Product Assurance Engineer

Who are you? 

 We are looking for an experienced Engineer to join the Product Assurance team within our Space BU. Ideally with a background in Product Assurance, you will have strong and broad engineering knowledge. Good communications skills are essential, and you will have a proven ability in stakeholder management, both internal and external, customer and supplier.  Attention to detail and a proactive approach are critical to this role.  

 Experience in most of the following areas is required: 

• Product assurance experience (preferably to ECSS and/or NASA standards) 

• Ability to understand, tailor and communicate engineering processes 

• Problem solving – strong mind-set and knowledge of processes / tools 

• Support to planning and monitoring of test and verification campaigns 

• Design and development phases of products (hardware, software and/or service) 

• Non-Conformance Management 

• Involvement in delivery of complex systems 

• Involvement in Design Reviews 

• Experience of systems deployed in challenging/unique environments 

• Knowledge of EEE parts and/or RAMS  

What will you be doing here?  

• Define (in conjunction with the project and Product Integrity teams) product assurance and quality requirements for projects. 

• Translate the requirements into a specific, pragmatic approach for the project. 

• Monitor the implementation of product assurance measures during the design, manufacturing, integration, test and trials phases of the programme. 

• Audit and monitor the quality management approach of key suppliers. 

• Support the component & material procurement / selection process against the space environment requirements. 

• Support the identification of the qualification requirements and the qualification plan authoring for the hardware design. 

• Chair non-conformance investigations. 

• Ensure that technical analyses are reviewed for engineering quality. 

• Provide support to test campaigns. 

• Report on activities to the project manager and engineering manager – in support of monitoring engineering performance metrics. 

• Assess ESA and supply-chain alerts for relevant issues. 

• Ensure that key engineering reviews (e.g. manufacturing readiness reviews, test review boards) are effective. 

• Perform key inspections of components, assemblies and facilities. 

• Delegate to/mentor engineers in PA/QA tasks where required.  

About In-Space Missions and BAE Systems  

BAE Systems acquired In-Space Missions in 2021, and the two organisations have teamed to advance our space ambition by bringing all our space activities under a new, integrated business unit and leadership team which is focused on designing, building and operating world-class space missions for global customers. The new Space business unit now comprises approximately 200 staff located across 3 sites at Alton, Guildford and Great Baddow. BAE Systems is committed to investing in Space to deliver new-space small satellite systems and space data products combined with the security and resilience of BAE Systems expertise in telemetry tracking and command processors, waveforms, electronics, antennas and digital signal processing and analytics. 

Culture 

We have a close-knit and supportive team, with diversity and inclusion being a key to our success. We welcome varying backgrounds, skills, perspectives and life experiences.  We embrace Hybrid Working so wherever possible, we offer flexible working arrangements to allow us to balance our work and personal life more effectively. 

What can we offer you? 

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, 10% Non-Contributory Pension with the option for additional salary sacrifice, free onsite parking, access to BAE Share Incentive Plan, Income protection, 3 x salary life assurance policy. 

• Work / Life Balance: 37.5 hour week, hybrid working options, flexible working around core hours, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays  

• Personal Development: Personalised development plan along with access to BAE’s E-learning courses 

• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Scheme with AXA Healthcare (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), travel insurance, cycle-to-work scheme, eye tests 

Recruitment Process   

If you’ve been shortlisted for the role, our Recruitment team will reach out to schedule a 1st stage Teams interview with you.  

We want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible so if you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Additionally, if you don’t meet all of the criteria please still apply. We really enjoy meeting diverse people who might bring a fresh perspective on a problem we need to solve!   

Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship. Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the company.