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Senior Quality Engineer
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Posted:
17 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
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Application Deadline:
15 August 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Wanna join the adventure
As Senior Quality Engineer youll lead the development and execution of quality systems and assurance processes across the full lifecycle of our spacecraft from component procurement to launch readiness. This is a hands-on technical leadership role with a strong path toward senior management.
About this Role:
- Support implementation and sustain a quality management system (AS9100-based QMS)
- Lead root cause investigations (RCS) and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA)
- Conduct supplier audits define qualification criteria
- Participate in engineering design reviews (Control Plans PFMEA etc.)
- Establish and monitor quality KPIs across operations
- Mentor junior engineers/inspectors and contribute to team scaling
Must Haves:
- 7 years in quality engineering (aerospace or high-reliability hardware)
- Deep understanding of AS9100 or ISO9001 QMS
- Experience with root cause tools (5 Whys Fishbone etc.)
- Familiarity with flight hardware qualification and readiness processes
- Proficiency in Jira PLM (Arena DURO) ERP (NetSuite) MES (ION) systems
- Ability to interpret technical drawings and GD&T
Nice to Haves:
- Exposure to IPC or NASA workmanship standards
- Experience with customer or agency quality audits
- Leadership experience or mentoring background
Orbitworks mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbitals heritage Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Six Sigma
- Design Controls
- FDA Regulations
- ISO 9001
- Minitab
- Root cause Analysis
- ISO 13485
- Quality Systems
- Quality Management
- As9100
- Manufacturing
About Company
Loft Orbital builds software and hardware products to fly and operate any payload on a standard satellite bus. See how we're making space simple.
