Product Assurance Engineer - Solar Arrays

Product Assurance Engineer - Solar Arrays

DCUBED

Germering, Germany

If you are passionate about quality, thrive on attention to detail, and want to have a direct impact on the success of real space missions, this is an opportunity to help build the foundations of the next generation of space power systems.

Responsibilities

Product Assurance & Quality Management

• Own and maintain the Solar Array Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with customer requirements, ISO 9001, AS9100, and applicable aerospace standards.
• Act as the independent Product Assurance representative throughout the product lifecycle, promoting quality, compliance, traceability, and continuous improvement.

Inspection, Suppliers & Configuration Control

• Own incoming inspections, supplier quality activities, and product traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ensure effective configuration control of hardware, drawings, procedures, and manufacturing records, and manage the release of approved documentation.

NCR & Risk Management

• Own the NCR process from identification through closure, including root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and trend monitoring.
• Support risk identification and mitigation activities related to product quality, manufacturing processes, supplier performance, and hardware reliability.

Documentation & Customer Assurance

• Own customer quality documentation, compliance records, inspection reports, certificates of conformity, and manufacturing data packages.
• Support customer reviews, audits, qualification campaigns, and hardware acceptance activities.

Continuous Improvement & Compliance

• Support internal and external audits, certification activities, and ongoing maturation of dcubed's quality infrastructure.
• Monitor quality performance metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives across development, qualification, and manufacturing activities.

Candidate Requirements

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in Product Assurance, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Quality, or Quality Management.
• Experience working in aerospace, space, aviation, automotive, medical, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with inspections, non-conformance management, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Experience supporting audits and maintaining structured quality systems.
• Eligible to work in Germany.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems and quality assurance principles.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and AS9100 requirements and their practical implementation.
• Experience with incoming inspection, NCR management, CAPA processes, traceability, and configuration control.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, manufacturing documentation, and inspection records.
• Familiarity with manufacturing, integration, testing, qualification, and customer acceptance activities.
• Strong digital mindset with the ability to leverage AI-powered tools to streamline documentation, reporting, and quality processes.

Personal Attributes

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Independent mindset with the confidence to challenge non-compliant practices.
• Excellent organizational, documentation, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working across Engineering, Production, AIT, and Project Management teams.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.