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Product Assurance Quality Assurance Manager Space Laser Communication
2018-05-23 22:26:54| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Archangel Lightworks is a startup specialised in space laser communications based in Harwell Space Campus, Oxfordshire. Founded in mid2017, we have secured longterm funding and successfully demonstrated several novel prototypes related to laser transmission and efficient perpendicular solar concentration. Our mission is to make 10x more data download possible to meet the demand from the growing satellites market, especially smallsats, delivering more data from the earth orbit to the ground at higher speed. Role responsibilities We are looking for an innovative, reliable and experienced 25 years Aerospace Product Assurance Quality Assurance PAQA Manager to ensure high output quality aiming to the longterm success of our business and augment our rapidly growing team. Generally speaking your presence should help us delivering great, reliable products services that may even set new industry standards! The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining a PA process within our startup, improving industrial processes, product qualitycompliance, and maintaining efficiency. Your duties will include inspecting procedures and outputs, and identifying mistakes or nonconformity issues, and organizing the verification of product. You should have solid experience in quality control together with great attention to details, and be able to make professional conclusions about the quality of products and services. Examples of job responsibilities include but not limited to Develop methods for inspection, testing, sampling and training. Review design documentation for compliance with contract requirements. Review and analyse procedures and report qualityrelated issues Ensure quality related deliverables meet the quality assurance program and customer requirements. Verify the reliability and consistency by checking processes and final output. Manage records of quality reports, statistical reviews and relevant documentation. Maintenance of project configuration items lists. Collect and analyse quality data Initiate nonconformance, corrective actions and perform root cause analysis. Proactive solutions suggestion. Supervise all operations that affect quality. Enforce the compliance with all legal standards. Oversee the usage of standards and policies Support and guide inspectors, technicians and other staff. Interact with external quality assurance officers during onsite inspections Interested applicants may also consider starting first as a fixedterm consultant while rolling into a permanent role although this is less preferred. REQUIREMENTS Required skillsexperience Knowledge of ECSS standards in PAQA, testing and verification. Product assurance experience in the space industry, ideally for cubesatsnanosatellites. Demonstrated ability to diagnose, report, track and resolve quality related issues. Substantial work experience of a scientific, engineering or technical nature involving data analysis and statistical methods. Proficient with MS Office Outlook, Word, Excel. Educated to degree level or equivalent in STEM subject or equivalent. Strong numerical skills, with great attention to detail and a results. Proficient English, positive attitude, selfdriven and interested in working in a startup environment Independent, quick learner, can structure and show initiatives to thoroughly evaluate and solve problems from different angles, proactively push progress forward Desirable additional skillsexperience Practical experience working in PAQA within the space industry, ideally on Cubesats. Experience of product assurance on space projects working to ECSS requirements. Chartered status awarded by an engineering, quality assurance or scientific organisation. Knowledge of inspection requirements and techniques for electronic and optical assemblies. Knowledge of ESA forbidden materialscomponents. Knowledge of laser safety and cleanliness for space systems. Experience working on Cubesat projects, UAV, HAPS projects. Certification of quality control, such as ISO 9000, will be a bonus FURTHER DETAILS Remuneration You will be remunerated competitively depending on your experience and skills. We work around deliveryfocused, agile sprints such that you will be making impact early and regularly, with a sustainable worklife balance. There are options for flexible working hours, some working from home, travel and training bursaries, as needed. We also work in the buzzing Harwell Space Campus with regular events on site networking, workshops, and delicious lunch time international cuisines. Dates and duration Suitable candidate to join as soon as possible, with the start date negotiable. Location Our offices are with the European Space Agency at Harwell, near Oxford. Flight locations are 30 min drive away. Some remote work will be possible. There might be some opportunities for overseas travel please indicate any restrictions due to visas etc. HOW TO APPLY To apply please visit httpsarchangellightworks.breezy.hr and select the roles youre interested in. For questions please write to applications at archangel dot works. Early application is strongly advised as the position may be filled sooner. To comply with data protection laws, we keep all candidates personal data confidential and secure while their applications are being considered and remove such data as soon as possible in the same month once a decision has been reached. We currently dont have Tier 2 sponsor licence and wont be able to provide a work permit. No Agencies Please
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