Quality Assurance Engineer - Delft

Dawn AerospaceDelftRemoteContract1 week ago

Dawn Aerospace is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to join its In-Space Propulsion team, owning quality across propulsion products and customer programmes. The role requires five-plus years of QA experience, a degree in Engineering, and application of aerospace quality standards such as AS9100 or ECSS, with significant autonomy and direct customer interaction.

What you'll do

Own Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs) for in-space propulsion products and customer programmes
Act as the primary quality point of contact for customers
Organise and participate in quality control boards, including EQSR, MPCB, PCB and RCB
Manage and report non-conformances, deviations and corrective actions across customer programmes
Work closely with engineering and programme teams to ensure quality requirements are understood and applied throughout product delivery
Maintain approved materials, mechanical parts and process lists for propulsion systems
Support propulsion system safety reviews, including range safety and related hazard analysis
Manage and coordinate key product and production quality activities including APQP, metrology and calibration, traceability, trend analysis and production process control
Support the implementation of quality processes across prototype and small-series production
Audit internal processes and drive improvements arising from audit findings
Support the continuous improvement of quality across in-space propulsion activities
Own and maintain the internal quality handbook system
Help ensure quality processes are robust and practical for a fast-moving engineering and production environment

What you need

Must-have

Quality AssuranceAS9100ECSSAdvanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)MetrologyCalibrationTraceabilityTrend Analysis

Nice-to-have

Six SigmaProcess ImprovementSafety Reviews

Soft skills

CommunicationProactive approachIndependent workingEngineering judgementData-driven decision making

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