Product Assurance Manager

About the role

A Product Assurance Manager position is open at Airbus CRISA (Airbus Defence & Space) in Tres Cantos, in the Madrid area. It is a permanent role within a team focused on equipment product development for satellites and launchers, covering product consolidation, performance improvement and innovation. The manager ensures the quality of electronic processes and supports the project team in meeting customer needs.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the quality of electronic processes (conception, integration, programming, tests, etc.) and of development processes
• Define and apply the Product Assurance Plan and the quality plan, and ensure its implementation
• Ensure the quality interface with the customer and coordinate quality actions and the quality budget
• Lead and support reviews and milestones, and the justification files (anomaly processing)
• Identify quality risks and support Quality Improvement initiatives and APQP across the project
• Support incident resolution with root cause analysis, PPS, 5WHYs, PFMEA and similar methods
• Lead and support Non-Conformance Management and risk mitigation actions
• Certify product conformity with its specification, supported by quality staff
• Demonstrate conformity to processes and requirements at programme level to customers and external authorities, and drive non-conformance management at programme level

Required profile

• More than 8 years of experience in software product assurance, device (FPGA/ASIC) product assurance or product quality assurance
• Degree level (or equivalent) in engineering (electronic, automatic, aeronautic, etc.) or physics, chemistry, etc.
• Advanced level of English
• Ability to travel for business

Required skills

• Strong communication skills and teamwork
• Analytical skills and a rigorous approach
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate

Key deliverables include the Product Assurance Plan, Non-Conformance Analysis, Consolidated Action Plan, Technical Risk Register, Risk Mitigation Plan, end-to-end product/service conformity, attestation and APQP. The employer states it provides equal employment opportunities and that only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.