Product Integrity Manager | AR5
Our Take
Build and certify advanced UAS platforms for Tekever, ensuring airworthiness and safety compliance.
What you’ll do
- Own and prioritize product integrity backlog
- Define safety requirements for UAS platform
- Translate regulatory requirements into engineering work
- Establish safety management system
- Interface with aviation authorities
- Report safety metrics and certification progress
What they’re looking for
- 5+ years aviation/aerospace safety or airworthiness
- Product owner/manager in certified aerospace
- Familiarity with military airworthiness standards
- Working knowledge of safety assessment methodologies
- Experience with PLM tools
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Fluent English
What you get
- Salary compatible with experience
- Daily shuttle from Leiria and Lisbon
Skills & Focus Areas
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- safety assessment methodologies
- Agile/Scrum
- reliability engineering
- configuration management
- technical writing
- compliance
As posted by Tekever
About the Role
You will own the product integrity roadmap for a TEKEVER platform, combining Team Leader accountability with reliability, safety and airworthiness expertise. You will define and prioritize the backlog for quality and compliance including PLM responsibilities and technical writing. Ensure our products meet not only internal requirements but also certification standards and military airworthiness specifications.
Key Responsibilities
Own and prioritize the Product Integrity backlog across multiple areas of responsibility.
Define safety requirements and acceptance criteria for our UAS platform throughout the product lifecycle
Work closely with the Airworthiness team on compliance initiatives, making sure these are translated into Agile actions within the product team
Establish and maintain the safety management system and safety assessment processes
Interface with national and European aviation authorities and military certification bodies
Coordinate with systems architects, systems engineers, reliability engineers, PLM specialists, continuous improvement, compliance, and technical writers within the product team
Translate regulatory requirements into actionable engineering work items
Support continuous improvement efforts within the product team
Report safety metrics, certification progress, and risk posture to leadership
Requirements
5+ years in aviation/aerospace safety engineering or airworthiness, ideally in unmanned systems
Experience as product owner, product manager, or program lead in a certified aerospace environment
Familiarity with military airworthiness standards
Working knowledge of safety assessment methodologies
Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools and configuration management
Agile/Scrum experience (you'll work alongside a Scrum Master)
Fluent English; Portuguese is a strong plus
Nice to Have
Deep knowledge of EASA regulations for UAS (including the EU drone regulatory framework, specific category, and certified category)
Experience at a EASA-certified drone or UAS manufacturer
Background in civil or defense UAS programs
Knowledge of quality management systems
What we have to offer you:
An excellent work environment and an opportunity to make a difference;
Salary Compatible with the level of proven experience.
Daily shuttle from Leiria and Lisbon.