Senior Quality Manager

About the role

Imagine owning the quality backbone of an aerospace company moving at full speed. While innovation accelerates around you, you ensure every design and every process meets the highest standards without slowing the momentum. As the Engineering Quality Manager, you will ensure that our engineering Organisation (including the Design Organization (DO)) maintains compliance with applicable standards and best practices (like EASA Part 21 Subpart J, EN9100). You’ll lead the development and oversight of our quality system, manage design supplier qualification and monitoring, drive internal and external audits and continuous improvement across all design, qualification and certification activities.

At Destinus, we are revolutionizing the defense industry with cutting-edge Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Our innovative technologies are designed to meet the unique demands of modern defense operations, delivering unparalleled speed, precision, and cost effectiveness. Destinus partners with government agencies and defense organizations worldwide to provide advanced solutions for mission-critical operations, enabling a new era of efficiency and technological superiority. Join us in shaping the future of defense with groundbreaking aerospace innovations.

What You´ll Do

• Be responsible for establishing, documenting, developing and managing the Quality System and for ensuring that it continues to comply with regulatory requirements and business needs.
• Support and guide our Engineering departments in the definition and implementation of efficient processes.
• Oversee design supplier qualification, categorization, and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Maintain and enhance the quality system, including document control, change management, and compliance monitoring
• Monitor compliance of internal processes with established industry standards and certification authority requirements (such as EN9100, EASA Part 21J and required military standards).
• Plan, conduct, and document internal and external audits in line with established processes.
• Track and follow up on audit findings and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and external auditors (e.g., EASA, MoD), and cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and quality standards are met.

Requirements

What You’ll Need

• 7+ years in military or civil aviation or aerospace quality and compliance, or other highly quality driven industries such as automotive, energy with hands-on experience in the aviation industry
• Experience with supplier quality management.
• Track record in leading quality investigations, undertaking root cause analysis, developing corrective action plans, and ensuring the effectiveness of actions undertaken.
• Audit training/certification or experience setting up ISO 9001, AS9100, AQAP2110 quality systems required.
• Familiarity with EASA Part 21 Subpart J and industry certification standards (e.g., DO-178C, DO-254, STANAGs).
• Strong communication, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Who You Are

You are naturally detail obsessed but never lose sight of the bigger picture. You combine regulatory sharpness with practical engineering judgment and you know when to challenge and when to enable. Calm under pressure, you bring structure to complexity and clarity to ambiguity. You are assertive without ego, collaborative without compromising standards. When something is not compliant, you speak up. When a process can be better, you improve it.