Manufacturing Engineer (m/w/d) – Winding & Composite Production

Blackwave GmbH; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Fresh food every day

Further development guaranteed

Personal responsibility & creative freedom

Team culture events and celebrations

Job summary

A cutting-edge aerospace company in Ohio is seeking a Winding Engineer to develop, optimize, and industrialize filament winding processes for composite pressure vessels. You'll be responsible for ensuring performance and reliability in a safety-critical environment, and you'll collaborate with various engineering teams. The ideal candidate has significant experience in filament winding and composite manufacturing, alongside a degree in engineering. We offer flexible hours, personal responsibility, and a thriving team culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years full-time experience in filament winding and composite manufacturing, preferably in aerospace.
• Strong understanding of process variability and failure modes.
• Ability to work in a zero-failure, safety-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, and optimize filament winding processes for composite pressure vessels.
• Support process validation, testing, and failure analysis.
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and continuous process improvement.

Skills

Filament winding processes

Process control

Composite manufacturing

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

English

German (B2)

Education

Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science or similar

Job description

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Our Mission:

To end COPV failure in spaceflight. We set the benchmark for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency in composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs). Our products are safety‑critical hardware for spaceflight — where failure is not an option.

Your Role:

As a Winding Engineer, you are responsible for developing, optimizing, and industrializing filament winding processes for aerospace COPVs. Your work directly impacts structural integrity, repeatability, and flight safety.

You operate in an environment where process discipline, data, and accountability matter as much as innovation.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop, qualify, and optimize filament winding processes for composite pressure vessels

• Define winding parameters (fiber placement, tension, angles, speed) to meet performance and reliability requirements

• Support process validation, testing, and failure analysis

• Collaborate closely with design, materials, quality, and test engineering

• Ensureprocess robustness, repeatability, and manufacturability

• Contribute to documentation, standards, and continuous process improvement

• Support scale‑up from development to series production

YOUR PROFILE

• Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science, or similar
• At least three years full‑time experience with filament winding and composite manufacturing (aerospace preferred) andserial production
• Strong understanding of process control, variability, and failure modes
• Structured, detail‑oriented working style with high ownership
• Ability to work in azero‑failure, safety‑critical environment
• Very good English skills, at least B2 German skills

WHAT WE OFFER

• Personal responsibility & creative freedom: You actively contribute to the further development of our production technologies.
• Flexible working hours: Work‑life balance is not an empty promise with us.
• Start‑up spirit meets aerospace: flat hierarchies, short decision‑making processes and room for innovation.
• Individual benefits: Choose between a Germany ticket, Egym‑Wellpass or a tax‑free benefit in kind with the Give Card. For more benefits have a look on our benefit section on our website.
• Fresh food every day: Shared lunch break with healthy, varied dishes.
• Further development guaranteed: You will grow both professionally and personally through exciting projects and exchanges with experts.
• We live and breathe team culture: whether it's a tech talk, team event or after‑work - we celebrate successes together.