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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Quality Aircraft Manager

Validation, Compliance & Quality SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGetafe, Madrid, SpainNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
  • At least 3 years of experience in Quality is required.
  • Experience managing people and conflicts is required.
  • Advanced English proficiency is required.
  • Advanced Spanish proficiency is required.
  • Awareness of potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity are required.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure operational processes comply with quality assurance requirements, standards, and internal or third-party certifications and approvals defined in the Quality Management System and quality plan for hardware, software, and services.
  • Devise and validate hardware, software, and services control and inspection plans and ensure their proper implementation, including use of traditional and new methods such as virtual and augmented reality.
  • Monitor conformity and attestation status.
  • Handle non-conformances by analyzing deviations, monitoring corrective and preventive actions, and contributing to improvement of quality standards.
  • Collect, analyze, visualize, and interpret relevant process or in-service performance data using manual and automatic means to identify early process variations and take effective action through root cause analysis, mitigating and resolving quality issues while supporting robust PPS method application.
  • Provide Programme Quality Assurance with evidence of conformity to processes and requirements to ensure customer requirements are met.
  • For new product, process, or service development, ensure operational process lessons learned and risk analyses are completed early, apply relevant preventive quality standards to mitigate risks, and follow a rigorous Development Plan with multifunctional reviews and maturity gates.
  • Implement and operate prevention means such as APQP and DFMEA.
  • For software development, ensure software and data integrity and verify, validate, or certify software and data in compliance with the appropriate standards for their specific applications, including onboard software, ground test software for prototypes or small-series production, simulation models, and decision-making support systems.
  • Where applicable within Procurement Quality, carry out supplier development and surveillance, support qualification of supplier manufacturing processes, and set applicable requirements for suppliers.
  • When authorized, support company certifications and interface with external quality authorities such as ISO, IAQG, and EASA.
  • Deliver a control and inspection plan, product or service conformity for a given domain, non-conformance analysis and action plan, supplier and development assurance plan, and APQP key business deliverables when owner.
  • Demonstrate conformity of processes and requirements for a given domain to Programme Quality Assurance and external authorities when authorized, and drive non-conformity management at domain level for Programme Quality Assurance.

Desired Qualifications

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills are desirable.
  • Ability to propose new ideas is desirable.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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