Systems Qualification Engineer

ph3Responsibilities /h3 ul liDrive product through the qualification process /li liDevelop and maintain the Qualification Data Pack core documents — qualification plans, test plans and procedures, requirements verification matrices, and qualification reports. /li liManage the four-stage qualification chain: Type Qualification (TQ), First Article Inspection (FAI), Lot Acceptance, and In-Service Surveillance, ensuring each stage produces its required artefact and signing authority. /li liDefine test campaigns and acceptance criteria, and coordinate environmental, mechanical, safety, and performance test programs to NATO AECTP, STANAG, and AOP standards. /li liBuild and maintain requirements traceability and verification cross-references, ensuring every requirement is verified /li liPrepare gate-review entry packages, checklists, and RACI assignments, and act as the engineering focal point in formal reviews with Chief Engineers, Quality, Safety, and customer technical authorities. /li liManage re-qualification: assess change and failure triggers, classify them, and scope the re-qualification activity in line with the framework’s re-qualification rules. /li liSupport hazard and safety assessments at system level and ensure the qualification evidence underpins the system safety case and Statement of Qualification. /li liDrive anomaly and non-conformance investigations through root-cause analysis and corrective action, feeding results back into the qualification record. /li liMaintain configuration baselines and document control across the qualification lifecycle and support FAI and Production Readiness activities to transition a qualified design into production. /li liCollaborate with energetics, propulsion, mechanical, electronics, and software discipline leads to integrate their qualification overlays into a coherent system-level program. /li /ul h3Qualifications /h3 ul liBSc. or MSc. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or a related engineering discipline. /li li3+ years of experience in qualification, verification and validation, or systems engineering of energetic, propulsion, missile, or aerospace systems in a defense or aerospace environment. /li liWorking knowledge of a gate-driven, V-model qualification lifecycle and the deliverables and entry/exit criteria associated with formal design and qualification reviews. /li liExtensive experience with NATO and equivalent qualification standards — STANAG, AECTP, and AOP munition safety principles, or equivalent national frameworks. /li liUnderstanding of the qualification chain: type qualification, first article inspection, lot acceptance, and in-service surveillance /li liSolid grasp of TRL and MRL frameworks and how readiness levels gate progression through the lifecycle. /li liProven experience authoring qualification plans, test procedures, verification matrices, and qualification reports in a regulated, safety-critical environment. /li liExperience with configuration management, requirements traceability, and document control on a complex hardware program. /li liStrong documentation discipline and analytical mindset, with the ability to assemble and defend a complete evidence package under technical-authority review. /li liAble to work hands‑on across laboratory, integration, and test environments. /li liWillingness to travel between production, RD, and test sites in various locations. /li liFluency in English required; German, Dutch is a plus. /li /ul /p #J-18808-Ljbffr