AIT Lead (f/m/d)

Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA; Augsburg; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International startup

Flexible hours

Home office

EGYM Wellpass

30 days annual leave

Team events

Free parking

Job summary

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is seeking an experienced AIT Lead to drive the assembly and integration of launch vehicle stages within a fast-paced aerospace environment. You will oversee technicians, coordinate daily workshop activities, and ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery while collaborating across engineering, production, and logistics teams.

This role offers opportunities to shape production processes, implement continuous improvement, and develop technical talent within an

Qualifications

• Experience leading assembly, integration, manufacturing, or production in a complex technical environment.
• Ability to organize teams, prioritize work, and meet production schedules.
• Hands-on mechanical assembly skills and troubleshooting on the shop floor.
• Experience with manufacturing equipment, workshop machinery, and assembly processes.
• Collaborative across engineering, production, quality, logistics, and supply chain.
• Strong problem-solving and proactive mindset.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and quality management in production.
• Ability to communicate technical information to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assembly and integration of vehicle stages and subsystems, ensuring safety, efficiency, and schedule adherence.
• Coordinate daily workshop activities, assign tasks, manage resources, monitor performance to meet milestones.
• Interface between engineering and production, implementing design updates smoothly.
• Mentor and support technicians, maintain competency training matrices.
• Drive continuous improvement through process enhancements and feedback loops.
• Collaborate with procurement and logistics to ensure material readiness for integration.
• Support assembly, testing, equipment maintenance, health & safety compliance, and production reporting.

Skills

Leadership of assembly/production

Team organization

Hands-on mechanical assembly

Manufacturing equipment familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Health, safety, quality awareness

Clear communication

Tools

Workshop machinery

Assembly processes

Job description

About Rocket Factory Augsburg

At Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), we have one clear goal: to create low-cost, flexible, and reliable access to space. We specialize in building small launch vehicles designed to deploy satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and beyond. Together with you, we aim to revolutionize space services and help improve life on Earth. Sounds interesting? Then join our journey and become part of the team driving the New Space movement in Europe.

About The Team

Join a team building the next generation of launch vehicle technology. As an AIT (Assembly, Integration & Testing) Lead (f/m/d), you will play a key role in transforming engineering designs into flight-ready hardware. Working at the intersection of manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and quality, you will lead a team responsible for assembling and integrating critical vehicle stages and systems.

This role offers the opportunity to shape production processes, develop technical talent, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced aerospace environment. You will have a direct impact on mission success by ensuring that hardware is assembled safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.

If you are passionate about leading technical teams, solving complex manufacturing challenges, and bringing advanced aerospace systems to life, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Tasks

• Lead the assembly and integration of vehicle stages, subsystems, and associated hardware, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and according to schedule.
• Coordinate daily workshop activities by assigning tasks, managing resources, and monitoring team performance to meet production milestones.
• Act as the primary interface between engineering and production teams, ensuring smooth communication and implementation of design updates.
• Develop and support assembly technicians through training, mentoring, and maintenance of competency and training matrices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process enhancements, supporting quality control activities, and facilitating feedback loops between workshop and design teams.
• Collaborate with procurement and logistics teams to ensure materials, components, and equipment are available, tested, and ready for integration activities.
• Support assembly, integration, testing, equipment maintenance, health & safety compliance, and production reporting activities to ensure operational excellence.

Your Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading assembly, integration, manufacturing, or production activities in a complex technical environment.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to organize teams, prioritize work, and deliver against production schedules.
• Excellent hands-on mechanical assembly skills and the ability to troubleshoot technical issues on the shop floor.
• Experience working with manufacturing equipment, workshop machinery, tools, and assembly processes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, production, quality, logistics, and supply chain functions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, results-oriented mindset.
• Working knowledge of health, safety, and quality management practices within a production environment.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to convey technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience in aerospace, launch vehicles, satellites, aviation, automotive, or other highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of assembly documentation, work instructions, assembly travelers, and configuration control processes.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), Six Sigma, or comparable continuous improvement methodologies.
• Previous responsibility for technician training programs and competency management.
• Experience supporting integration campaigns or testing activities.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to the launch site on Unst, Shetland Islands (UK).

We Offer

• Atmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up
• Flexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours
• Home Office: Full-time employees benefit from one day per week home office
• Health: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass
• Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and speacial leave days
• Team Culture: Join regular company and team events
• Parking: Free parking for your car or bike

Insights

Join RFA and help build one of Europe’s most efficient launch systems. Work alongside 300+ colleagues from over 40 countries and take ownership from day one.

If you’re looking to grow, take responsibility, and contribute to making space more accessible, we’d love to hear from you.