Product Assurance Manager H/F Eutelsat

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Job Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilledLEO constellation system & satellites Product Assurance Managerto join our team and play a critical role intheimplementation ofthe Product/Quality assuranceprogrammeforthedevelopment of constellation system and associated satellites procurement project.

We are looking for an experienced and driven Product Assurance Manager to lead end-to-end Product and Quality Assurance activities across space systems, rangingfrom equipment and payloads(including Hosted Payloads),to full satellites and constellation-level solutions covering both space and ground segments.

In this role, you will ensure compliance, reliability and quality of products and services across their entire lifecycle - from early design through procurement, manufacturing, verification & validation, integration, launch and operations.

You'll work closely withthe program manager, the system engineering teamand the space segment engineeringgroup, contributing directly to our ongoing projects and initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact within an organization that values growth, teamwork, and professional development.

Who You Are:

• You have strong leadershipand technical skillsdemonstrated by10 to 15 years insatellitetelecommunication systemdevelopment,implementingspace recognized quality standards

• You have evolved in international space projects and in industrial customer/ contractorrelationships.

• You have high level of hardware and softwareproduct/qualityassurance technical expertise and supporttoall activities associated with spacecraft procurement programs.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for interfacing with customers regardingQuality &Product Assurance activities, ensuring requirements are understood and effectively managed

• Monitor and control all the technical and management aspects of the Quality Assurance disciplines, during spacecraft/ Hosted payloaddesign, manufacturing and test phases: selection and procurement of electrical & electronic parts, selection and qualification ofmaterials andprocesses,reliability,safety,hardware andsoftwarequalityassurance,configuration control

• Oversee and control the work carried out bymanufacturerto ensure the adequate implementation of Eutelsat product/quality assurance requirements throughout the program,

• Manage and coordinate-if required-additional PA/QA support staff (quality engineers, quality resident) and ad-hoc consultants assigned to the project,

• Regularly develop professionalrelationshipwith all internal and external contacts,in particular withthe responsible experts involved in the various quality assurance disciplines within the supplier's organizations and/or agencies,

• Provide Eutelsat Program office (ProgramManager, System Manager and spacecraft engineers) with a high level of spacecraft technical product assurance expertise for all activities associated with the design, development, manufacturing and tests of spacecrafts,

• Monitor the PA activities during the spacecraft/ hosted payloadassembly, integration and test activities atthe contractor facilities,

• Participate in project design and test reviews at multiple levels (system, satellite and unit),

• Interact with the end-to-end system development team to ensure requirements traceability and associated verification plan,

• Carry out the hardware & software acceptance reviews in coordination with theprogram office,

• Manage the non-conformance control systemandcoordinate, with the support of the Program office, the inputs to the identification of non-conformances,theiranalysis, definition of corrective actions, and their implementation and close-out. To assess technical residual risks associatedtothe non-conformances andwaivers, anddecide on their acceptability.

What You'll Need:

• Strong knowledgeof quality and product assurance requirementscommonlyappliedin the telecommunication space industry,

• Good knowledge of requirements management

• Excellent knowledge in Englishand French

• Ability to work in a team

Where You'll Work:

• The main office is in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

• Travel to contractorsand their suppliersor agenciesareperiodically required.

• Home workingis generally acceptedon the basis of2 days per week. This maybemodulatedaccording to project needsandtoenforcein-person meeting whenit makes more sense.

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