PA / QA Engineer

We are looking for a PA / QA Engineer for an opportunity at our client in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

You will be responsible for maintaining/continual improvement of our quality management system which is based on ISO 9001:2015 (certified). At a project level you will be responsible for ensuring that that our products and services meet/exceed our customer expectations in terms of quality and specific Product Assurance requirements.

General tasks to be performed: 

• Maintaining the existing quality management system; based on ISO 9001:2015 requirements.
• Initiating changes in the quality management system and successfully implementing these (when applicable).
• Performing and coordinating internal audits and managing any corrective actions.
• Coordinating and reporting quality KPI (key performance indicators) to management and coordinating Management Reviews.
• Coordinating and reporting Supplier evaluations and Customer Satisfaction surveys.
• Managing all deadlines for actions assigned related to the quality management system.
• Implementation of configuration management activities (documentation, hardware, software, etc).
• Reviewing customer requirements to ensure that they can be/are being met.
• Preparing project Product Assurance documentation, e.g. PA & Safety Plans, certificates etc..
• Preparing and managing RFD/RFW’s, NCR’s and participating in NRB/MRB’s.
• Participating in formal customer reviews (Design & Test related).
• Ensuring that manufacturing/assembly/testing processes comply with standards at internal/national and international level.
• Interacting with customers and suppliers in Quality/Product Assurance matters.
• Supporting of external project milestone reviews for all Product Assurance related aspects.
• Coordinating configuration control processes and managing configuration baselines.

Company details

Akkodis has proudly supported the Aerospace & Defence industry in the Netherlands for decades. Our partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) has been one of the many success stories allowing our people to expand their career horizons. Akkodis experts are contributing to some of the most important technical advances in Aerospace and Defence which impact the way we live our lives today, through specialised engineering expertise and other required skillsets. This could be your future. Become part of our successful team!

Candidate’s Profile

To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background / experience is required: 

• Bachelor degree in Engineering combined with 4+ years of experience in Product Assurance/ Quality Assurance disciplines.
• Experience in working with quality standards such ISO 9001.
• Experience within the space domain with a working knowledge of ESA ECSS development and quality standards (for ground and/or flight product applications) would be an advantage.
• Strong communication and collaboration and engagement skills.
• Experience in interacting with customers, sub-contractors and suppliers.
• Experience in configuration management (documentation, hardware, software, etc).
• Experience in auditing of quality processes.

Please send your CV to recruitmentaerospace@akkodisgroup.com as soon as possible