As a Systems Safety Engineer, you will play a key role in our mission aircraft team, ensuring the aircraft’s system architecture is driven by the relevant requirements and achieves the required levels of availability and safety for our customers.
As part of Quantum Systems’ mission aircraft division, you’ll contribute to one of the most exciting German aviation projects of the years to come.
Working closely with the team around our aircraft activities, your role can span across multiple disciplines — from hands‑on technical work to system‑level responsibility.
Our focus is on getting large airborne platforms into the air and ready for real operational use.
Own the safety process incl. managing safety activities throughout aircraft and system development lifecycle
Apply aviation development and safety guidance such as SAE ARP4761A and ARP 4754B
Perform aircraft and system functional hazard assessments (AFHA, SFHA)
Conduct safety assessment (e.g., PASA, PSSA, ASA, and SSA) during the development
Ensure continuous safety process integration with development team
Develop and review fault tree analyses, FMEAs, and other analyses
Closely work with suppliers of safety-relevant equipment
Support process planning, execution, and certification liaison
You have a Master’s degree in the field of aerospace engineering (or similar course of studies).
You already have at least 5 years of professional experience with redundant aerospace system architectures with hands-on experience in safety assessment.
You have a solid understanding of avionics, digital communication, and electrical systems.
You have actively conducted functional hazard assessments and fault tree analyses.
You have hands-on experience with safety assessment and requirements management tools.
You are familiar with the regulatory frameworks in aviation (ARP 4754A, ARP4761, CS-23, DO-178C, etc.).
Experience in military systems design certification is helpful (e.g., STANAG 4671).
Your open, communicative, very friendly and competent manner makes it easy for you to be seen as an internal expert.
You are highly self-motivated and drive your area of responsibility forward independently.
Communication in English is a matter of course for you.
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.
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.
Lunch-Card: Be powerful with delicious energy, daily lunch budget is sponsored.
Company Shuttle: Enjoy our convenient shuttle service that picks you up from Laim in Munich and brings you to our location, with return trips at the end of the workday.
Quantum Systems specialises in the development, design, and production of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). The company’s range of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) sUAS are built to maximize range and versatility and to provide operators with a seamless user experience. By integrating cutting-edge software capabilities, like edge computing and real-time AI-powered data processing, Quantum Systems is building next-generation UAS for clients in defence, security, public sectors.
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.
Quantum Systems is a leading European deep-tech company specialising in unmanned systems. We develop, produce, and scale integrated hardware, software, and AI solutions that are operational across air, ground, and sea today.
Headquartered near Munich and operating globally, we build all core technologies in-house: platforms, mission software, and AI-driven analytics. This stands for technological excellence, scalability, and European sovereignty.
Armed forces, security agencies, and critical infrastructure operators rely on our systems when situational awareness and speed of decision-making define the outcome.
What we build is already in the field. What we're building next will redefine the category.
We're looking for people who want their work deployed, not presented. Who believe sovereignty is something you engineer, not something you declare.
