Company details

HEADCOUNT

500-999

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Transportation & Infrastructure

WEBSITE

https://www.destinus.com

About the company

Destinus is a European aerospace and defence manufacturer building autonomous drones, strike-effectors, and counter-drone systems. The company markets a “build-test-iterate” approach, with vertically integrated work across autonomy software, propulsion, and manufacturing. Destinus also publishes company updates about acquisitions and partnerships as the company expands in Europe. Hiring spans engineering, production, operations, and corporate roles.

Locations and presence

Destinus publicly lists teams across the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, France, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Public profiles also reference headquarters in the Netherlands, with multiple European sites recruiting in parallel.

Palpable Score

59.3

/ 100

Destinus offers some credible entry points through internships and “Junior” roles, and candidates can find real interview-process detail via third-party feedback. The score is capped by limited pay-range transparency in live listings and a thin public record of early-career progression and retention patterns.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company hires interns, including an HR Operations Intern role positioned as a practical learning placement inside a fast-paced team.
Destinus lists explicit junior titles such as “Junior Purchasing Specialist R&D” and “(Junior) Recruiter,” which are realistic entry points for 0–3 year candidates in non-software tracks.
The company’s wider hiring footprint appears heavily weighted toward experienced aerospace and defence specialists, so early-career access exists but is not the dominant hiring pattern.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company has multiple candidate reports describing structured interviews (HR screen, technical interview, manager interview, then a final HR call).
Destinus gets mixed but usable interview sentiment on Glassdoor, with a majority rating interview experience as positive alongside some negative experiences.
The company frequently asks for salary expectations during interview stages while many public postings still lack clear pay bands, which reduces transparency for early-career applicants.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company frames work in small teams with high ownership and fast iteration, which can create strong learning-by-doing if managers are present and engaged.
Destinus offers internship roles that naturally include hands-on exposure to real HR operations and company processes, rather than purely observational placements.
The company does not publicly spell out mentoring, onboarding ramps, or review cadences in a way that a new grad could rely on before joining.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

12.3

/ 20

The company advertises stock options and relocation support in its benefits messaging on external company profiles.
Destinus publicly states a goal of salary transparency to support pay equity, but most live job surfaces do not consistently show salary ranges.
The company has limited salary submissions on Glassdoor for early-career roles, which makes it harder for candidates to benchmark offers confidently.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company has enough Glassdoor data to give a directional view of sentiment, including a mid-range overall rating and a “would recommend” rate that is not consistently strong.
Destinus shows large-scale hiring activity and multi-country expansion, but public sources do not connect that growth to junior promotion rates or retention over 12–24 months.
The company’s LinkedIn footprint suggests a large and growing organisation, but public profiles do not provide early-career outcome proof such as junior-to-mid promotions, repeat junior cohorts, or alumni trajectories.