Digantara is a leading
Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across regimes, allowing end users to have actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception
(data collection), comprehension
(data processing), and prediction
(analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects
(RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.
Digantara is seeking a highly skilled and motivated candidate for role of Director, Quality Assurance with 10+ years[MD1] of experience, preferably in aerospace/space domain to ensure quality in all aspects of the space hardware systems and associated ground-based support systems. The candidate will be responsible to lead the team of QA/QC engineers and manage end to end quality assurance and quality control activities within the organization ensuring compliance with the mission requirements and applicable space standards.
Why Us
- Competitive incentives, galvanizing workspace, blazing team, frequent outingspretty much everything you have heard about a startup + you get to work on space technology.
- Hustle in a well-funded startup allowing you to take charge of your responsibilities and create your moonshot.
Ideal Candidate
Candidate with expertise in aerospace/space quality management for mechanical, optics and electronic components, good exposure to assembly, integration and testing of satellite systems, structural system with attention to details and problem-solving approach.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance and quality control processes for spaceflight hardware and precision optomechanical and structural systems.
- Ensure compliance with mission-specific quality standards, including documentation, traceability and configuration control.
- Support and oversee AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Testing) activities, ensuring adherence to approved procedures and cleanliness requirements.
- Conduct and support internal audits and supplier audits. Perform receiving inspection of the mechanical, optical, electronic components and BOIs.
- Handling non-conformance, review RCA and CAPA report, provide disposition.
- Review engineering drawings and specifications, manufacturing process plans, inspection plan, assembly and test procedures for quality compliance.
- Review of inspection report, material TC/COCs, calibration reports, NCR and other QA documentation from supplier.
- Participate in and support program design and quality reviews, including like PDR, CDR, MRR, etc. Mentor junior QA/QC engineers and inspectors.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in QA/QC for aerospace or space hardware, preferably with spaceflight programs.
- Strong experience working with space or aerospace quality standards such as AS9100, ISO 9001, ECSS, NASA standards, MIL standards. Familiarity with material and special process standards.
- Proven experience in inspection and acceptance of precision mechanical and optomechanical hardware. Knowledge of CMM, VMM and manual inspection.
- Experience in assembly, integration and environmental & qualification testing of aerospace hardware.
- Excellent configuration management, NC handling and technical documentation skills.
Preferred Skills
- Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing as per ASME Y14.5 and tolerance Stack up.
- Knowledge of 5 Why analysis, Fishbone, 8D problem solving and RCA techniques.
- Basic understanding Quality Control Tools, FMEA, Kaizen, Poka-Yoke.
- Configuration management tools and PLM systems.
- ISO 9001/AS9100 Internal or Lead Auditor.
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt / Certified Quality Engineer from ASQ or equivalent.
- SolidWorks/NX, Minitab, MS Excel
General Requirements:
- Ability to work in a quality-focused, fast paced operational environment.
- Ability to think critically and make independent decisions.
- Interpersonal skills to enable working in a diverse and dynamic team.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Writing and delivering technical documents and briefings.
- Verbal and written communications skills as well as organizational skills.
- Travel occasionally as necessary.
Location: Hebbal, Bangalore
