Overview

Location: Gilching, Germany
Working hours: Full-time, 40h/week
Requirement: EU citizenship
Submission deadline: 15th October

About LSE Space:
We are an independent provider of space services, covering the entire life cycle of space systems, as the main subsidiary of SSC's Engineering Services. Employing over 190 engineers, we provide services to the international space market, including support for all phases of a space mission or full service, operations, independent consulting, and training.

Are you fuelled by a passion for satellite operations and ready to embark on an exciting journey with us to help Earth benefit from space?

If you answered yes to the question, we invite you to seize the opportunity to make a significant impact as a Product Assurance Engineer. We are seeking dynamic and experienced individuals to contribute to the success of the Galileo FOC program, ensuring top-level quality and safety in operations.

Security:
In line with security requirements for the missions of this position, the candidate must hold European citizenship. Evidence of eligibility will be required as part of the recruitment process. Additionally, due to the nature of our work, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.

What you´ll do

Product Assurance (PA) Tasks:

• Develop and implement a Product Assurance and Safety Plan for Galileo FOC phases, including compliance with related Statements of Compliance.
• Manage subcontractors regarding product assurance, conducting audits and inspections as needed.
• Report regularly on the product assurance and safety status, identifying issues and progress.
• Oversee and monitor daily surveillance of flight, mission, and ground operations preparation and execution.
• Support Spaceopal activities, including document approval, IT tools compliance, and contractual processes.
• Monitor and support operations validation, ensuring effective interface management with other segments.
• Participate in LEOP, IOT, IOV campaigns, and other special operations, ensuring robust process execution.
• Manage and coordinate GSOp non-conformance and anomaly control processes, ensuring adherence to relevant PA requirements and processes.
• Support configuration control processes for flight CCBs (Configuration Control Boards) and PCBs (Procedure Control Boards), and assist with mission and ground CCBs.
• Provide input to all program progress, readiness, and review meetings and boards, supporting PA/QA tasks.
• Assist Project Management with risk management processes and monitor critical items.
• Coordinate and contribute to lessons learned activities.

Quality Management (QM) Tasks:

• Ensure that quality management tasks comply with ISO 9001 standards, harmonizing procedures and work instructions for Galileo FOC.
• Coordinate internal and external audits for Spaceopal, ensuring proper execution.

SEC OPS Support Tasks:

• Support SEC OPS activities, contributing to boards and tasks analogous to PA management responsibilities.

What we are looking for

• A degree in Aerospace Engineering or a similar field.
• Strong experience in Product Assurance and Quality Assurance in the aerospace domain.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Fluency in standard office automation tools (MS Office, Email, Internet, etc.)
• Proficiency in managing audits, subcontractors, and compliance processes.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.
• Experience with satellite operations or the Galileo program would be highly desirable.

About us

What we offer:

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  Thriving Environment: A growing and international environment with diverse backgrounds to learn from, with a lot of social events.
• Work-Life Balance: Take advantage of our relocation support and 30 days of paid vacation.
• Develop yourself: Enjoy permanent employment with diverse opportunities for growth, with our training program and a German language course.
• Well being: Prioritize your well-being with access to our gym program, bike lease program, and company doctor services.
• Supportive Workplace: Experience our open-door policy and ISO 9001-certified workplace, where your voice is valued and your contributions recognized
• Rewards and Incentives: Receive a competitive salary, bonus scheme, deferred compensation scheme and sponsored public transportation tickets.

Our Values:

In particular this means we always put our customers’ needs at the forefront of everything we do. We aspire to a high level of customer passion. Our policy, as a fair and loyal partner, is to focus on our customers’ goals and generate innovative solutions tailored to the project. Collaboration is the key to our success – one for all and all for one. We care for our people and try to make everything happen – for our employees AND our customers. Only with a high employee well-being our success is possible. We are reliable and result-oriented all the way and we always strive to deliver better than expected. This approach is essential for the benefit of both our clients and teams. As a result, we are able to preserve a spirit of trust and fairness between customers, partners and employees.

LSE Space is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.