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Product Assurance and Supply Quality Manager (m/f/d)

OHB logoOHBBremen, GermanyPosted 2mo ago

About the role

OHB System AG – We.Create.Space

OHB System AG is one of the leading space companies in Europe. The company is part of the listed high-tech group OHB SE, which has more than 3,200 employees working on pivotal European space programs. With two strong locations in Bremen and Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and more than 40 years of experience, OHB System AG specialises in high-tech solutions for space. These include low-orbiting and geostationary satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, science and space exploration as well as systems for human space flight and aerial reconnaissance. We owe our success to our employees' passion for innovation, as well as their commitment and initiative.

For permanent employment OHB System AG in **Bremen ** is looking for a

Product Assurance and Supply Quality Manager (m/f/d)

As a Product Assurance & Supply Quality Manager, you will become part of an interdisciplinary team delivering innovative space projects. You will play a key role in ensuring the highest quality standards throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with engineering, suppliers, customers, and international project teams to contribute to the success of future space missions.

Your Tasks

  • Drive the implementation and compliance of Product Assurance and Supply Quality requirements within your area of responsibility
  • Coordinate Product Assurance and Supply Quality activities throughout the complete project lifecycle
  • Lead quality reviews and project milestones, including preparation, moderation, documentation, and follow-up of resulting actions
  • Manage non-conformance processes and chair the corresponding review and decision boards to ensure timely resolution
  • Coordinate quality-related activities across engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and project management while ensuring a transparent flow of information
  • Act as a trusted interface for quality topics towards internal stakeholders, customers, and suppliers
  • Support supplier quality activities, including qualification, performance monitoring, and resolution of quality-related issues throughout the supply chain
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality, process efficiency, and project execution
  • Provide regular reporting to the Lead Product Assurance Manager and the Product Assurance Department

Your Qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering, Physics, Natural Sciences, or a comparable technical qualification
  • Experience in Product Assurance, Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, or Project Quality within the space, aerospace, defense, automotive, semiconductor, or another highly regulated industry
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence in moderating technical discussions and driving decisions
  • Analytical mindset with a genuine interest in solving complex technical and quality-related challenges
  • Ability to make well-founded decisions, take ownership, and represent them confidently towards customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
  • Structured working style with the ability to balance detailed analysis and overall project objectives
  • Business fluent in English; German language skills are considered an advantage
  • Willingness to travel regularly and enjoy working in an international project environment

We offer

Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & special leave days

Mobile Work: Hybrid work & mobile work abroad

Structured on-boarding process (incl. Assignment of a buddy in the first months)

Development: Extensive range of training courses, individual professional development, German language courses & annual employee dialogue

space projects

Additional benefits: 13. monthly salary, accident insurance & company pension plan

Catering: High standard company restaurant & generous meals subsidy

Active health promotion: Health management, E-GYM Wellpass & In-company sports groups

Family: Kindergarten subsidy / Kindergarten places, Childcare in the vacation period & paid child sickness days

Mobility: Subsidized Deutschland ticket, Job bike & parking lots

Company parties & events: Christmas party, Satellite launch events, NextGen Speakers Night

Innovation: Company suggestion system & free research and development

A complete overview of our benefits and more details can be found here on our website .

Become part of our international team and take your professional and personal development to a new level. Don't fulfil all the requirements? No problem - we are happy to receive applications with partial matches! We are looking forward to your application in German or English via our online tool.

OHB System AG Human Resources

Questions regarding this posting? Alfrida Paja is available under ­ ­career@ohb.de .

Copied from the listing OHB published, verified 31 Oct 2026.

About OHB

European satellites from Bremen, plus launcher structures from MT Aerospace in Augsburg.

Bremen is OHB's home and satellite factory, where OHB System assembled most of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites. (Source: Spaceflight Now)

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