Quality Assurance Manager - F126 - Ships & Landanlage

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About the team
The Quality team is responsible for managing the quality management system assuring the quality of operational activities in bids, projects and products. Beside this, is supporting the maturity and performance of the organization and the operational teams with the aim of improving customer satisfaction and driving competitiveness.

About your future job
As the Quality Assurance Manager - F126 - Ships & Landanlage, you will be to working with the F126 project teams for Quality and IVVQ, assuring that the quality of the project outputs including technical and non-technical requirements are demonstrated in line with the customer needs and expectations to accomplish formal acceptance.

Although the formal customer is the Damen shipyard, in this case the key stakeholder (accepting authority) will be the BAAINBw’s Leiter Abnahmekommission or his representative (ZtQ /GQAR)

The focus of these activities will be at the products integration and the acceptance tests (Funktionsnachweis) at the different test centers (Landanlage) and on board of the 6 F126 ships.  Activities will take place in:

• Hengelo (NL)
• The northern part of Germany, mainly:

• Wilhelmshaven,
• Hamburg,
• Kiel

• During sea trials.

The main tasks will be:

• Assure process adherence to the
  • Contractual requirements
  • Thales internal Quality Management System (Chorus)
  • the V-Modell_XT

• Interacting with customer and/or customer representatives (e.g. Government Quality Assurance Representatives, BAAINBw-ZtQ)
• Provide internal Quality Reports
• Handle quality aspects (kick-off, Test Readiness Review, etc.) of acceptance and integration tests
• Monitor handling/solving of outstanding actions (Restpunkte) from the acceptance and integration tests

Why you'd be a good match

• A relevant (technical) degree, such as computer science, engineering, business management, or quality management.
• Experience in quality management for high-tech systems in a complex and dynamic multi- national and multi-cultural environment.
• Knowledge of quality related standards such as AQAP-2110, BV-0610 and the V-Modell_XT
• Strong analytical thinking, creative with an open and curious mind, able to address customers ideas and positions.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to manage/influence various stakeholders.
• Fluent in German and English (C 1 – ERK)
• Willing to travel within Germany and to Hengelo (NL)
• Ambitious and accountable

What's in it for you

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas.
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organization, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills.
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe.
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance.
• Within Thales we implement hybrid working where, if the activities allow it, you can work where and when you want.
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs.
• 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.

LR 09 VKG 70

Interested?
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