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Materials & Processes Quality Assurance

Posted 1 month agoManufacturing

Job Description

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Missions

Candidate shall guarantee to customers the right quality level for materials and processes used to manufactured internal or procured hardware and units on space programs :

  • Perform Materials and Processes Control Board for internal or procured units, or satellite or spacecraft level or manned modules
  • Review and validation of materials and processes qualification on internal or procured units
  • Drafting of Declared Materials and Processes Lists for internal units.
  • Review and validation of Declared Materials and Processes Lists for procured units
  • Support to internal customers (program PA, unit PA or manufacturing PA) on materials and processes Non-Conformance or anomalies management.
  • Contribution to NRB
  • Contribution to Inquiry Boards and Alert Steering Comitees

Skills / Experiences

  • Technologies knowledge: metallurgy, welding, surface treatment, composites, adhesive bonding, painting, additive manufacturing, etc ..
  • Quality Assurance or Industrial Manufacturing.
  • Knowledge of ECSS normative standards and especially on ECSS-Q-ST-70-XX standards for technologies, materials and processes
  • Knowledge of ESA or NASA requirements for manned programs

Education :

Engineer or PhD in Materials, Technologies, Physics ...

Experience in position : Preferable

Language 1 : English Rating : Fluent

Position specificity :

Mission in Italy, in Europe et North America.

At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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Job Details

Category
Manufacturing
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Torino
Posted
Jan 7, 2026, 07:00 PM
Listed
Jan 21, 2026, 05:51 AM
Last updated
Feb 20, 2026, 02:59 PM

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