Job Description:

Role Overview:
Build and lead the integrated Quality & Mission Assurance (QMA) function that owns end-to-end quality processes across the full product lifecycle. Ensure every product — engine, stage, avionics, and ground systems — is build-worthy, test-worthy, and flight-worthy across multiple reuse cycles. Drive quality as a velocity enabler through robust process ownership in Product, Manufacturing, Assembly, and Test/Flight stages.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Product Quality (Design & Development Stage) Own quality processes from concept through design baselining.
o Propulsion, structures, avionics, software, and ground systems requirements verification and traceability.
o Design reviews (PDR/CDR), FMECA, hazard analysis, and configuration baseline establishment.
o Material & component qualification (cryogenic compatibility, EEE parts, additive manufacturing).

2. Manufacturing Process Quality Own all manufacturing and special process quality.
o Qualification and control of additive manufacturing, welding, brazing, machining, composites, and PCB fabrication.




o NDE program ownership (CT, X-ray, UT, PT) under ASNT Level III.
o Process procedure qualification, technician certification, and first-article inspection.
o Supplier quality engineering, audits, lot acceptance, and counterfeit prevention (AS6081).
o Conduct & Own Process reviews at different stages of manufacturing and ensure quality of production

3. Assembly & Integration Quality Own assembly, integration, and cleanliness processes.
o Precision assembly of engines, stages, avionics, harnesses, and ground systems.
o IPC-A-610 / J-STD-001 workmanship standards, conformal coating, and cable/harness quality.
o Oxygen/methane cleanliness control (MIL-STD-1330 / ISO 14644) and contamination prevention.
o As-built configuration verification and serialized pedigree tracking.
o Conduct & Own Assembly process reviews and ensure assembly quality

4. Test / Flight & Operations Quality Own test, reusab

📌 Head of Quality (Bengaluru)
🏢 Talent Leads Consultants
📍 Bengaluru