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.

Why 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 about 200 staff 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.

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds including those that are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.