Product Assurance Manager

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

This role will be responsible for the organization, coordination and execution of Product Assurance tasks in order to fulfill relevant Quality requirements of assigned projects. In addition, they will support the continuous improvement and cross-project transfer of experience for Product Assurance related matters. 

Your Mission

• Establish the Product Assurance project requirements and relevant documentation (ie. PA and Safety Plan, Cleanliness and Contamination Control Plan, FOD Plan)
• Act as main project interface to the customer and the subcontractors for Safety and Quality
• Surveillance of project subcontractors with respect to Safety and Quality related matters
• Participation in Design and Validation phases and related project milestone meetings
• Support projects teams in terms of RAMS (ie. FMECA, Hazard Analysis, Reliability Analysis and Critical Items List) and PMP activities (ie. DML, DMPL, DPL and DCL)
• Chair of Manufacturing reviews and Quality gates, including Qualification and Acceptance Tests and Final Acceptance (ie. MRR, TRR, PTR, DRB, HAR)
• Define hardware key inspections based on critical items, as well as incoming and outgoing inspections
• Manage the NC process and ensuring proper RCA, CAPA and close-out:
  • Processing of documentation (e.g. NCR) by using the SAP system
  • Moderator of NRBs for disposition of NCs
  • Lead failure investigations including related documentation and presentations (ie. Ishikawa, Fault Tree, A3, 8D)
• Managing approval processes for components deviating from applicable standards and/or customer requirements (RFA, RFD and RFW)
• Review and approve project documentation including documentation from suppliers
• Lead/participate to internal and external Audits in agreement with LQ Manager
• Prepare and sign the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 
• Attend the project Progress Meeting and Configuration Control Boards (CCB)
• Understand Software PA discipline (if applicable)
• Alert discipline: assessment of the failures vs. potential alerts to upper-level customer, ensure the assessment of incoming alerts, distribute applicable alerts to impacted lower tiers, maintain alert status.
• Lead efforts to develop, communicate and implement S&MA vision, strategy, goals and metrics that drive business objectives for cost, safety, quality, customer satisfaction, enhanced process control, error proofing and continuous improvement. 
• Key element of the position will be to define, based on customer requirement sets, the documentation for customer meetings and reviews.

Your Story

• Bachelor or MSc degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or in a similar relevant discipline
• Minimum 10 yrs experience of increasing responsibility aerospace design, manufacturing, or quality functions; program management experience may also apply if supplemented by one of the other stated areas of responsibility
• Working experience in Space / Aeronautic Industry and similar (experience on NASA, USSF, ESA project is a plus)
• Configuration Management knowledge
• Knowledge of standards such as ISA9001, AS/EN9100, ECSS, NASA and MIL
• Ability to quickly understand and analyze technical products/systems and their function
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Very good communication skills 
• Ability to work independently, as well as effectively in a team
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills
• High level of enthusiasm and a passion for quality and continuous improvements
• Brave and communicative person who is used to ask the tough
• 5% to 10% ability to travel nationally and internationally as required
• Business Acumen & Comfort Around Higher Management
• Customer Focus
• Timely Decision Making & Decision Quality
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Developing & Managing Teams
• Managing Through Systems

🌌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 before 31/10/2025. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​

For questions regarding the position, please contact: ​Brent Deering |  | brent.deering@BEYONDGRAVITY.COM 
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For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: ​Chalanah Wilson |  | chalanah.wilson@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.