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As a Quality Assurance Engineer – Development, you will play a central role in both maintaining our Quality Management System and ensuring quality assurance is embedded throughout the development lifecycle of our projects. Working within the Quality System & Development Assurance team, you will operate across two closely related areas: supporting the ongoing operation and improvement of our QMS in line with EN 9100 and AQAP standards, and acting as responsible Quality Assurance Engineer on software-intensive programmes.
You will work directly with project teams, process owners, and external stakeholders, requiring you to communicate with precision and confidence in both English and German. You will be expected to navigate complex contractual and regulatory quality requirements, translate them into practical quality plans, and ensure compliant execution throughout the project lifecycle.
ISO 9001) and AQAP standards - working with process owners across the organisation to ensure the system remains coherent and evolves with the business, while monitoring quality data such as NCRs and OFIs to identify trends and drive improvement.
~ support the preparation and execution of third-party certification body and customer audits.
~ Act as the responsible Quality Assurance Engineer on programmes - engaging during contract requirements development, coordinating and signing off quality plans, and overseeing quality-compliant execution through gate reviews and project audits.
~ Bring development assurance expertise to software-intensive programmes - working alongside engineering teams to ensure software quality requirements are correctly interpreted, embedded in development processes, and verifiable at each stage of the lifecycle.
~ Liaise with process owners, project teams, and external stakeholders including defence customers and their quality representatives, representing the Quality function at formal customer interfaces.
Have at least 5 years of experience in quality assurance within aerospace, defence, or another regulated industry.
~ Have experience with development assurance in software-intensive environments - you understand how quality requirements apply across the software development lifecycle and are comfortable working alongside engineering teams to implement them.
~ Have hands-on experience conducting audits (internal or external) and working with quality plans in a project context.
~ Communicate with precision and confidence in both English and German - written and spoken - and are comfortable engaging with multicultural teams as well as formal defence customer and regulatory interfaces.
~ Have a university degree in Quality Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Competitive salary and VSOP options
Relocation support : up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
Health & wellness : gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.Social : regularly company events and monthly social allowances
Enhanced parental leave : 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work
These are the core benefits across all locations, there may be additional benefits in certain locations.
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