Manager Product Assurance (m/f/d)

The role

The Manager Product Assurance provides independent assurance that products are designed, developed, qualified, manufactured, and released according to requirements. This role leads mission assurance, project assurance, technical risk management, and development assurance processes.

What you will do

• Lead mission assurance and project assurance activities across product development and production programs.
• Establish and maintain product assurance frameworks, requirements, and governance processes.
• Drive technical risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and escalation activities.
• Provide independent oversight of product development lifecycle activities.
• Lead design assurance reviews and product readiness assessments.
• Support qualification reviews and acceptance boards.
• Ensure effective configuration management and product traceability practices.
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure product integrity.
• Support anomaly investigations and risk disposition activities.
• Define assurance requirements for critical products and processes.

Required qualifications

• Experience in product assurance, mission assurance, systems engineering, quality engineering, or related disciplines.
• Knowledge of aerospace or regulated product development lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of technical risk management principles.
• Experience chairing or participating in design and qualification reviews.
• Understanding of configuration management and product traceability systems.
• Ability to evaluate technical evidence and make balanced risk-based recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, and quality functions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Leadership experience within complex technical environments.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of applicable aerospace standards is advantageous.
• German language skills are beneficial.

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 enable faster, better and cheaper access to space. The company aims to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit.