About the role
HyLight’s mission is to help society become more resilient to climate change by improving the observation and inspection of infrastructure. HyLight designs and operates next-generation airships for aerial inspections. Our aircraft collect LiDAR, imagery, and methane data to help utilities and infrastructure operators inspect their networks more efficiently and sustainably.
Our activities include:
- Detecting methane leaks from gas infrastructures (4% of global GHG emissions)
- Inspecting power lines to prevent outages and wildfires
By 2030, we aim to become the global leader in aerial monitoring.
In just 3 years, we have pushed the realm of possibilities: as we have:
- Developed 8 iterations of the HyLighter
- Logged over 200 flight hours
- Secured our first inspection contracts with Europe’s largest infrastructure operators
- Joined the world’s top startup accelerator, Y Combinator
- Raised €6 millions
HyLight is aiming for a diverse and included team, if your profile doesn't fit all the description but you can bring a diverse point of view, push it forward, it will be highly appreciated.
We’re well-funded and backed by top investors, providing the resources you wish you had when building your own business. We don’t care about traditional roles or titles—just that you’re smart, proactive, and bring the same founder-level ownership and drive to help us build something massive.
Job Summary: Operating with full autonomy and reporting directly to the Executive Committee, the Quality Manager ensures the integrity of product qualification and serial production phases. The successful candidate will implement and govern stringent Quality Gates for product release (Go-to-Production) and manufacturing workflows, ensuring absolute compliance with aerospace standards. Utilizing robust root-cause analysis, you will evaluate operational field returns, maintain end-to-end traceability, and engineer definitive Corrective Actions (CAPA). Acting as a strategic interface, you will collaborate with Production, Airworthiness, and deployment technicians to synthesize agile development with rigorous industrial standards.
