Quality Assurance Lead

About the role

Pulse Nova, the joint venture between EDGE and Indra, is looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Lead to drive quality assurance and control across its advanced defense manufacturing operations. You will provide executive leadership, ensure compliance with regulatory and customer requirements, and champion a culture of continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Quality Assurance & Quality Control throughout the full manufacturing lifecycle, guaranteeing regulatory, contractual and customer compliance.
• Establish, govern and continuously improve the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS), including procedures, control plans, traceability and calibration governance.
• Own non‑conformance and CAPA governance (NCR/MRB), ensuring rapid containment, robust root‑cause analysis (8D) and prevention of recurrence.
• Lead quality readiness for industrialisation and ramp‑up, covering validation support, inspection/control plan readiness and change impact management (ECR/ECN).
• Define and execute supplier quality strategy with Supply Chain, overseeing qualification, audits, surveillance, scorecards and escalations.
• Define and monitor quality KPIs and risk indicators (FPY, escapes, NCR aging), driving cross‑functional actions and executive reporting.
• Lead customer, regulatory and third‑party audits as the final quality authority.
• Promote quality culture, capability development and competency governance across Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain.

Required profile

• 10+ years in quality leadership roles within defense, aerospace or other high‑reliability manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience establishing and governing enterprise‑level QMS (EN/AS 9100 family, ISO 9001) in regulated production settings.
• Track record of quality governance across industrialisation, ramp‑up, serial production, system integration and customer acceptance.
• Experience leading supplier quality strategy and defense supply‑chain oversight, including audits, risk classification and escalation.
• Executive‑level experience managing non‑conformance, CAPA governance, regulatory compliance and customer audit engagement.
• Ability to act as trusted advisor to senior leadership, customers and regulators on mission‑critical programmes.
• Experience in the UAE or Middle‑East defence/aerospace environment is highly valued.

Required skills

• EN/AS 9100 standards
• ISO 9001 standard
• CAPA governance
• Root Cause Analysis (8D)
• Non‑conformance management