Quality Assurance Engineer (m/f), Heilbronn

Tasks

Performance of Product Assurance and Quality Assurance related operational tasks for satellite propulsion projects including:

• Design assurance management in development and qualification
• Preparation and conducting of production milestone reviews with the customer
• Preparation and conducting of quality gates
• Quality surveillance and evaluation of suppliers within activities of the supplier relationship management team
• Planning of incoming inspection steps
• Review and release of shop travellers for internal production
• Treatment of nonconformances for internal and external (involving the customer) non-quality issues incl. failure tree analysis and other methods for root cause analysis
• Review of documentation from suppliers
• Preparation of documentation (data packages) for delivery of products to the customer
• Conducting the delivery review board (DRB) with the customer and internal representatives
• Conducting failure analyses including related documentation and presentations
• If needed to establish documentation such as quality management plans, inspection plans

Profile

Degree in general or aerospace engineering or similar

Experience in:

• various stages of the product life cycle, especially manufacturing process development and product development 
• project management processes
• systems engineering processes
• statistical process control (SPC)
• supply chain management (at least for quality assurance tasks)
• various stages of the product life cycle, especially manufacturing process development and product development 
• Knowledge and experience in processes development, application and improvement, in manufacturing processes/technologies and in failure analysis methodologies
• "Six Sigma" knowledge and experience
• Knowledge in configuration management, in materials and of standards: EN9100, ECSS
• Ability to quickly understand and analyse technical products/technical systems and their function
• To be able to communicate efficiently with stakeholders from different areas of activity as well as with suppliers and customers
• Knowledge of SAP R/3, especially QM-Module
• German and English: negotiation level, basic French appreciated