Chief Quality Inspector (m/f/d)

The role

The Chief Quality Inspector defines inspection strategies, verification methods, and conformity assessment criteria. This person drives a quality-at-source culture and manages laboratory functions and inspection governance.

What you will do

• Define and govern the company inspection strategy, acceptance approaches, and verification methodologies.
• Establish conformity assessment criteria and ensure objective evidence supports all product acceptance decisions.
• Own inspection governance, standards, procedures, and inspection-related competency frameworks.
• Lead laboratory functions including material testing, metallography, composite testing, calibration activities, and failure investigations.
• Support process qualification activities by defining required verification and inspection evidence.
• Drive implementation of quality-at-source principles across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure inspection resources, technologies, and capabilities can scale with future production demand.
• Develop and maintain inspector training, qualification, certification, and recertification requirements.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Production Engineering, Product Assurance, and Supplier Quality to resolve conformity concerns.
• Provide clear conformity recommendations and inspection performance reporting to senior leadership.

Required qualifications

• Extensive experience in manufacturing quality, inspection, product assurance, or quality engineering leadership roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in inspection methods, conformity assessment, acceptance criteria, and verification planning.
• Strong understanding of incoming inspection, in-process inspection, final inspection, and release processes.
• Experience leading NDT disciplines including X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT), Ultrasonic, and Dye Penetrant inspection.
• Knowledge of laboratory operations, materials testing, metallography, calibration systems, and failure analysis methods.
• Experience developing inspection standards, procedures, governance models, and competency frameworks.
• Ability to make objective conformity decisions based on technical evidence and risk assessment.
• Strong leadership capability with experience developing and managing multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Proven ability to implement scalable quality systems within fast-growing manufacturing organizations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail and commitment to product integrity.
• Professional proficiency in English

Nice to have

• German language skills are advantageous

Benefits

• Employee Participation Program: virtual company share program
• 30 days of vacation
• Company pension plan with 20% employer contribution after the probation period
• Subsidised lunch
• Flexible mobility budget: choice between fully financed Deutschlandticket, JobRad bicycle leasing, FINN JobAuto, or a fuel allowance
• Rental clothing with laundry service
• Sport Clubs membership: sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass)
• Individual learning allowance granted after the probation period
• Childcare allowance for non-school-age children

Before you apply

• Due to security clearance requirements, affiliations with countries listed under § 13 para. 1 no. 17 SÜG may affect the application process.

About the company

Isar Aerospace is a fast-growing company building a modern space business to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites into Low Earth Orbit.