Creating Value Through Intelligent Connectivity
SKYTRAC, an aerospace leader in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications and intelligent connectivity, provides innovative technology solutions to some of the world’s largest organizations.
Our work helps aerial firefighters save our forests, allows search and rescue teams navigate dangerous environments, provides coast guards and militaries with mission-critical capabilities, and helps empower humanitarian missions around the world. Our technologies can be found on fixed-wing, rotorcraft, and uncrewed aerial vehicles on all seven continents.
Since 1986, SKYTRAC has been home to talented professionals seeking to make a difference through the development of cutting-edge software and hardware used in the complex aerospace sector.
Engineer your career with SKYTRAC
Follow us on LinkedIn
POSITION SUMMARY:
You will be responsible for ensuring that our products meet the highest quality standards and that our manufacturing processes are optimized for efficiency. The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Manufacturing/Hardware Design) is responsible for driving improvements in quality and serviceability for SKYTRAC products through their full lifecycle and ensuring our hardware design work progresses in line with our AS9100 quality system. If you have a strong background in quality assurance, manufacturing and hardware product design, as well as a passion for creating high-quality products, we encourage you to apply.
Candidates for this position must be willing and able to travel to our Kelowna, BC office regularly. Prospective applicants should reside within a reasonable commuting distance from Kelowna to facilitate this periodic travel requirement.
A typical day includes:
-
Work closely with design teams to ensure design and validation documentation meets or exceeds our internal AS9100 Quality processes, the product specific certification requirements and/or customer requirements.
-
Drive continuous improvement of existing processes and actions to reduce returns by understanding and improving key quality drivers, such as improve design and/or optimize diagnosis processes.
-
Drive/lead Root Cause and Correct Action (RCCA), Failure Analysis (FA) processes.
-
Liaison with key stakeholders in the product design process; including but not limited to technical team members, production, quality, design approval representatives, Transport Canada, customers, program managers, sub-contractors, etc.
-
Assist with development of compliance documentation including certification plans, system safety assessments, equipment qualification reports, certification test plans, etc.
-
Participate in compliance testing and witnessing of test and verification activities.
-
Perform Engineering Change Order (ECO) reviews and track deficiencies and areas for improvement.
-
Perform First Article Inspections (FAI) to AS9102 requirements.
-
Provide Service and Sales support as required.
-
Ensure adherence to quality system development processes and standards, peer review of system requirements and closing of formal reviews.
-
Ensure adherence to engineering best practices and internal engineering processes and standards.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
-
Engineering Degree from an accredited University (Aerospace, Avionics, or Electrical) or equivalent industry experience.
-
Must be capable of completing design documentation and assistance in certification efforts, as required.
-
Demonstrated knowledge of project and product lifecycle.
-
Demonstrated technical and creative problem-solving skills.
-
Understanding of electrical, embedded software & avionics principles.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
-
10 years of avionic product development and production experience
-
Technical leadership skills and the ability to communicate effectively with interdisciplinary project teams.
-
Demonstrated experience with RTCA DO-178, DO-254, DO-160 and SAE ARP4754A and other relevant industry standards.
-
Professional Engineer designation or eligibility is considered an asset.
If you think you are a good fit for our role, we would love to hear from you!
SKYTRAC are world leaders at the forefront of aviation technology.
