Product Assurance Manager, Aerospace, Engineering

Product Assurance Manager, Aerospace, Engineering

A Product Assurance Manager opportunity has arisen with an innovative engineering business working on some of the most technically challenging programmes in the space and aerospace sector. Could this be the role where your quality and assurance expertise genuinely shapes the hardware that goes beyond our atmosphere?

The Role

The Product Assurance Manager will take ownership of the PA function across a portfolio of concurrent projects, ensuring all deliverables meet contractual, regulatory, and internal quality standards. Day-to-day responsibilities include chairing PA boards and gate reviews, managing the non-conformance process end-to-end, overseeing project configuration activities, and acting as the primary PA interface with customer teams. The Product Assurance Manager will also review and observe manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test activities on-site, and advise project teams on adherence to both the PA plan and broader quality management processes.

Beyond direct project delivery, this role contributes to supplier audits, supports bids with PA input, drives continuous improvement of the quality management system, and delivers training on assurance methods where needed.

The Company

This is a well-established, growth-oriented engineering business based in South East England, operating within the space and aerospace sector. The company delivers technically demanding programmes and fosters a collaborative, quality-driven culture where skilled professionals have genuine scope to influence both their technical work and the wider organisation.

What experience does the Product Assurance Manager need?

• A degree or HNC in a relevant discipline, alongside practical experience in Product or Quality Assurance within a highly regulated sector such as space, aerospace, or a comparable industry
• Solid working knowledge of ECSS or equivalent standards, combined with an understanding of lean commercial PA and QA approaches, and familiarity with mechanical, thermal, and radiation-tolerant material properties
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including root cause analysis, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and manage multiple project demands simultaneously
• Experience of internal auditing, ISO 9001 familiarity, configuration management knowledge, or hands-on mechanical or RF engineering background would be a distinct advantage

Benefits

• Flexible benefits allowance for you to direct toward perks that suit you personally
• 28 days annual leave
• 4% employer pension contribution
• Share options

So What's Next?

If you are a Product Assurance Manager and would like to learn more, please apply below and I will be in touch with you shortly to discuss the role further.

Product Assurance Manager

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