Supply Chain and Manufacturing Engineer (m/f/d)

Starflight Dynamics GmbH; München; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Starflight Dynamics GmbH is seeking an experienced procurement professional to secure space-grade parts and manage suppliers from order to delivery. You will ensure traceability, comply with space standards, and handle export controls as part of a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities include evaluating bids, expediting shipments, and coordinating with engineering to scale from prototypes to production. Fluent German and English are required for this role.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years in procurement, supply chain or manufacturing engineering, ideally for space-grade or other high-reliability hardware.
• Solid grasp of mechanical manufacturing: machining, additive manufacturing, surface treatment, and how they drive cost and lead time.
• Familiarity with space quality and documentation standards (e.g. ECSS).
• Working knowledge of export-control and dual-use rules (EU, BAFA, ITAR/EAR).
• Basic understanding of purchasing contracts and terms.
• Fluent German and English.

Responsibilities

• Find, assess and qualify suppliers for pieces, parts and assemblies, from machined parts to flight-grade subsystems
• Run requests for quotation, compare offers, and give engineers solid input for make-or-buy decisions
• Build and maintain our supplier base and its qualification records
• Own purchasing from order to delivery: purchase orders, lead times, expediting and incoming inspection
• Keep procurement traceable, with certificates of conformity, material records and documentation that meet space quality standards
• Handle export-control and dual-use requirements for what we buy and where it comes from
• Work with Propulsion, Platforms and Payloads so that parts can be built, bought and scaled
• Support the step from prototypes to repeatable production for our platforms

Skills

Procurement

Supply chain

Manufacturing engineering

Space hardware

Export controls

German + English

Education

Mechanical/aerospace/production engineering degree

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

You will get the right parts, from the right suppliers, to our benches on time, and make sure what we design can actually be built.

Mission & responsibilities

You will get the right parts, from the right suppliers, to our benches on time, and make sure what we design can actually be built.

Sourcing & suppliers

1. Find, assess and qualify suppliers for pieces, parts and assemblies, from machined parts to flight-grade subsystems
2. Run requests for quotation, compare offers, and give engineers solid input for make-or-buy decisions
3. Build and maintain our supplier base and its qualification records

Orders & delivery

1. Own purchasing from order to delivery: purchase orders, lead times, expediting and incoming inspection
2. Keep procurement traceable, with certificates of conformity, material records and documentation that meet space quality standards
3. Handle export-control and dual-use requirements for what we buy and where it comes from

Design for manufacturing

1. Work with Propulsion, Platforms and Payloads so that parts can be built, bought and scaled
2. Support the step from prototypes to repeatable production for our platforms

What we are looking for

Must have

• 3-6 years in procurement, supply chain or manufacturing engineering, ideally for space-grade or other high-reliability hardware
• A solid grasp of mechanical manufacturing: machining, additive manufacturing, surface treatment, and how they drive cost and lead time
• Familiarity with space quality and documentation standards (e.g. ECSS)
• A working knowledge of export-control and dual-use rules (EU, BAFA, ITAR/EAR)
• A basic understanding of purchasing contracts and terms
• Fluent German and English

Nice to have

• Experience with flight-hardware procurement or supplier audits
• Experience setting up procurement processes and ERP tooling in a growing company
• A technical degree in mechanical, aerospace or production engineering