Value Engineer (f/m/d) | 55-80k EUR | Cologne

United Manufacturing Hub; Köln; Vor Ort; EUR 55.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Learning curve with steep growth

Standard startup perks

Ergonomic desks and chairs

Free drinks & snacks

Zusammenfassung

United Manufacturing Hub in Cologne is looking for someone to deploy and integrate systems, consult customers on business value, and shape product features. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with OT/IT systems and fluency in German and English.

Join a thriving startup with steep learning curves, standard perks such as free snacks, and the chance to make an impact on modern manufacturing.

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on experience with OT or IT systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly with customers.
• Translate messy customer problems into clean technical solutions.
• Comfortable being the technical face of a product.
• Strong bias for learning and self-reliance.
• Fluency in German and English.

Aufgaben

• Deploy and integrate real systems for efficiency and reliability.
• Consult customers to generate business value.
• Shape the product based on field learnings.
• Debug, optimise and automate data flows.
• Collaborate with the Product Engineering team.

Kenntnisse

Hands-on experience with OT or IT systems

Clear communication with customers

Translating customer problems into technical solutions

Technical face of a product

Bias for learning and self-reliance

Fluency in German and English

Tools

PLCs

Docker

Grafana

Message brokers

Jobbeschreibung

Seven years ago, we started a small system integration and boutique consulting company to help manufacturers digitize their production lines. We installed sensors on machines, built dashboards for production managers, and used AI to analyze product quality - all to improve efficiency, quality and resource use.

Pretty quickly, we hit the same wall every project seems to hit: lack of access to clean, structured, and contextualised data. Every factory had data - but it was fragmented, inconsistent, and locked inside proprietary systems. There was no open, scalable foundation to build on.

So four years ago, we switched gears and founded United Manufacturing Hub, an open-source industrial data management platform that helps factories collect, structure and share production data at scale.

Today, companies like HiP, MAHLE and EDEKA use UMH to connect their shop floors, and we’re backed by a 1,000-people-strong community and international venture capital investors who share our belief that industrial data should be open.

Our goal is simple: Build the data foundation every factory in the world can run on - to make manufacturing faster, smarter, and more sustainable.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and integrate real systems - connecting PLCs, sensors and data pipelines that help factories run more efficiently and reliably.
• Consult customers on how to generate business value - designing use cases, implementing and capturing tangible value with them.
• Shape the product from the field - feeding back real‑world learnings to make UMH more scalable, robust and developer‑friendly.
• Debug, optimise and automate data flows across MQTT, Kafka, Redpanda, Docker, Benthos and Grafana - and document patterns others can build on.
• Work closely with the Product Engineering team to prototype new features, test deployments and continuously improve the UMH stack.

Your profile

• Hands‑on experience with OT or IT systems - PLCs, sensors, message brokers, containerised applications or industrial protocols (Smart home environments count too!).
• The ability to communicate clearly with customers, build trust quickly and act as a reliable technical advisor.
• You can translate messy customer problems into clean technical solutions and enjoy doing it in real factories, not just in slide decks.
• Comfortable being the technical face of a product – part engineer, part consultant, part teacher – thriving in high‑velocity, high‑accountability environments.
• Strong bias for learning and self‑reliance – you don’t need much structure, but can build it when it’s missing.
• Fluency in German and English.

What we offer?

• Salary: €55-80k OTE (depending on experience) + equity through VSOP.
• Learning curve: Expect steep growth. We give 360 feedback, full ownership and a ton of responsibility – making this likely the fastest learning environment you’ve ever been in. You’ll quickly become a true Industry 4.0 expert.
• Benefits: The standard startup perks – a well‑designed office in the heart of Cologne, free drinks & snacks, ergonomic desks and chairs, and access to Urban Sports Club and EGYM Wellpass.

If you want to help build the data backbone of modern manufacturing – and actually see your code make machines run better – let’s talk and apply through Personio by uploading your CV and including a link to something you’ve built or written that you’re proud of.

About us

United Manufacturing Hub is an equal‑opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.