Quality & Product Assurance (QPA) Intern - Spain

The team is dedicated to embedding quality into every stage of our work — from design and development through to production, testing, and launch — ensuring that our satellites and systems are ready to perform their mission with confidence. What will you be doing? As a Quality & Product Assurance Intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience in satellite production quality and assurance. You’ll: Support quality inspections and checks during harness and subsystem manufacturing. Monitor production processes to ensure compliance with ECSS and internal standards. Assist in documenting and resolving non-conformances and corrective actions. Contribute to configuration control, documentation accuracy, and traceability. Support supplier quality checks and assist in internal audit preparation. Participate in qualification test campaigns and continuous improvement projects. Collaborate closely with engineers, technicians, and the wider QPA team to deliver flight-quality hardware. What You’ll bring You’ll bring curiosity, precision, and a passion for learning how spacecraft are built. You’ll have: A background in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or software engineering (or similar discipline). An understanding of basic quality control or assurance concepts. Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to documentation. Clear communication skills and confidence asking questions when unsure. A proactive and collaborative mindset with the ability to learn fast in a technical environment. A desire to contribute directly to missions that will go to space. This is an on-site position that occasionally will allow the successful candidate to work remotely from home. However, the following conditions need to be met: Due to the nature of this role, you will be required in the office/lab at least 2-3 days per week, fluctuating based on business needs. During qualification test campaigns, you will be required in the office/lab for longer stints (e.g., 2 weeks consecutively). While working from home, if an emergency arises, you may be required to come to the office/lab on a short notice. For role is based in Barcelona, Spain To apply, you must have the legal right to work in this location. When applying, please submit your CV in English. Why Open Cosmos? Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers around the globe. A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world challenges. A diverse, ambitious, and supportive team. Division COO Department QUALITY & PRODUCT ASSURANCE Role Quality and Product Assurance Intern Locations Barcelona, Spain Remote status Hybrid Employment type Internship About Open Cosmos Open Cosmos is dedicated to solving customer problems with insights from space. Whether this is monitoring agricultural yields, assessing the damage of oil spills or providing navigation solutions, we believe that data from satellites is the most effective and sustainable way of achieving this. Apply for this job COO · QUALITY & PRODUCT ASSURANCE · Barcelona, Spain · Hybrid Quality & Product Assurance (QPA) Intern - Spain Loading application form Career site Data & privacy Manage cookies Employee login Candidate Connect login Already working at Open Cosmos? Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague. Log in Applicant tracking system by Teamtailor

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