Quality inspector Solar Arrays (d/f/m)

Job Description:

In order to support the Solar Array Quality team, Airbus Defence and Space is looking for a Quality Inspector – Solar Array (d/f/m)

Within Airbus Defence and Space in Ottobrunn, our Solar Array Quality team ensures that space hardware meets the highest quality and safety standards before heading into orbit.

In this role, you will act as a key contributor to product integrity across assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) activities. You will conduct incoming, in-process, and final inspections on semi-automated and automated production lines, ensuring complete compliance with customer requirements and quality assurance standards.

This role is also available with reduced weekly hours and an adapted scope of tasks.

Your location

Our site is just a stone's throw away from Munich, the beautiful capital of Bavaria. Are you into sports and other outdoor activities?

The Alps and Lake Starnberg are within an hour’s reach, offering a multitude of recreational options.

Our Benefits for You

Fair Compensation & Extras: Attractive remuneration and individual additional benefits, such as company pension schemes, mobility offers (e.g., bike leasing), or corporate discounts with partner companies in accordance with our current guidelines.

Time for You (and Your Loved Ones): 30 days of annual leave based on our collective agreement (35-hour week); work-life balance through flexible working hours (flextime), mobile working, part-time options, job sharing, and sabbatical opportunities.

Growth Made Easy: Excellent professional development opportunities and international, group-wide career perspectives.

Feel Good at Work: On-site company doctor; comprehensive health programs (sports courses, preventive care, etc.), canteen and cafeteria, and local childcare facilities at selected locations.

Diversity Connects: Work in a diverse environment with more than 140 nationalities, where exchange, mutual support, and inclusion are part of our DNA.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Perform incoming, kitting, in-process, and final inspections on components, solar cell assemblies, coupons, and photovoltaic assemblies (PVA) according to established procedures.
• Act as a guardian of conformity during assembly, integration, and testing (AIT), executing critical process surveillance, four-eyes checks, and formal sign-offs/stampings.
• Conduct electro-luminescence (ELM) and photoluminescence (PLM) analysis, key inspection points (KIP), mandatory inspection points (MIP), and quality delegation surveillance.
• Record, document, and manage non-conformances (NCRs/ORs) within the quality management database (NC CAPA) in close coordination with operations and product assurance.
• Establish comprehensive inspection reports, daily operation record sheets, and support the maintenance of flight hardware end item data packages (EIDP).
• Provide go/no-go decisions for activities presenting potential risks to personnel or hardware in alignment with production leadership.
• Support quality documentation, internal flash audits, and occasional off-site inspection campaigns as needed (occasionally abroad).

Desired skills and qualifications

• You have vocational training or a technical degree in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• You have proven professional experience in quality assurance, quality inspection, or manufacturing operations.
• You have a solid technical understanding of manufacturing processes and quality standards; prior experience with space hardware, solar arrays, or cleanroom environments is advantageous.
• You have experience with non-conformance management, inspection protocols, and standard documentation procedures.
• You are reliable, possess strong integrity, with great attention to details, and enjoy problem solving
• You have a good working knowledge of standard IT tools including SAP and MS Office applications.
• You have proven professional working proficiency in German and English to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Quality Inspection <JF-QU-QC>

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