Quality Engineer (m/f/d) - UGV

As a Quality Engineer LAND / UGV (m/f/d), you will be responsible for the further development and maintenance of the quality management system within our unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) production facility in Göppingen. You will drive sustainable quality improvements across the entire production process and play a key role in transforming our LAND production from a prototype-focused environment into a robust, repeatable, and scalable serial manufacturing operation.

You will work closely with Production, Industrialization, Engineering, Testing, and Logistics teams, continuously improving inspection plans and quality processes while actively contributing your expertise to root-cause analyses and continuous improvement initiatives.

What is your Day to Day Mission:

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve inspection plans, quality inspection instructions (QI), and quality processes for Mandrill UGVs and future LAND platforms.

• Conduct root-cause analyses (e.g., 8D, Ishikawa, 5-Why) for quality deviations and derive sustainable corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

• Own the deviation and non-conformance management process, including assessment, approval, and follow-up of deviations.

• Support supplier quality management and incoming goods inspection, and perform process and product audits.

• Analyze quality KPIs (e.g., scrap, rework, first-pass yield) and implement improvement actions.

• Actively contribute to validation builds and LRIP (Low-Rate Initial Production) ramp-up activities with a focus on quality stabilization.

• Collaborate closely with Production, Industrialization, Engineering, Testing, and Logistics teams to drive sustainable quality improvements.

• Support certification and customer audits and maintain quality documentation.

What you bring to the team:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable qualification. Equivalent professional experience in quality engineering will also be considered.

• Experience in manufacturing quality management, ideally within the automotive, mechanical engineering, aerospace, robotics, or related industries.

• Strong knowledge of quality methods and tools such as 8D, FMEA, Ishikawa, SPC, and quality management systems such as ISO 9001.

• Experience working with measurement and inspection equipment, technical drawings, and inspection instructions.

• Analytical, structured, and solution-oriented mindset with the ability to drive compliance with quality standards.

• Strong quality mindset and the confidence to stop and escalate issues when standards are not met, rather than working around them.

• Open and professional communication style with a collaborative approach to working with Production, Engineering, and Logistics teams.

• Good German and English language skills.

Why Quantum-Systems:

• We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer-centric focus.

• We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary.

• We push limits, think outside-the-box and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data.

• We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth.

Our benefits:

• Company pension scheme: We support you so that you can already make provisions for later.

• Flexible working hours: With trust-based working hours, you are not only responsible for your working hours, but also for your work-life balance.

• Mobile Work: If things get a little busy in the office, you have the option to work remotely one flexible day per week to create the right balance.

• Stay active: With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to thousands of fitness and sports facilities — and of course, we subsidize the membership.

• Bike-Leasing: We support you in staying environmentally mobile and healthy.

• Corporate Benefits: Your opportunity for attractive offers and discounts from well-known suppliers and brands, e.g. Adidas, Apple, Expedia.

• Employee events: We not only want to grow together, but also celebrate our successes together.

About us:

MANDRILL is part of Quantum Systems’ expanding Family of Ground Systems, designed to extend multi-domain autonomy into the Ground Domain. As a modular high-mobility unmanned ground vehicle, it is engineered for high-speed, heavy-duty missions in contested and GNSS-denied environments.

Designed for reconnaissance, logistics, force protection, and tactical support, MANDRILL integrates natively into MOSAIC UXS — enabling coordinated air–ground operations within a unified, software-defined ecosystem.

Our commitment:

We are an open-minded company that not only values diversity, but actively promotes it. Regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability, we firmly believe that the diversity of our employees is an essential part of our success.

At our company, every voice is heard and every perspective is valued. We believe that our differences enrich us and help us to find creative solutions and generate innovative ideas. We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment where all employees can reach their full potential.