Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)

About PLD

PLD Space is an international company on a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Space operates over 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in-class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

As a Supplier

Quality Engineer your mission will be to oversee and improve the quality

performance of our suppliers. In this role, you will be responsible for

auditing, evaluating, and supporting suppliers to ensure compliance with PLD

Space’s quality standards and aerospace regulations. You will serve as the

primary point of contact for supplier-related quality issues, escalate

non-conformances, manage deviations (RFW/RFD), and drive corrective actions and

continuous improvement initiatives. Working closely with internal teams and

suppliers, you will play a key role in enhancing product quality, process

reliability, and supplier performance across the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and follow up quality processes linked to

  suppliers of parts and processes.

• Contribute to the selection and evaluation of

  suppliers, ensuring they meet PLD Product Assurance Requirements.

• Ensure that suppliers adhere to relevant quality

  standards, regulations, and company requirements.

• Perform quality audits to suppliers to verify they

  meet the required standards and specifications.

• Escalate suppliers’ non-conformances to the NCM

  Engineers for their internal or joint treatment.

• Escalate supplier-related non-conformances detected at

  PLD Space facilities to suppliers’ quality teams.

• Collaborate with the NCM Engineer during the treatment

  of supplier non-conformances.

• Manage suppliers’ RFW & RFDs.
• Be the focal point for suppliers for incidence

  resolution and quality assurance

• Follow up the implementation of corrective actions at

  supplier facilities derived from non-conformance management, reporting

  internally to the NCM Engineer.

• Contribute to the development and continuous

  improvement of suppliers’ processes and QMS.

• Ensure clear communication of quality requirements and

  an agile and collaborative environment for improvement of products and

  processes between suppliers and PLD Space teams.

• Prepare reports on supplier performance, quality

  issues and corrective actions for internal and external stakeholders.

Necessary Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, with

  preference in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.

• Fluent in English and Spanish, written and spoken.
• Minimum of 2 years in supplier quality assurance,

  preferably in the aerospace industry.

• Strong understanding of quality management principles,

  manufacturing processes, quality control techniques, and product assurance

  processes.

• Experience in root cause analysis and implementation

  of corrective actions.

• Hands-on-the-job, autonomy, communication and

  reporting skills, ability to work in multidisciplinary environments.

• Experience with quality management software tools and

  systems.

• Ability to build relationships with suppliers and work

  effectively in a team environment.

Desired Requirements

• Experience in product assurance or

  quality management within the aerospace industry and with ECSS standards:

- ECSS-Q-ST-10C (Space Product Assurance)

- ECSS-Q-ST-10-09 (Nonconformance Control

System)

- ECSS-Q-ST-20 (Quality Assurance)

• Experience in working under a Quality

  Management System based in ISO 9100.

• Knowledge of launch vehicle or

  spacecraft manufacturing and testing processes.

• Experience with suppliers' management

  and quality control of external deliverables.

Benefits

Health & Wellness

• Physiotherapy within our facilities
• 50% discount on your health insurance
• You can sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

• 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st
• Flexible work schedule

Never stop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Hard work.
• Dynamism.
• Commitment.
• Keep it simple.

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!