Product Assurance Engineer (40 hr p/wk) 
| Freelance allowed, secondment preferred

About Airbus DS
At Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands, we work at the frontiers of technology in one of the most challenging and rapidly changing industries in the world: Space. Our products and services - including Solar Arrays, Launcher Structures, Instruments and Optical Communication - are among the best in the world. They enable missions that are of great importance for our everyday life on Earth, such as satellite navigation, communications, climate research and monitoring of air quality.

At our state-of-the-art facilities, a team of over 200 dedicated professionals work on the design, development, assembly, testing and delivery of space products and services. We do that by thinking creatively in terms of solutions and by working with like-minded business partners. Intensive collaboration in our international community is the key to success, also within the Airbus family that we are proudly part of.

Job description
Airbus Netherlands B.V. is looking for a Product Assurance Engineer to join our Quality Team based in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Airbus Netherlands makes a vital contribution to the international space industry in the current operational areas of Solar Arrays, Launching Structures, and Instruments & Systems. In these areas we belong to the world top. We seek to achieve the same level with future products and services. We want to be seen as a reliable partner that contributes to the success of our clients’ missions in a solution-driven and targeted manner. Airbus Netherlands has provided satellites with power since 1979. More than 85 space missions have flown or are flying with our solar arrays, all of which successfully deployed in space and perform as expected or even better still. One hundred percent success. A reputation we are proud of.

As PA engineer, you will be part of a team that supports the product development in projects. You will be managing the quality aspect in the project ranging from quality requirements, tracking obsolescence issues, maintaining the configuration baseline and monitoring the quality of the suppliers in the project. Your will be the quality contact point of the project for the customer and manage the quality gate communication in the delivery of the product, depending on the phase of the project – for example the design review, test review of delivery review.

Alternatively, you may be involved in supporting the series production of our Solar Array or Launcher products. In your role you will be monitoring the quality on the supply base, tracking quality metrics as well as proposing and executing quality improvements for the series production.

Meet the team: Our PA Engineers have the privilege of working on complex space missions which push forward human knowledge. If you’re interested in bringing our Airbus products further, join our mission! At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking. 

Your challenges: •  
• You define the project Product Assurance plan.
• You are the point of contact towards the customers for all quality related aspects.
• Monitor the applicable PA requirements throughout the project execution related to the design, qualification, manufacturing and testing of the end product.  
• You are responsible for establishing and maintaining the configuration baseline, ensuring correct and complete project and product documentation.  
• Ensure that applicable quality requirements are applied at suppliers and subcontractors and perform reviews to validate that manufacturing and testing of the procured items conform to these requirements.
• Supervise product inspections and tests both in-house, at suppliers and customer ensuring the quality standards are met.
• You ensure that any deviation to the requirements is properly documented, agreed and approved; you chair the boards that evaluate deviations and changes and track progress through actions.
• With your team you make End Item Data Packs and make sure all non-conformity reports are closed with the appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
• Accept broad objectives with agreed deadlines, but establish the tasks and their priority for the team.  
• Capable of working independently.
• You involve and coordinate with subject experts solve problems and to prepare project deliverable documentation  
• Assess the PA requirements in proposals
• Ensure application of company processes and best practices and identify the need for improvements to processes, methods, and tools.
• Ensure all tasks and activities are correctly executed within time and allowable budget, in such a way to meet quality level required by our customers.
• You align with colleagues in the projects and with your fellow PA members to improve and check the baseline for the PA quality work.
• You report to the Head of Quality 

Your boarding pass: 
• Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace or optionally Software)
• Minimum from 3 to 5 years of experience in the Quality domain preferably accumulated in the space sector.
• Very process minded • Capable of working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment both independently and collectively.
 Preferably having experience in a series production environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint) and Google Suite (GMail, Docs, Sheets, Slides) required.
• Team player demonstrating a positive & collaborative attitude.
• Good interpersonal skills, flexibility and adaptability.
• Must be able to communication effectively in English (verbal and written)
• Conversational in Dutch is a plus, but not required.