Product Assurance Manager

Career Opportunities:
Product Assurance Manager (5930)

We are looking for an experienced and driven Product Assurance Manager to lead end-to-end Product and Quality Assurance activities across space systems, ranging from equipment and payloads to full satellites and constellation-level solutions covering both space and ground segments.

• Interface with customers regarding Quality & Product Assurance activities, ensuring requirements are understood and effectively managed.
• Monitor and control all technical and management aspects of the Quality Assurance disciplines during spacecraft/Hosted payload design, manufacturing and test phases: selection and procurement of electrical & electronic parts, selection and qualification of materials and processes, reliability, safety, hardware and software quality assurance, configuration control.
• Oversee and control the work carried out by manufacturer to ensure the adequate implementation of Eutelsat product/quality assurance requirements throughout the program.
• Manage and coordinate additional PA/QA support staff and ad-hoc consultants assigned to the project, when required.
• Develop professional relationships with all internal and external contacts, especially with responsible experts in the various quality assurance disciplines within suppliers’ organizations and/or agencies.
• Provide Eutelsat Program office (Program Manager, System Manager and spacecraft engineers) with a high level of spacecraft technical product assurance expertise for all activities associated with the design, development, manufacturing and testing of spacecraft.
• Monitor the PA activities during spacecraft/hosted payload assembly, integration and test activities at the contractor facilities.
• Participate in project design and test reviews at multiple levels (system, satellite and unit).
• Interact with the end-to-end system development team to ensure requirements traceability and associated verification plan.
• Carry out hardware & software acceptance reviews in coordination with the program office.
• Manage the non-conformance control system and coordinate, with the support of the Program office, the inputs to the identification of non-conformances, their analysis, definition of corrective actions, and their implementation and close-out; assess technical residual risks associated with the non-conformances and waivers and decide on their acceptability.

• 10 to 15 years of experience in satellite telecommunications system development, implementing recognized space quality standards.
• Experience in international space projects and industrial customer/contractor relationships.
• High level of hardware and software product/quality assurance technical expertise and support for spacecraft procurement programs.
• Strong knowledge of quality and product assurance requirements commonly applied in the telecommunications space industry.
• Good knowledge of requirements management.
• Excellent knowledge of English and French.
• Ability to work in a team.

• Main office is in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
• Travel to contractors and suppliers or agencies is periodically required.
• Home working is generally accepted up to 2 days per week; this may be adjusted according to project needs.

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