Product Assurance Manager in Oxfordshire
Posted by Holt Executive
£60,000 – £90,000 a year
Oxfordshire · Permanent
This is an opportunity to join a growing engineering team, supporting the development and delivery of complex spacecraft and associated ground systems. You will take ownership of Product and Quality Assurance activities across multiple projects, covering the full product lifecycle from supplier and subsystem assurance through to spacecraft integration and ground segment activities.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring products meet the required technical, quality and reliability standards, while working closely with project teams, suppliers and customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver Product and Quality Assurance activities across multiple engineering projects.
- Provide assurance support throughout the product lifecycle, from supplier selection and subsystem development through to integration and testing.
- Implement relevant Product and Quality Assurance principles, processes and practices.
- Liaise with customer representatives on all assurance-related matters.
- Manage supplier and subcontractor assurance activities, including process assessments, audits and ongoing performance reviews.
- Review materials, components and manufacturing processes against technical and assurance requirements.
- Develop project-specific Product Assurance documentation and implement assurance plans in collaboration with Project Managers and engineering teams.
- Witness manufacturing, inspection and testing activities, including at external supplier facilities.
- Maintain quality control data, records and associated project documentation.
- Manage non-conformances and Corrective Action Reports (CARs), ensuring appropriate investigation and resolution.
- Support the ongoing development and improvement of the organisation's Quality Management System.
- Provide assurance input into business development activities and technical proposals.
- Review the work of other Product Assurance team members, providing guidance and constructive feedback.
- Mentor and support junior team members, including allocating tasks and monitoring progress.
- Work closely with project leads to plan and coordinate assurance activities, proactively driving deliverables forward.
Essential Skills & Experience
- A minimum of 5 years' experience in Product Assurance and/or Quality Assurance, ideally within the space or aerospace sectors.
- Broad understanding of Product Assurance principles, processes and best practice.
- Experience leading assurance activities and influencing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of quality, reliability and assurance requirements for complex technical systems.
- Ability to influence engineering decisions and drive risk mitigation throughout the product lifecycle.
- Experience conducting root cause analysis using methodologies such as 5 Whys, Ishikawa, Fault Tree Analysis and 8D.
- Experience supporting external audits, including customer and ISO audits.
- Familiarity with formal inspection processes, including Manufacturing Inspection Points (MIPs) and Key Inspection Points (KIPs).
- Ability to provide assurance input into subsystem development and engineering decisions.
- Experience supporting manufacturing and test campaigns.
- Strong organisational, planning and schedule management skills.
- A pragmatic, analytical approach to problem-solving, with the ability to work independently and as part of a wider team.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable Experience
- QMS Internal Auditor qualification or experience acting as a third-party auditor/reviewer.
- Experience in Ground Segment Product Assurance.
- Experience in Software Product Assurance.
What's on Offer?
- Flexible working arrangements around core hours.
- Optional 9-day fortnight (9/75) working pattern.
- Hybrid working, depending on role requirements.
- 25 days' annual leave, increasing annually to a maximum of 28 days, plus 8 bank holidays.
- Life insurance and long-term sick pay.
- Private healthcare.
- Relocation assistance.
- Access to modern engineering and cleanroom facilities.
- Opportunity to work alongside a talented, multidisciplinary international engineering team.
- Regular company social events.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Product Assurance professional to take on a varied and influential role within the space industry, contributing to the development of complex spacecraft technology and supporting the delivery of challenging engineering programmes.
If you have a background in Product or Quality Assurance and are looking for your next opportunity within the space or aerospace sector, we'd be keen to hear from you.
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