Quality and Product Assurance Manager

Quality and Product Assurance Manager

Open Cosmos

Coimbra, Portugal

At Open Cosmos, our Quality and Product Assurance (QPA) team plays a key role in driving continuous improvement across all our operations and facilities. As the QPA Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping how we work - bringing industry best practices to life and proactively identifying ways to boost efficiency, reliability, and quality in everything we do.

This role is also central to representing our customers' voices within the company. You'll make sure their needs and expectations are clearly understood and thoughtfully integrated into the design, development, and delivery of our products and services. By advocating for the customer every step of the way, you’ll help ensure the success of our missions and build strong, lasting relationships based on trust and satisfaction. Your work will be instrumental in making sure every product we deliver doesn’t just meet expectations - but aims to exceed them.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a passionate and pragmatic Quality and Product Assurance Manager to drive the creation and continuous improvement of processes for developing and producing high-performance and high quality space hardware and software.

This hands-on, technical role will significantly impact production and supply chain aspects, supporting the industrialization of our next-generation satellites.

The successful candidate will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to establish cross-departmental processes and synergies. The role requires a strong commitment to continuous improvement and pushing technological boundaries, aligned with our company values and vision.

What you need to be successful

• Strong knowledge of quality management systems applied to the space sector.
• Knowledge of how to apply ECSS standards and ISO9001 practically.
• Able to identify and take quantified risks and make decisions in a fast-changing environment so we can satisfy the customer needs.
• Strong communication skills and capability in managing other people, ensuring high motivation levels of the team and leveraging their performance to deliver.
• A proactive approach to work with the ability to operate autonomously, self-directed and self-motivate.
• Able to use a combination of logic, analysis and past experiences to solve problems effectively.