Senior Product Assurance Engineer

We are currently looking for a Senior Product Assurance Engineer to join the team in Delft.

The Space Systems Engineering team develops advanced opto-mechatronic instruments and systems for space missions, ground-based astronomy, and scientific research. These systems operate at the edge of what is technically possible, requiring strong coordination across disciplines such as optics, mechatronics, manufacturing, and testing.

Within this environment, Product & Quality Assurance (PA/QA) is essential to ensuring that all instruments and subsystems meet their mission objectives safely, reliably, and consistently. As projects in the LaserSatcom domain continue to grow, the team is expanding its efforts on the development and integration of supporting electronics for space applications.

As a Senior Product Assurance Engineer, you will work on complex and often long-running development programs focused on delivering high-performance opto-mechatronic instruments. You will collaborate closely with partners, subcontractors, suppliers, and international research institutes within the European space ecosystem.

Main responsibilities

• Contribute to the realization and space-qualification of supporting electronics within multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Work as part of a core project team that typically includes a Project Manager, System Engineer, PA/QA Manager, and MAIT Manager, supported by a broader group of technical specialists.
• Ensure that all activities are carried out using approved information, materials, and processes — internally as well as at subcontractors and suppliers.
• Oversee inspections and maintain complete, accurate, and consistent project documentation.
• Coordinate the Non-Conformance process, including reporting, discussions with customers and suppliers, and decisions on corrective actions.
• Proactively identify potential risks that could impact product performance or reliability, and guide the team toward effective and cost-efficient preventive measures.
• Act as an independent, reliable sparring partner for customers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Be present on site at least three days per week to ensure close collaboration with engineering and project teams.

Requirements

• A completed technical degree at HBO or WO level.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in a Product Assurance environment.
• Knowledge of instruments for larger satellite systems and familiarity with smaller satellite platforms.
• Strong understanding of PA/QA management principles.
• Preferably experience with ISO-9001, the space domain, and ECSS standards.
• Preferably technical knowledge of opto-mechanical instrumentation.
• Preferably experience with the qualification of electronics and electronic components for use in space.
• Strong technical insight combined with the ability to provide guidance within multidisciplinary teams.
• A structured, critical, accurate working style, with the desire to collaborate closely with colleagues.
• Strong communication skills in both written and spoken Dutch and English. Dutch is preferred but not mandatory.

At S[&]T we contribute to a safer life on earth by translating space data into valuable and actionable insights. We oversee data from instruments to application, and apply our expertise within our software frameworks, information products and consultancy.

Our society relies on space and scientific instruments for climate change monitoring, navigation, defence and national security, and other crucial services we all use in our daily lives. These instruments produce an enormous quantity of complex data, and our goal is to unlock its value.

We have more than 20 years of experience working on instrument calibration, the creation of data quality monitoring tools, the development of real-time data processing frameworks, and the development of application-specific algorithms. With this, we help organisations, governments and industries to strengthen their information position and thereby improve their decision making. We focus on the following domains: Space & Science, Defence & Security, Environment & Sustainability, and High-Tech Consulting.