Space Program Product Assurance

**ARQUIMEA**, we are a **technology company** operating globally and providing innovate solutions and products in highly demanding sectors.

Our areas of activity are **Aerospace, Defense & Security, Big Science, Biotechnology and Fintech.**

**In**ARQUIMEA SPACE** develops **spaceflight parts and equipment for satellites and launchers**. We specialize in thermal control systems, structural panels, optical payloads, avionics, release and deployment mechanisms, and rad-hard microelectronics. Together with our tech partners we provide **high-throughput smallsats and their subsystems**. Our brand-new factory in Madrid is suited to** integrate satellites and constellations**.

We are looking for a **Space Program Product Assurance**with the mission of **ensuring** the **reliability**, **safety**, and **quality** of a **spacecraft program**, including the **mass production of satellites** by implementing robust **product assurance** (PA) **processes**, compliance frameworks, and risk mitigation strategies.

**Tasks to be performed**:

- **Quality & Reliability Assurance**:Establish** and **enforce quality control measures** throughout the entire program, including the spacecraft production lifecycle to ensure mission success and product integrity.
- **Process Standardization & Industrialization**: Develop and implement **standardized PA processes** to streamline high-volume spacecraft manufacturing while maintaining compliance/coherence with industry standards (**ECSS, AS9100, NASA, ESA**).
- **Supplier & Subcontractor Quality Management**: Oversee supplier qualification, audits, and performance evaluations to ensure adherence to quality and reliability requirements.
- **Non-Conformance & Risk Management**: Identify, analyse, and resolve non-conformities, implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to minimize risks and ensure continuous improvement. Identifies and addresses improvement opportunities and develop root cause countermeasures.
- **Material & Component Assurance**: Ensure all materials, components, and subsystems meet strict space industry reliability standards, conducting screening, lot acceptance tests (LAT), and failure analysis when necessary.
- **Testing & Validation Oversight**: Supervise, form a product assurance point of view, spacecraft verification, including environmental testing (thermal, vibration, radiation), functional testing, and in-orbit performance validation.
- **Configuration & Change Management**: Supervise design and process changes, ensuring traceability and compliance with PA requirements in collaboration with the Configuration Manager and the Change Control Committee.
- **Regulatory & Compliance Oversight**: Ensure adherence to international space industry regulations when required and best practices in product assurance.
- **Manufacturing Process Audits**: Conduct internal and external audits to verify compliance with quality assurance standards and improve production efficiency.
- **Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to integrate PA requirements into design, production, and assembly processes.
- ** Degree** in **Aerospace Engineering**, **Mechanical**Engineering, **Industrial** Engineering, or a related field.
- **Master’s Degree** specialized in **Quality** Engineering, **Reliability**Engineering, or **Systems** Engineering is a plus.
- Relevant **certifications** such as **AS9100** or **ISO9001**, **Lead Auditor**, **Six Sigma** (Green/Black Belt), or ECSS PA standards are highly desirable.
- Minimum **experience** of **10 years** in **product assurance**, **quality assurance**, or reliability engineering in the aerospace or high-reliability manufacturing sector with at least 5 years in space sector.
- **Experience** with **continuous quality improvement** activities in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in **qualifying** and **auditing suppliers** to ensure compliance with PA requirements.
- Experience** managing incoming inspections**, lot acceptance tests (**LAT**), and counterfeit parts prevention programs.
- **Experience** working in a **high-throughput production environment**, ideally involving the manufacture of satellite constellations, spacecraft components/equipment, or other space hardware at scale.
- Experienced in** Root Cause analysis** and Continuous Improvement in the spacecraft manufacturing.
- **Knowledge** of **space industry certification** and regulatory requirements from NASA, ESA, or commercial space entities.
- Hands-on **experience** with **failure analysis**, **risk assessment**, and **non-conformance management**, including tools like Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (**FMEA**) and Fault Tree Analysis (**FTA**).

The position is **located in** our Headquarters of **Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid).**

We're looking for **curious, creative, tenacious** and **collaborative people**, eager to do things and unafraid to tackle challenges in order to contribute to improvi