Group: Design and Fabrication Group (DFG)
Summary
Location: Bengaluru
Job type: Full time
Work Policy: 100% in-office
Joining Date: Immediately
Minimum Experience: 5+ yrs
CTC: Don’t worry we value your talent
About the Role
We are building the next-generation Global Satellite Constellation for highly precise and secure Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. We are seeking a motivated Quality Assurance Lead to lead the QA department of our spacecraft development. The Quality Assurance & Product Assurance (QA/PA) Manager will be responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining the quality and product assurance framework for VyomIC's spacecraft payloads and associated flight hardware. The role will ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and space industry standards throughout the product lifecycle, oversee quality activities across design, manufacturing, integration, testing, and supplier management, and serve as the primary quality representative for customers, partners, and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish, implement, maintain, and continually improve VyomIC's Quality Management System (QMS) in accordance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and applicable space industry standards.
- Develop and implement quality assurance and product assurance plans for spacecraft payloads, flight electronics, and associated hardware.
- Perform quality and reliability analyses, including FMEA/FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), risk assessments, and reliability evaluations for payload hardware and software.
- Develop and maintain compliance matrices to ensure adherence to customer, mission, regulatory, and contractual requirements. Define quality requirements for design, manufacturing, procurement, integration, and testing activities.
- Participate in subsystem, payload, spacecraft, qualification, environmental, and acceptance testing activities from a quality assurance perspective.
- Review engineering documentation, manufacturing records, inspection reports, test procedures, and qualification evidence for compliance with quality requirements.
- Lead Non-Conformance Report (NCR), deviation, waiver, and product failure investigations, ensuring thorough root cause analysis and implementation of effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Monitor supplier quality and coordinate quality activities with manufacturing partners, external laboratories, and subsystem vendors and oversee traceability of flight hardware, electronic components, manufacturing records, and quality documentation throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Participate as the Quality representative in customer and programme reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, FRR, PSR, and other technical and quality reviews.