Quality Assurance Engineer

Posting Date: 29 Apr 2025

City: Roma

Location:

Roma, IT, 144

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Sustainability and Business Innovation

Level of experience:

RINA is currently recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join its office in Roma within the Sustainability and Business Innovation Division.

Mission

The QA Engineer works directly under customer control, to support a strategic aerospace and defence program. The consultant will ensure compliance with applicable quality and configuration management standards throughout the entire product lifecycle. The role involves direct engagement with project teams, contribution to documentation and reviews, and support in transitioning new systems into production within a highly regulated environment.

Key Accountabilities

Ensure the correct application of the Project Quality Plan and internal standards (e.g., EN9100, ISO 9001), supporting the project team in meeting quality and schedule objectives.
Monitor and verify the consistent application of internal quality processes across all project phases, including system/subsystem integration and validation.
Support configuration management by defining product structures and contexts within PLM tools (e.g., MATRIX), and managing product changes and version control.
Review, validate, and support the release of technical documentation including drawings, part lists, wiring diagrams, interconnection schemes, and system requirements.
Contribute to internal project reporting by preparing presentations and KPIs for weekly and monthly quality reviews.
Participate in Design Reviews, Gate Reviews, and Safety & Security Panels, ensuring tracking and closure of actions and non-conformities.
Evaluate Statements of Work (SoWs) for suppliers, ensuring consistency with internal quality guidelines.
Perform acceptance activities for development hardware (buy and make), including drafting Verification Acceptance Index (VAI) and inventory lists.
Validate test tools and contribute to the definition and control of industrialisation and production transfer processes.

Education

Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering or Engineering General

Qualifications

Quality Assurance & Control: Proven expertise in the application of EN9100 and ISO 9001 standards, including verification of quality requirements in complex programmes.
Configuration Management: Experience in managing product baselines, change control, and PLM systems such as MATRIX; familiarity with defining contexts and structures.
System/Subsystem Integration & Validation: Capability to execute and evaluate hardware functional tests, including use of measurement instruments and understanding of environmental test standards (e.g., MIL-STD-810).
System Engineering Support: Understanding of system definition and verification processes, including review of justification dossiers, requirement compliance matrices (IRS/ICD), and SSDD/SSS documentation.
Industrialisation & Production: Competence in analysing non-conformities, defining corrective actions, and supporting production process setup; experience with tools like PLM and SAP QM.
Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Polish is considered a plus.

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Competencies

ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future
BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization

With over 5,800 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. It is the policy of RINA to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy) national origin, age, disabilities, marital status, sexual orientation, genetics, military status, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans (veterans who served during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a badge has been authorized), and Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.

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