The Role
Ensures software and hardware space projects and delivered products meet customer, space-standard, and internal quality requirements. Responsibilities include creating quality plans, supporting design reviews, coordinating RAMS and reliability activities, managing changes and nonconformances, supervising review boards, preparing delivery documentation, overseeing subcontractor quality, and reporting audit, return, and complaint data. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, customer communication, and at least three years of professional experience.
Summary Generated by Built In
Location: Madrid Tres Cantos, SpainA Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the services and products delivered to the customers meet the requirements,
- Ensure space standards, applicable rules and internal Quality requirements, for SW/HW Projects, and act as a point of contact for the quality authority designated by the customer.
- Analyze the customer’s Quality requirements, define and set up the Quality plans in the project phase, and ensure the plan contains all the measures necessary to fulfill the standards and reference system.
- Follow TAS Quality Management System (QMS) rules Chorus 2 for all processes as well as tools and methodologies within TAS in Spain.
- Comply with Quality Plan, schedule, budgets and specifications for all appointed projects and tasks.
- Manage and contribute to project reviews (KO, EQSR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, TRB, DRB), ensuring that they are carried out according to a consistent and coherent documentation.
- Support to technical departments during SW or HW design reviews by means of Validation Plan, DDQS process activities, checklists or BDREX inputs.
- Coordinate and control all product quality activities within the framework of the projects (RAMS, M&P, EEE Parts, Reliability, FMECA, etc.).
- Document and manage Changes and Deviations of projects (RFDs, NCRs and RFWs).
- Coordinate and supervise the activities of Non Conformance Review Boards (NRB) in case of deviations or non-compliance with any product specification.
- Identify and propose mitigation actions for the critical points of the projects. Support the product inspection activities (MIPs).
- Prepare the COC, as well as prepare and review the EIDP documentation, certifying that the quality of the delivered product is in accordance with the requirements and applicable quality standards.
- Guarantee and control that the quality requirements of the subcontractors are in line with the general requirements of the projects.
- Supply data from audits, returns and customer complaints in order to ensure follow-up and reporting for risk prevention.
Skills and Experience
- Degree in Physical Sciences, Electronics, Industrial or Telecommunications Engineering.
- Minimum Professional experience: 3 years.
- English (customer interface). French/Italian would be a plus.
- Knowledge on Quality standards for SW and HW projects as well as QMS applicable documents for PA/QA activities will be taken into account.
- External and Internal communication ability.
- Capability to work within a cross functional team and independently.
- Methodological minded.
- Capability for argumentation and decision oriented
What do we offer?
- Flexible schedule, from 8 to 9.30 and 16.30 until 18h.
- Thales Concilia: a set of advantages and free services and others at reduced prices.Enjoy discounts and special promotions on products and services thanks to Club Ahorro.
- Free and healthy canteen.
- 22 working days of vacation, 6 days of free disposal and closing days that do not consume vacations at Christmas and Easter.
- Thales Flex: Personalized flexible compensation plan in which you can choose how to distribute your salary (health insurance, childcare vouchers, transportation and training).
- Annual bonus.
- Fixed profit bonus of 712,43€.
- Sharing Thales program: become a Thales shareholder.
- Hybrid work plan.
- Pension Plan with monthly contributions on your behalf to your Pension Plan.
- Wellness Plan: thematic webinars and access to our company clubs.
- Medical and physiotherapy service at the workplace.
- We continuously create an inclusive, respectful and cooperative environment
Skills Required
- Degree in Physical Sciences, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Telecommunications Engineering
- Minimum three years of professional experience
- English-language proficiency for customer interface
- Knowledge of quality standards for software and hardware projects
- Knowledge of QMS documents applicable to PA/QA activities
- Strong external and internal communication ability
- Ability to work within a cross-functional team and independently
- Methodical approach
- Argumentation and decision-making capability
- French or Italian language skills
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
