Job Description

We're looking for an Quality Manager to join our R&D team in Granada, Spain.

Our Technology:
We're the world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (R-PNT) solutions that improve the reliability, performance and safety of critical applications, and high-risk operations, even in GPS/GNSS denied environments.

We provide virtually fail-safe GNSS and PNT solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide. To this end, we have developed industry-leading solutions that are built around a sound foundation of ultra-accurate synchronization (sub-ns) and frequency distribution services. These combine to deliver a broad set of products and technical solutions based on the enhanced White Rabbit PTP synchronization technology for myriad applications, ranging from timing distribution in financial networks to robust and reliable positioning. In addition, Safran has great expertise in Time Sensitive Networking through several engagements carried out in the framework of aerospace with ESA to provide deterministic communications with zero-packet loss. Overall, we are a highly dynamic company with a clear focus on research and innovation for providing reliable solutions that have robust, dependable, and reliable timing at their core.

The Position:
We are seeking an experienced Quality Manager to oversee our quality assurance processes and ensure compliance with industry standards. In this role, you will develop and implement quality control procedures, conduct audits, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product and service quality while ensuring customer satisfaction.


Safran is an equal opportunity employer who does not discriminate based on race, color, citizenship, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran's status or any protected category. We encourage veterans and people with disabilities to apply.

Job Requirements

List of activities:
• Size & deploy local Quality objectives, define the associated quality roadmap
• In charge of the local quality team, in terms of recruitments & developments.

Brings expertise within the team.
• Part of the local management board/committee
• Ensure quality objectives are meet within the operational activities from development, to manufacture and support.
• Proactively collaborate with ither services, directions & entities.
• Represent quality in front other third parties: Customers, Suppliers, third party auditors.
• Support root cause investigations & problem solving for complex issues.
C2 - Confidential
• Coordinate Quality Management System activities with the team.
• Promotes innovation & continuous improvement within the organization.

In a matrix organization, he/she will report to the Business Unit QA Director (Fr) and will have a reporting line to the SED Spain CEO.
Background & skills:
- Must have : 5 years of experience in a similar role (QA Manager)
- Must have: Experience in a demanding sector (aerospace, defense, space or automotive)
- Must have: Engineer degree
- Must have: Fluent in English
- Nice to have: experience in electronic industry
- Nice to have: experience in design/engineering company

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.