Beschreibung
This position, based near Frankfurt in Germany, calls for at least five years experience of Quality Assurance - QA - roles embracing hardware, software and systems in advanced technology sectors, ideally within space or aerospace.
Our client is responsible for establishing and operating weather forecasting and Earth observation satellite programmes with associated data telemetry and dissemination operations. Vast quantities of data are produced and user communities throughout the world are able to access both current and historical data sets. The demanding Real Time environment places much emphasis on adherence to quality and configuration management standards and procedures.
The role is set in the context of a major new satellite programme and will support the establishment of the ground segment facilities that enable control of satellites and the processing of the data that they capture.
Functions that will be supported span:-
- Requirement definition
- Procurement
- Development monitoring
- Verification
- Validation
- Integration and acceptance
The key experience and attributes sought are:-
- Significant experience in QA process definition, implementation, monitoring and control
- Experience in the application of international QA/PA standards
- Direct experience in providing QA support to procurement contracts for complex products
- Experience in QA support to the software development life cycle, especially in areas of verification and validation
- Experience of using Microsoft Office
- Application of QA policies and methods as part of a customer project team
- Good interpersonal skills, including mediation skills
Knowledge of some of the following is highly desirable:-
- PA/QA aerospace and space standards (eg. ECSS; MIL-STD; NASA)
- QA experience of hardware-software integration
- Knowledge of requirement management tools - especially DOORS
- Experience in applying QA policies to spacecraft ground segments and spacecraft mission planning and operation systems developments
- Experience of working on collaborative programmes between different partners
- Experience of the application of risk management and lessons learnt processes
- Knowledge of SCOS 2000
- Ground segment data processing and dissemination.
Candidates should possess a University degree or equivalent. Fluency in English is essential. This is a freelance contract assignment with an initial period of 2 years starting ASAP with three options to extend for further periods of one year each.
Pactum have supplied professional recruitment services to clients throughout the UK and across continental Europe since 1988. We operate as a group of practices focussed onto specific markets and have been successfully recruiting for the Space sector since 2002.
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