Quality Engineer

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leading provider of selected satellite products and constellation solutions in the New Space sector. In 2024, the company generated a revenue of around CHF 359 million. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com

The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring product and process quality through the implementation and maintenance of the AS9100 Quality Management System. This role supports compliance activities, leads internal and external audits, investigates quality issues by analyzing information and data, drives corrective and preventive actions, and partners with cross-functional teams to promote continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Your Mission

• Administers and maintains the AS9100 Quality Management System, leads internal and external audits, and drives corrective actions to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
• Implement data collection techniques to monitor all manufacturing processes to identify causes of defects before they become trends
• Works with engineering to improve the quality of existing production processes
• Determines quality improvement parameters by utilizing statical methods relevant to the manufacturing process
• Analyzes quality data, prepares reports, and recommends corrective actions, process improvements, and hardware disposition
• Creates Non-Conformance Reports for all defects found on flight hardware
• Utilize various failure investigation techniques, 8D/5-Why/Fishbone, to determine root causes of failures
• Works with engineering to determine disposition of defects
• Work with suppliers directly to create corrective action plans to address process failures and defects
• Point of Contact for customer quality related issues
• Prepare and present all customer documentation and delivery paperwork
• Approves rework, repairs or finished product by confirming specifications, conducing visual and measurement test using calipers, gauges or micrometers

Your Story 

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 3 years related experience 

• AS9100 QMS Managment

• Familiar with working close to production environment

• Knowledge of failure investigation techniques, 8D/5-Why/Fishbone, to determine root causes of failures

• Familiar with working close to production environment

• Experience working with SAP, preferred

• Experience working with space flight hardware, preferred

• PC skills in MS office, with Word, Excel, Powerpoint formats, preferred

• Capable to support manufacturing process with background know how of machine shop production, preferred

• Solution driven, willing to make a difference, and customer-orientation
• Passionate and co-operative performer who puts success of team first
• Good organizational and co-ordination skills
• Good communication and teamwork ability 

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?​

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​ 

For questions regarding the position, please contact: ​​Frank Chimenti | frank.chimenti@beyondgravity.com  
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For questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact: ​​Michelle Lach | michelle.lach@beyondgravity.com   

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Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.​ 

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Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.