Hybrid Product Assurance Engineer

at qtlabs - Quantum Technology Laboratories GmbH

• Job title: Product Assurance Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: €3,285 per month
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Wien, Austria

About the role

• Product Assurance Engineer at Quantum Technology Laboratories ensuring fit for purpose components in QKD systems. Collaborating on technical challenges and managing quality aspects throughout product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement a tailored Product Assurance (PA) strategy for space-technology maturation programs, ensuring alignment with ECSS standards and customer-specific requirements.
• Derive, tailor, and manage PA, MMPP, and EEE requirements, ensuring traceability to system-level objectives and regulatory frameworks.
• Lead PA activities across the product lifecycle from concept and design to early testing, including defining quality gates and key assurance milestones, and participating in verification & validation activities.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and non-conformance reviews to ensure quality risks are identified early and appropriately mitigated.
• Conduct audits, inspections, failure investigations, and reviews to ensure both internal and external quality requirements are met.
• Support the definition and application of quality assurance processes for hardware components (EEE, MMPP), including procurement, assembly, inspection, and verification.
• Prepare and maintain PA documentation: PA plans, compliance matrices, verification plans, procedures and processes, NCRs, risk registers, and lessons learned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrialization Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in Product Assurance and/or Quality Assurance, ideally in the space or aerospace sector.
• Solid knowledge of ECSS and other aerospace industry PA standards.
• Knowledge of quality management standards, e.g., ISO 9001 or EN 9100, is a plus.
• Technical background in one or more PA disciplines – RAMS, MMPP, EEE, Software.
• Experience with processes and requirements and in managing quality aspects of technology demonstrator programs.
• Experience auditing or qualifying suppliers in the space or high-reliability industries.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to engage with customers, suppliers, space agencies, and internal teams.
• Comfortable taking on responsibility and ownership.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of German is a plus.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements in a hybrid model combining remote and onsite collaboration.
• A collaborative and innovative environment in Vienna.
• The chance to contribute to and to shape a rapidly growing company.
• The opportunity to jointly develop projects and products at the thrilling junction between quantum and space technology.
• Balanced work-life integration for our employees.
• Attractive workplace with excellent infrastructure at Wienerberg.
• Humorous and friendly work atmosphere.