Quality Assurance Engineer - Space Imaging

Job Description

Quality Assurance Engineer – Space Imaging

£40,000 - £50,000 + excellent bens.

Chelmsford, Essex

We have been trusted to design and deliver CCD and CMOS imaging sensors and sub-systems for over 150 space missions by the world’s largest space agencies, including NASA, ESA, JAXA, CSA and recently for the Russian-led World Space Observatory. We offer space imaging supply chain management, including space qualified imaging sensors, arrays and sub-systems for space science, earth observation and astronomy; helping solve the mysteries of the Universe and understanding climate change on Earth.

The

Quality Assurance Engineer

is required to provide support to the Business Unit, supplying high quality custom image sensors, Front End electronics and Optical Systems to external customers such as NASA & ESA prime contractors.

Customer-focussed, the

Quality Assurance Engineer’s

role is to ensure that customer expectations are met or exceeded through effective project planning (bid & execution) and control, and in the event of escapes, to ensure that appropriate root cause investigation takes place and that corrective and preventive action is planned, tested and implemented.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to - Quality Assurance Engineer – Space Imaging

Establish and advise the product assurance and compliance to requirement aspects of new projects, products and plans

Underpin the design, test and manufacturing readiness reviews within the project lifecycle

Reinforce the assembly, verification, validation and test phases of the project

Flow down quality requirements to the customer and supply chain

Facilitate customer mandated reviews

Support a programme of risk based internal and external audits

Adopt the administration of co-authorise and close out permits, concessions and NRBs.

Skills & Experience - Quality Assurance Engineer – Space Imaging

Experience within a Product/Quality Assurance role, preferably within space, aerospace or defence industries

A background in design and production for electro-mechanical parts and systems (with assemblies, electronics and software experience as an advantage)

Knowledge of high-reliability parts and materials

Attention to detail

Ability to think “outside of the box”

A flexible and adaptable approach