Quality Assurance Engineer - Delft (Aerospace)

Location: Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global is a space transportation company developing in-space propulsion, satellite servicing, and reusable spaceplane technologies.

What you will do

• Own Quality Assurance Plans for in-space propulsion products and customer programmes.
• Act as the primary quality contact for customers and participate in quality control boards, including EQSR, MPCB, PCB, and RCB.
• Manage non-conformances, deviations, corrective actions, and quality requirements throughout product delivery.
• Maintain approved materials, mechanical parts, and process lists; support propulsion safety reviews, range safety, and hazard analysis.
• Coordinate APQP, metrology and calibration, traceability, trend analysis, and production process control across prototype and small-series production.
• Audit internal processes, maintain the quality handbook system, and drive practical continuous improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering.
• Quality Assurance training or equivalent practical experience.
• Five or more years of experience in a Quality Assurance role.
• Experience establishing, implementing, and maintaining quality systems, ideally in aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment.
• Experience implementing quality processes across prototype and small-series production.
• Experience applying aerospace or space-industry standards such as AS9100 or ECSS.
• Experience working directly with customers, safety organisations, or certification bodies.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across a geographically distributed international team.
• Proactive, independent approach with sound engineering judgement and confidence using data for quality decisions.

Nice to have

• Training or practical experience in process improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma.
• Experience across both product quality and customer programme quality.
• Experience with safety reviews or hazard analysis for complex engineered products.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent position starting with a fixed-term contract of 12 months.
• Work across engineering, manufacturing, and customer programmes throughout the product lifecycle.
• Significant autonomy and direct customer interaction in a fast-moving engineering and production environment.
• Inclusive workplace committed to valuing and supporting people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
• International teams distributed across the Netherlands, France, New Zealand, and the USA.

Hiring process

• hirify.global does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies or unsolicited agency submissions.
• Applicants who do not meet every listed requirement are still encouraged to apply.