QA Manufacturing Quality Lead

4 weeks ago


Richmond, Canada MDA Full time

**The Company**:
For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we’ll take you there.

Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics & space operations, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. Today, we're leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.

We’re fueled by a pioneering spirit that carries us beyond. And together we enable highly skilled people to continually push boundaries and tackle big challenges requiring solutions that endure and inspire.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you

**The Role**:
We’re on the hunt for a Quality Assurance (QA) Member of Technical Staff (MTS) emphasizing the role of Manufacturing Quality Lead as part of our Geointelligence Team at our Richmond, British Columbia office.

Our mission is to turn data into insight. From detecting changes in fragile ecosystems to monitoring northern ice floes and shipping routes, our near-real time data of Earth observation and the environment makes our Geointelligence team a leader in geospatial imagery, ground stations, enterprise geospatial systems and defence programs.

As a member of the Quality team you will work with our programs such as Chorus Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Satellite, Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), Aeronautical Navigation products, Maritime Insights products, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) services. You will work as part of a technical team to develop new capabilities, enhance existing capabilities and deliver solutions to our customers.

As part of your growth and development we will work with you to establish your development actions alongside regular progress reviews. You are likely to move through various projects to gain the experience and knowledge to progress your career with us.

The QA MTS reports to the Director, Quality Assurance. The QA MTS is responsible for providing direct support and guidance to business pursuits and program projects, maintaining and assuring conformance to MDA’s ISO 9001:2015 certified Company Quality System (CQS), and otherwise enabling company adherence to the Quality Policy.

**Responsibilities**:
Responsibilities fall under three key functions:
1. Programmatic Support and Independent Reporting
- Supports contract negotiations including identifying relevant quality-related clauses as applicable.
- Estimates, prioritizes, plans and coordinates QA activities including tailoring standard processes as appropriate relative to pursuit or project needs. Defines corresponding work package(s) including specification of schedule and budget.
- Authors detailed Quality Assurance Plans and ensures appropriate stakeholder involvement.
- Provides QA leadership within pursuit/project and process execution contexts by engaging local leadership.
- Acts as a quality liaison with corresponding external parties representing the customer or subcontractors/suppliers.
- Reviews pursuit/project plans for conformance to the CQS; reviews other records and documentation, including that being provided to customers, and provides timely and meaningful feedback.
- Plans, conducts and reports on project audits (including supplier/subcontractor audits) in accordance with the Universal Audit Schedule (UAS), sampling across processes and relative to established standards, contracts, plans and processes; completes audit plan and report content.
- Leads and/or supports preparation for, conduct and followup of customer audits.
- Manages subcontractor/supplier qualification by confirming relevant risks are identified and appropriately controlled and performance is monitored in accordance with plans and processes.
- Identifies and initiates records of nonconformance when required, follows up on containment actions as necessary, facilitates determination of root cause(s), and establishes plans for resolution, and confirms completion of corrective actions. Updates and otherwise maintains supporting records.
- Provides oversight of projects to ensure effective implementation of CQS requirements and participates in pursuit/project team meetings including risk reviews and significant milestone meetings.
- Leads and/or facilitates the identification of lessons learned and tracks their realization as appropriate.
- Represents QA interests in multi-stakeholder meetings including presenting information to customers and other interested parties and responding to related inquiries.
- Elevates quality concerns among leadership and other stakeholders along the prescribed escalation path.
- Performs status reporting as necessary including authoring content and presenting on specific topics.

2. Technical Solution Alignment
- Assures solution requirements are appropriately addressed in terms of eleme


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