Head of Quality

About the Team

Our international and agile team is looking for a motivated individual to serve as Head of Quality (f/m/d). In this key role, you will shape the quality strategy and establish scalable quality processes for highly complex space systems. You will lay the foundation for reliable mass production and play a key role in ensuring that the highest quality, safety, and customer requirements are met in a dynamic New Space environment.

Your Tasks

• Develop and implement a company-wide quality strategy to standardize and continuously improve complex manufacturing and integration processes.
• Lead and develop the Quality Department both functionally and disciplinarily, fostering a sustainable culture of quality across the organization.
• Build and maintain a scalable Quality Management System (QMS), continuously enhancing it and ensuring its effectiveness.
• Define, establish, and monitor standardized processes, inspection procedures, approvals, and documentation standards for development, manufacturing, and integration activities.
• Ensure compliance with relevant aerospace standards, regulatory requirements, customer specifications, and internal quality policies.
• Own quality metrics and reporting structures, leveraging data-driven methodologies to analyze, monitor, and improve process quality.
• Conduct risk assessments and derive preventive and corrective actions to sustainably prevent defects and quality issues.
• Plan and support internal and external audits, including customer and regulatory authority audits, and ensure the successful implementation and follow-up of corrective actions.
• Manage complaint, non-conformance, and change management processes, including root cause analysis and the implementation of sustainable improvement measures.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Production, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Project Management to ensure compliant, repeatable, and quality-driven processes.
• Drive industrialization efforts by establishing standardized processes, digital quality tools, and automated inspection and testing procedures.
• Represent the Quality Organization to customers, partners, auditors, and regulatory authorities, serving as the central point of contact for all quality-related matters.
• Support company growth by creating robust and scalable quality processes capable of supporting future production volumes.

Your Qualifications

Must-Haves

• Several years of experience in senior Quality Management positions within a regulated and technologically demanding industrial environment.
• Proven expertise in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in a technically complex industrial setting.
• Demonstrated ability to develop quality strategies and successfully translate them into operational processes.
• Comprehensive understanding of quality methodologies, quality metrics, risk assessment techniques, and continuous improvement processes.
• Experience leading and developing teams, as well as collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Production, and Project Management organizations.
• Strong knowledge of relevant standards, regulatory requirements, and audit processes applicable to regulated industries.
• Excellent analytical skills combined with a structured and solution-oriented approach to work.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to sustainably foster a quality-driven corporate culture.
• Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in the aerospace industry, ideally within satellite, space, or high-tech manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of relevant aerospace standards, such as EN 9100, ECSS, or comparable frameworks.
• Experience building and scaling Quality organizations in growth-stage or scale-up environments.
• Knowledge of digital Quality Management Systems and data-driven quality and analytics tools.
• Experience industrializing complex products and managing the transition from development to serial production processes.

We Offer

	Atmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up
	Flexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours
	Home Office: Full-time employees benefit from one day per week home office
	Health: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass
	Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and speacial leave days
	Team Culture: Join regular company and team events
	Parking: Free parking for your bike and car

Insights