Vehicle Production Engineer (m/f/d)

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (EN); Augsburg; Vor Ort; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

International New Space startup

Flexible working hours

Home office 1 day/week

EGYM Wellpass health program

30 days annual leave

Company events

Free parking

Zusammenfassung

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is seeking a Stage Assembly & Integration Technician to drive the release of vehicle production documentation and oversee lifecycle on the manufacturing floor. You will work with Supply Chain, Quality, and Production to ensure builds meet specifications on time.

The role emphasizes developing new processes, supporting composites integration, and delivering cost-efficient manufacturing improvements in a fast-paced, international setting.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Production Engineering, Aerospace or related technical discipline.
• At least one year in manufacturing environments in a technical role; aerospace or engineering background desirable.
• Structured, independent work style in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and production engineering processes.
• Experience with composites manufacturing including prepreg, VRI, sandwich structures.
• Ability to create manufacturing work instructions for composites parts.
• Familiarity with tooling for composite manufacture and planning of assemblies.
• Basic CAD experience and exposure to ERP/MES and BI platforms; English fluency.

Aufgaben

• Release and manage vehicle production documentation including BOMs and lifecycle on the shop floor.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Quality, Production and Operations to meet specifications and timelines.
• Develop new processes and tools to connect teams and reduce admin overhead.
• Interface between Vehicle and Production; lead cost-reduction driven reforms and quality controls.
• Manage composites integration activities with design and development engineers.

Kenntnisse

Mechanical engineering

Production engineering

Lean manufacturing

Composites manufacturing

CAD tools

Siemens NX

ERP / MES systems

Business intelligence tools

English communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical/Production Engineering or Aerospace

Tools

Siemens NX

ERP/MES

BI platforms

Jobbeschreibung

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

Our international and agile team is looking for support from a motivated person as a Stage Assembly & Integration Technician (f/m/d). This is your opportunity to be closely involved in the challenging development of prototypes and time- and cost-critical test campaigns. Do you enjoy working in a committed, dynamic, and international environment? Do you want to revolutionize space travel in New Space? Then you’ve come to the right place.

Your Tasks

• Responsible for the release and management of vehicle production documentation including BOMs for the entire vehicle, and overseeing our vehicle through its life cycle on the manufacturing and assembly floor
• Work across the business with your colleagues in Supply Chain, Quality, Production and Operations to ensure all aspects of the vehicle are built to specification and on time
• Develop new processes and toolsets to better connect our teams, reducing administrative overheads for Production whilst providing more insights into how our vehicles are built
• As the main interface between Vehicle and Production, deliver further reforms such as part industrialisation, increased quality controls and continuous improvement of work practice with a specific eye oriented at cost reduction
• Take responsibility for composites integration activities whilst working hand-in-hand with the Composites Development and Vehicle Design Engineers

Your Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Production Engineering, Aerospace, or related technical disciplines
• At least one year’s experience in manufacturing environments in a technical role, additional time served in other aerospace or engineering industries is desirable (one year or more)
• Self-independent, a structured way of working and committed to working in a fast-paced environment
• Transferable knowledge of a production engineering environment including lean manufacturing techniques
• Experience in Composites Manufacturing Processes including prepreg, VRI, and sandwich structures
• Experience in creating work instructions for manufacturing, machining and assembly of composite parts
• Knowledge of tooling solutions and processes for composite manufacturing
• Fair knowledge of manufacturing processes, how to organize work activities and tasks for industry, and management of assemblies. Pre-existing knowledge of spaceflight and rockets is desirable
• Experience with CAD tools required, that with ERP or MES and business intelligence platforms desirable
• Experience with Siemens NX is desirable
• Fluent oral and written English skills (all day-to-day activities are performed in English)

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 1 day per week home office
• Health: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass
• Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and special leave days
• RFA Family: Join regular company and team events
• Parking: Free parking for car and bike

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.