Industrial manager

Le besoin

Role We are looking for an industrial manager to join our upstream team. The project to manage is a radar altimetry satellite, which goal is to demonstrate the capability of providing high-revisit hydrology data. The manager will work at our office in Toulouse, hand in hand with the system engineer and the Project Management Officer.

The ideal candidate is an analytical thinker, autonomous, with a solutions-focused approach. The industrial manager will be responsible for ensuring the quality of development, production processes, and services provided within the demonstration mission.

Main Tasks

• Interact with suppliers, manage procurement activities and track supply chain sustainability
• Establish the Product Assurance requirements baseline for all elements of the project and monitor quality
• Produce and implement quality and development plans, define inputs/outputs, participants, responsibilities, interfaces, and coordinate efforts of participants
• Surveillance of engineering activities, ground segment development, payload integration, system tests, launch campaign, AIT activities, NRBs
• Define risk management logic and implement it
• Define the formal acceptance requirements and conduct the Acceptance Reviews of all contractual deliverable items
• Conduct quality audits (internal and external), manage discrepancies, and lead corrective actions

Skills & Requirements

Must-haves:

• Master's degree or equivalent in aerospace
• Minimum 4 years working experience in engineering and implementing aerospace systems
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems
• Knowledge of Assembly, Tests, Integration processes for space industry
• Knowledge of ECSS standards
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Professional level in English and French

Nice-to-haves:

• Knowledge of ESA/CNES project lifecycle
• Implementation of Product Assurance within a quality system certified to ISO 9001 and EN 9100
• Experience of having worked with institutional organizations
• Experience in product qualification for space environments