Jobs at Destinus Group BV

Owns contract baselines across defence programmes, translating contractual scope, milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and payment terms into executable plans. Coordinates Programme Management, Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, Legal, and customers. Leads contract delivery negotiations, change management, milestone and payment tracking, risk mitigation, reporting, and governance routines. The role requires strong stakeholder management, technical understanding, contract interpretation, and willingness to work on-site and travel to customer and production locations.

Lead planning, execution, and continuous improvement of solid rocket motor and igniter test campaigns. Author test plans and procedures, run test readiness reviews, act as test conductor during firings, enforce safety and compliance, manage instrumentation and DAQ, investigate anomalies, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve test infrastructure and ensure safe, repeatable energetic system testing.

Manage daily treasury operations, including domestic and international payments, bank reconciliations, cash monitoring, transaction recording, and intercompany payments. Investigate discrepancies, maintain accurate documentation, support month-end close and financial reporting, coordinate with banks and internal teams, follow treasury controls, and improve financial processes.

Researches mathematical and statistical foundations for certifying safety-critical machine-learning systems in autonomous aviation. Evaluates learning theory, generalization bounds, uncertainty, stochastic processes, proofs, and AI certification strategies aligned with EASA frameworks. Conducts literature reviews, develops regulatory and audit justifications, and writes reproducible Python code to validate theoretical hypotheses and benchmark model-safety mechanisms.

Develop, validate, and improve terminal ballistic simulation models for warhead effects against hardened structures. Build and optimize computational models using CAE tools, analyze results, compare predictions with analytical and experimental data, and document methodologies. Support engineering investigations and design decisions while collaborating with the Kinetics Team on defense and aerospace systems.

Develops and validates high-fidelity 6-DoF missile simulation environments. Responsibilities include modeling flight physics, aerodynamics, propulsion, actuators, sensors, and environmental effects; integrating SIL, CIL, and HIL tools; managing simulation requirements; creating verification tests and technical documentation; and collaborating with GNC, systems engineering, software, and flight dynamics teams.

Provides hands-on office and workplace support at the Payerne location. Responsibilities include managing supplies, kitchens, meeting rooms, visitor reception, mail, desk availability, recycling, marketing materials, furniture setup, and maintenance coordination. The role also supports office management with administrative tasks and regularly checks a secondary office. Fluency in English and French, strong organization, initiative, communication skills, and basic MS Office or Google Workspace knowledge are required.

Conduct linear and nonlinear stress analysis of solid rocket motor structures, including propellant grains, bonded interfaces, thermal protection systems, and attachments. Perform thermomechanical simulations, material characterization, test correlation, and model validation using FEA and classical stress methods. Prepare stress reports, margin-of-safety calculations, and design justification documentation.

Lead system-level definition and technical development for guided effector programs. Own requirements, ConOps, subsystem interfaces, trade studies, technical risk mitigation, design reviews, integration activities, and verification and validation planning across propulsion, structures, avionics, guidance, warhead systems, and ground support equipment.

Develops guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for autonomous UAVs and other flying systems. Responsibilities include guidance laws, navigation filters, autopilot control loops, target tracking, simulation, SIL/HIL testing, requirements management, verification, technical documentation, and cross-functional collaboration with systems, software, hardware, and flight dynamics teams.

Own end-to-end execution of aerospace vehicle and subsystem development programmes, covering schedules, critical paths, cross-disciplinary coordination, integration, risk, suppliers, testing, qualification, and delivery. The role coordinates propulsion, structures, avionics, systems engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and regulatory dependencies while establishing PM processes and tools for a growing technical programme organization.

Supports international Travel and Expense operations by reviewing employee expenses, receipts, reimbursements, reconciliations, and financial records. Responds to employee questions, investigates discrepancies, maintains accurate records, uses Excel and finance systems, and helps improve processes. The role includes training, collaboration with Finance and other teams, and increasing responsibility over a four-month internship.

Supports Swiss and international HR operations, including employee data maintenance, onboarding, employment documentation, lifecycle processes, HR reporting, internal projects, meetings, and employee initiatives. The intern will gain practical experience across HR operations and people processes while working with a multicultural People team. Responsibilities require organization, confidentiality, communication, attention to detail, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Administer and optimize Microsoft 365, Windows Server, Active Directory, Intune, and endpoint environments. Manage identity, access, security, patching, backups, virtualization, monitoring, and infrastructure troubleshooting. Customize Jira and Confluence, support complex incidents, advise IT specialists, maintain documentation, and contribute to IT strategy and system improvements.

Process and book high-volume supplier invoices, verify purchase orders and supporting documentation, resolve discrepancies, maintain vendor records, and support month-end accounting. The role uses Microsoft Dynamics and ExFlow, coordinates with suppliers and internal teams, contributes to accounts payable process improvements, and requires knowledge of Swiss accounting practices and professional accounting experience in Switzerland.

Drive business development across Spain’s defense market by identifying opportunities, managing strategic customer and partner relationships, developing pipelines, supporting tenders and proposals, and advancing complex opportunities through negotiation and contract award. The role requires strong knowledge of Spanish defense institutions, procurement processes, and industry dynamics, along with coordination across technical and commercial teams and regular domestic and international travel.

Serve as the technical customer contact for UAV solutions, translating mission requirements into tailored capabilities. Support sales from lead generation through contract award by preparing technical proposals, demonstrations, presentations, tender submissions, and documentation. Collaborate with sales, engineering, R&D, product management, partners, and suppliers on solution development, bids, negotiations, and technical evaluations. The role requires UAV subsystem expertise, defense procurement knowledge, and strong technical communication skills.

Support HR Business Partners across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, documentation, employee records, HR systems, reporting, employee questions, recurring people processes, internal projects, and employee initiatives. The role offers hands-on exposure to international HR operations and requires responsible handling of confidential information, strong organization, communication skills, and Spanish-English proficiency.

Owns safety, quality, and regulatory assurance for missile and UAS platforms across design, production, integration, testing, and operation. Leads hazard analyses, risk tracking, incident investigations, explosives safety compliance, certification, configuration control, and safety reviews. Supports live-fire and flight testing, coordinates export compliance, advises multidisciplinary engineering teams, trains personnel in ordnance handling, and reports safety posture to leadership and government authorities.

Leads end-to-end integration of missile systems, warheads, fuzes, payloads, and subsystems on unmanned aerial platforms. Owns integration testing, verification, safety compliance, risk mitigation, technical documentation, configuration control, design reviews, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions. Coordinates engineering, manufacturing, quality, safety, and test teams while mentoring integration personnel and ensuring explosive materials are handled according to applicable standards.