Overview
MDA Space Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Quality Assurance Manager (Mixed-Signal IC, Aerospace Industry) position with a focus on developing and manufacturing mixed-signal integrated circuits for aerospace applications. This role ensures traceability, compliance, and quality processes are embedded across the full lifecycle from architecture through manufacturing, and adhered to by all engineering disciplines and subcontractors.
Key Responsibilities
- Process & Quality Ownership
- Define, implement, and maintain quality assurance procedures aligned with aerospace and IC industry standards
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of QA engineers to execute quality objectives and maintain compliance
- Ensure complete traceability of requirements across design, verification, validation, and manufacturing stages
- Lead internal and external quality audits, ensuring readiness for customer and certification reviews
- Collect lessons learned data and generate improvement initiatives
- Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
- Work closely with Architecture, Analog, Digital Design, Verification, DFT, SW, Validation, Packaging, and Manufacturing teams to enforce quality standards and validate design and process changes, ensuring that they meet quality and reliability requirements
- Provide guidance to ensure compliance with process gates and documentation practices
- Partner with subcontractors and manufacturing partners to validate quality and traceability in external deliverables
- Procedure & Documentation Management
- Define and maintain procedures for requirements management, design reviews, test coverage, and manufacturing release to verify product functionality, performance, and reliability
- Conduct audits and reviews to ensure rigorous documentation and data integrity
- Support certification and customer audits by ensuring availability of accurate quality records
- Risk & Compliance Oversight
- Identify and mitigate risks related to quality, compliance, and process deviations
- Investigate and analyze product failures, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence when quality and performance issues are discovered
- Ensure qualification and validation activities meet aerospace reliability and safety requirements
- Continuous Improvement
- Identify areas for process improvement and implement changes to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance product quality
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Quality Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance for integrated circuits, preferably in mixed-signal or aerospace applications
- Strong understanding of VLSI flows (architecture, design, verification, DFT, software, validation, packaging, and manufacturing)
- Familiarity with aerospace quality and traceability standards
- Experience with configuration management, requirements tracking, and quality tools
- Excellent communication, organizational, and audit skills
Benefits & Equal Opportunity
MDA Space provides competitive compensation and benefits packages. Eligible employees and qualified dependents can participate in a comprehensive benefits plan, including private healthcare, disability income protection, life insurance, pension, and an employee assistance program. A Hybrid work model is in place to support work/life balance.
Equal Opportunity Statement
MDA Space is an equal opportunity employer prizing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants with respect and dignity. If you require assistance or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please notify us.
Accommodations
MDA Space provides accommodations during the recruitment process. If you require any, please indicate this in your application/cover letter and we will work with you to meet accessibility needs.
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