Senior Safety and Quality Assurance Engineer

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Safety and Quality Assurance Engineer with experience in aerospace engineering organisations, specially in EASA Part 21J DOA organisations to join our innovative team and help us shape the future of urban e-mobility.

In this position, you will have the exciting opportunity to work within the Lilium Engineering Function and to support the company to build and maintain the highest quality and safety standards. You will report to the Head of Engineering Safety and Quality, securing all Safety and Quality Assurance duties required.

Lilium welcomes people from all over the world. We are a multinational company and happy to support our new top talents with relocation. We have helped our new hires to meet their Visa criteria and successfully settle in Munich.

Your Day to Day:

• Provide independent assurance that all processes, procedures, regulatory, quality, safety and mandatory requirements are being maintained and adhered to, in order to ensure the safety and quality framework of the Lilium Engineering function is effective throughout the Product Life Cycle.
• Assess the safety and quality competence, and the technical development capability of Design Suppliers; find, negotiate and formalise solutions for their adequate integration into Liliums Design Management system i.a.w. Part 21J.
• Monitor the safety and quality performance of Design Suppliers; define and agree development, corrective and preventive measures where needed.
• Provide support and guidance on safety and quality related matters across the Engineering Function as required.
• Support owners of findings and occurrences in investigations through facilitation and deployment of problem-solving tools and skills, including root cause analysis, definition and deployment of corrective and preventive measures, and effectiveness checks as required.
• Lead and conduct independent safety and quality investigations on Engineering related occurrences adapting the MEDA philosophy.
• Promote Safety and Quality in the organisation; work closely with the engineering teams to develop the right safety and quality culture for an aerospace company by training, coaching, lessons learned, reporting and communicating.
• Provide selected safety and quality trainings related to your perimeter of responsibility.
• Represent Safety and Quality Assurance at internal and external meetings.
• Create Process Assurance Plans and reports, and other programme Quality Assurance related documents.
• Support the Independent Monitoring Function on product, process, capability, compliance, or Design Supplier audits as required.

Your profile:

Required:

• Sc./B.Sc./B.Eng., Aerospace Engineering or related field
• 3+ years of experience in Aerospace Engineering, focus on quality, safety, process excellence or engineering related role
• Excellent knowledge of Aerospace regulations, EASA, FAA and/or other NAA’s.
• Experience with RTCA/DO-178B & C, RTCA/DO-254 & SAE/ARP4754A objectives and associated activities
• High level of self-reliance, autonomous target-oriented work style, analytic problem-solving competence, good communication skills
• Fluent English language skills
  Desirable:

• Lean practitioner, experienced with APQP, RCA, 9S, 8D, 5W, GEMBA Walks, performance measurement
• Experience in working with Design suppliers and partners
• Knowledge in quality standards like EN9100 or ISO9001
• Ambitious coach and trainer
• Certification as auditor (ISO19011)
• German language skills

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