Lead Product Assurance Engineer - Space
APR Technologies AB · Enköping · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-16
APR Technologies AB is seeking a **Lead Product Assurance Engineer - Space** to take ownership of the product assurance and compliance framework for its space products and projects. The role provides independent quality oversight across the full hardware lifecycle, from design and supplier selection through to manufacturing, qualification, acceptance, and delivery. Core responsibilities include establishing project assurance plans, reviewing technical drawings and test evidence, controlling materials, mechanical parts, and processes (MMPP), and conducting audits and inspection points. You will also manage configuration control, oversee non-conformance reports (NCRs) and corrective actions, and track quality trends, safety risks, and export-compliance documentation to deliver compliant flight hardware. Candidates must hold a **relevant technical BSc or MSc**, or possess equivalent engineering and quality experience. The position requires **at least five years in product assurance**, quality assurance, or technical compliance for high-reliability hardware, including direct product assurance experience on at least one space project. Practical knowledge of relevant ECSS standards and ISO 9001 is mandatory, alongside hands-on experience with audits, supplier quality, and qualification data, and fluent professional English. Preferred assets include familiarity with specific ECSS standards (such as Q-ST-30, 40, 60, or 70), EN 9100, and experience with thermal systems, cleanrooms, or export-control processes.
About the role:
As a Lead Product Assurance Engineer – Space at APR Technologies you will own the Product Assurance and compliance framework for our space products and projects. You will provide independent oversight from design and supplier selection through manufacturing, qualification, acceptance and delivery, ensuring reliable, traceable and compliant flight hardware.
Key responsibilities:
- Establish project Product Assurance plans, compliance matrices, deliverables and identify applicable standards.
- Review specifications, drawings, manufacturing records, test plans, qualification evidence and End Item Data Packs.
- Ensure that all Materials, Mechanical Parts and Processes (MMPP) are properly selected, controlled, qualified and approved
- Lead supplier assurance, audits, inspection points and provide Product Assurance inputs to design, test and acceptance reviews.
- Govern non-conformance reports (NCRs), deviations, waivers, root-cause investigations, MRB/NRB decisions and corrective actions.
- Ensure configuration and change control, critical-item control, traceability and product conformity.
- Monitor quality trends, systematic or safety-related defects, continuity risks and export-compliance evidence.
Who you are:
You are comfortable in a fast-moving technology company where priorities can shift and decisions are made quickly. Being structured and pragmatic, you drive your work forward with a solution-oriented mindset, collaborate well with others and share your knowledge with your colleagues. You act with integrity and sound judgment, pay close attention to evidence and detail, build quality into your work, and have the confidence to escalate when needed.
Required qualifications:
- Relevant technical BSc/MSc or equivalent engineering and quality experience.
- At least five years in Product Assurance, Quality Assurance or technical compliance for high-reliability hardware.
- Experience from working with Product Assurance in at least one space project.
- Practical knowledge of relevant ECSS standards, plus ISO 9001.
- Hands-on experience with audits, supplier quality, NCR/CAPA, configuration control and qualification or acceptance data.
- Fluent professional English and confidence challenging technical decisions constructively.
Preferred qualifications:
- Space-hardware experience and knowledge of ECSS-Q-ST-30, ECSS-Q-ST-40, ECSS-Q-ST-60 and ECSS-Q-ST-70.
- Knowledge of EN 9100, ISO 14001 and/or ISO 27001
- Experience with Thermal products, fluid systems, EEE components, materials and processes, or cleanroom operations.
- Experience with warranty processes, systematic defects, business continuity, obsolescence and/or export-control processes.
Working at APR Technologies:
APR operates at the intersection of physics, engineering and one of the most pressing problems in technology: thermal management. The ambition is to become the global industry standard for thermal control, and we are well on our way.
Here your work is visible, your perspective counts and what you do has a real impact on where the company goes. Working here means solving problems that have real consequences for how technology develops and how much energy it consumes. It means being part of a team that takes both the technology and the business seriously.
About APR Technologies:
APR Technologies is a Swedish deep tech company developing and producing high-performance liquid cooling for applications in space, defense, batteries and chip cooling. Our core technology Rheion®, developed in collaboration with ESA and Airbus and protected by more than 70 granted patents in 22 countries, directs cooling liquid flow directly to the heat source with no moving parts.