Senior · Denmark

Senior Space Product Assurance & Quality Manager

18+ years experience · available 2027

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Professional summary

A senior Product Assurance and Quality professional with more than 18 years of experience across major space programmes, NewSpace projects, spacecraft manufacturing and supplier management. His background covers Product Assurance, ECSS compliance, EEE parts, materials and processes, qualification, AIV/AIT, supplier auditing and quality management systems. He has supported missions including ASIM, Hera/Juventas, Galileo IOV, BepiColombo, Euclid, ExoMars and CryoSat-2, working in complex environments involving ESA, NASA, SpaceX and leading European space companies. His strength lies in combining rigorous ESA-grade Product Assurance with a pragmatic approach to NewSpace, helping organisations establish effective quality processes, manage suppliers, resolve non-conformances and deliver qualified flight hardware successfully.

Relevant project experience

01
Product Assurance / Materials & Parts
Prime-level Product Assurance role including supplier data package review, RIDs, EIDPs, NCR handling and review activities in a complex ESA/NASA/SpaceX environment. Also involved in specification, procurement, manufacturing, test and integration.
02
PA Manager
Product Assurance responsibility for the Juventas deep-space CubeSat, including qualification, acceptance testing and launch aboard ESA's Hera mission.
03
Senior PA Manager
PA management supporting completion of AIV and launch of the second Danish microsatellite Bifrost, alongside QMS definition and implementation for NewSpace projects.
04
Space Hardware & Supplier PA
Long-term responsibility for supplier management, EEE parts, materials, processes and subsystem deliveries, including achieving generic ECSS-Q-ST-70-38 SMT approval for Terma's PCB manufacturing line.

Expertise

Product AssuranceQuality AssuranceECSS ComplianceSupplier QualityEEE PartsMaterials & ProcessesSpace QualificationAIV/AIT

Skills

Supplier AuditingSupplier ApprovalEEE/Materials/Parts ControlProcess VerificationNCR ManagementRID ManagementEIDPQualificationAcceptance TestingQMS DevelopmentRoot Cause Analysis

Programme experience

ASIMHera/JuventasBifrostGalileo IOVBepiColomboEuclidExoMarsCryoSat-2ESANASASpaceX

Mission phases

Phase APhase BPhase C/DPhase E

Sectors

Spacecraft ManufacturingDeep SpaceEarth ObservationNavigation/PNTNASASPACEX

Tools & frameworks

ECSSESCCMAPTISISO9001AS9100Apollo RCALean Six Sigma

Languages

DanishEnglish

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