Team Lead Production (m/f/d)

As Team Lead Production for the Competence Center Team, you will take ownership of building, developing, and leading a highly capable competence center within our Production organization. Working closely with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Development teams, you will ensure that critical manufacturing knowledge, technical expertise, and operational excellence are continuously strengthened across the organization. Your mission is to empower teams, establish best practices, drive capability development, and enable scalable production processes that support Quantum Systems' rapid growth and technological leadership in autonomous aerial systems.

What is your Day to Day Mission:

• Lead, mentor, and further develop the Competence Center team within the Production department.

• Define and implement competency frameworks, qualification standards, and technical training concepts.

• Drive knowledge transfer and best-practice sharing across production teams and international sites.

• Establish and continuously improve technical standards, work instructions, and production methodologies.

• Act as the central point of contact for technical capability development within Production.

• Collaborate closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Development teams to identify competence gaps and improvement opportunities.

• Support the introduction of new products, technologies, and manufacturing processes by ensuring workforce readiness.

• Analyze production challenges and coordinate sustainable corrective and preventive measures.

• Promote a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and accountability.

• Monitor key performance indicators related to qualification, productivity, and process quality.

• Drive cross-functional projects aimed at increasing production efficiency, quality, and scalability.

• Foster a collaborative environment that enables innovation and professional growth.

What you bring to the team:

• Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Mechatronics, or a comparable technical field.

• Several years of professional experience in production, manufacturing engineering, industrialization, or a related environment.

• Proven experience in technical leadership, team management, or competence development.

• Strong understanding of production processes, quality standards, and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Experience building and implementing training, qualification, or knowledge-management programs is a plus.

• Excellent problem-solving skills combined with a structured and analytical working style.

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management capabilities across different organizational levels.

• Ability to inspire, develop, and empower teams in a fast-paced growth environment.

• High degree of ownership, self-motivation, and hands-on mentality.

• Enthusiasm for innovative technologies, ideally within aerospace, robotics, defense, or advanced manufacturing.

• Fluent English skills; German language skills are an advantage.

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.

• 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.

• Lunch-Card: Be powerful with delicious energy, daily lunch budget is sponsored.

• Company Shuttle: Enjoy our convenient shuttle service that picks you up from Pasing in Munich and brings you to our location, with return trips at the end of the workday.

About us:

Quantum Systems is a leading European deep-tech company for unmanned systems across air, land and maritime domains. We develop and scale integrated hardware, software and AI-powered solutions for mission-critical operations.

At Quantum Systems, you’ll work alongside experts across disciplines, take ownership from day one and help turn ambitious ideas into technology with real-world impact. We move fast, think beyond boundaries and give our teams the space to shape what comes next.

The Future is Unmanned - But the responsibility is not.

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.