved with the assigned tasks are implemented in accordance with their relevant QA working practices and procedures Support maintenance of GEO WPs and procedures Suggest and support implementation of as agreed improvements to the available QA documentation, aiming at process efficiency and synergy Support the establishment of metrics to measure the effectiveness of the main processes within the assigned areas. Provide proactive suggestions for process improvement, based on these metrics and other observations Work with and in support of the MTG Teams, in order to ensure that Quality Assurance policies and methods are taken into account during all phases Contribute to the production of the documents relevant to the performed tasks Critically review technical and management documents issued in support to the MTG Ground Segment and System IVV activities Support, acting when required as Review secretary, the Programme Reviews and Check Points planned for the MTG programme, ensuring that the relevant Organisation Note arrangements are correctly implemented, and that the Review support tool to be used for the Reviews is available Support the MTG GS Facilities procurement activities and the connected processes ensuring that the QA requirements related to IVV are implemented correctly Monitor implementation of the agreed QA Plans and procedures within the Industry and others Organisations ESA activities, including their Subtiers Provide specific QA support to the MTG IVV Integration, Verification, Validation activities focussed on MTG GS, including witnessing of tests, review of verification records, support TRRTRB, ARB and other relevant IVV related processes according to the applicable working practices Coordinate the anomaly and nonconformances reviews process in the assigned areas If so required and agreed support the preparation and conduct of QA audits on Industry and within EUMETSAT in the areas connected with MTG GS activities, in line with the MTG GS Contractors Suppliers Quality Assurance Audit Plan Provide regular reporting to the MTG QA Management and to the MTG Management Attend and support the weekly GEO QA Team coordination meetings. QUALIFICATIONSEXPERIENCE A University degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Sciences or a related discipline is required. The Key Person shall have at least 5 years of specific work experience in the ProductQuality Assurance area in AerospaceSpace Programmes, and have good interpersonal and mediation skills. Specific experience on PAQA processes on satellite Ground Segments, satellite Mission Control and Operations, and on Satellite data processing will be considered an advantage. Candidates having matured significant work experience in other fields, on complex products with elevated technical contents will also be considered. ESSENTIAL SKILLS For the fulfilment of the tasks listed above , candidates shall be in possession of the following mandatory skills Significant handson experience in PAQA processes definition, implementation and effectiveness monitoring Knowledge and application of aerospacespace PAQA and ISO 9001 standards Multiyear experience in the implementation of QA policies and methods in procurement contracts for complex products such as ground segment systems Experience in providing QA support to complex SW products throughout their complete development lifecycle, following Software QA standards Experience on Hardware HW Software SW products integration and verification Capability of understanding technicalities and design methods in the area of satellite ground segment , operations, mission control and data processing Significant handson experience in using Microsoft Office Suite and in particular with Microsoft Word, Excel and Access Capability of producing and releasing in autonomy minutes of meetings and QA reports Experience in application of risk management and lessons learned processes Good interpersonal and mediation skills. DESIRABLE SKILLS The following skills are considered an advantage Experience in conducting internalexternal QA audits Experience of working in international programmes Knowledge of requirement management tools, e.g. DOORS BENEFITS Competitive salary plus a comprehensive benefits package including 30 days holiday, generous training possibilities and Telespazio VEGA Deutschland pension scheme is offered to the successful candidate. APPLICATION You are looking for a challenging position in a very interesting, international environment? Then you should send your detailed application preferably online with your availability and current salary status.
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