Senior Manufacturing Engineer (all gender)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (all gender)

🚀 Challenge the Impossible

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1800 professionals, spread across 14 locations in seven countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites, launchers and semiconductor industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

Your responsibility

• Provide daily support to manufacturing operations and related support teams in order to assure technically correct manufacturing and product flow; incl. tracking of OEE, process capability CpK, OTD, production costs and proactive improvements of various KPIs
• Define the details of manufacturing for composite structures and optimize existing processes utilizing lean manufacturing principles, based on the basics defined by M&P and System Engineering
• Assure VSM methods are applied, DfM and DtC activities are executed, organize that suitable tooling and equipment is available as needed
• Work cross-functionally with operations, quality, design engineering, and other teams to define manufacturing work instructions, equipment, tools, materials, and training
• Utilize project management techniques / tools to meet cost, technical, and schedule requirements
• Play key role in the non-conformance process and secure measures for root cause analyses, corrective and preventive measures
• Support continuous improvements in all concerned manufacturing processes to deliver inline with customer quality, cost, and demand requirements
• Establish and provide the necessary documentation for strategic operations programs as well as for customer programs, support and participate in project reviews as necessary
• Support in close cooperation with Industrialization Manager the evaluation of infrastructure and equipment investments, establish technical and business case documentation and take leading role in their implementation through procurement, installation, verification/validation until transition into daily operation
• Proactively support and coach the production technicians through frontline support utilizing an integrated project team approach; provide training material (both software and hardware) as needed
• Establish standard work practices across manufacturing and eliminate waste to increase productivity
• Develop and verify new jigs, tooling, equipment, parts, and processes to meet requirements
• Co-work in the bidding team for quotations, concept work and developments, interdisciplinary collaboration in make-or-buy decisions
• Provide cost and schedule support with expert RC cost and schedule estimates, NRC cost and schedule estimates, support LLI activities together with NRC and RC project teams as well as production operations and production control teams
• Actively participate in the change management process as it relates to your respective manufacturing process, driving and implementing process / design changes, support improvement of business processes
• Work with international colleagues in order to evaluate, improve, and transfer latest state processes and maintain standardization across the company portfolio

Your Profil

• B.S. degree in a related Engineering field and extensive relevant experience
• Must demonstrate 5+ years of previous Manufacturing Engineering experience in an industrial setting
• Demonstrates knowledge of quality and safety standards including AS9100 and OSHA or similar
• Previously worked with composite, metallic, and non-metallic materials
• Fluent in English & German
• Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma knowledge/experience; experience with SAP or other ERP, MS Office
• Space or Aerospace experience is an advantage
• Production line leadership experience
• Experience with MES, CAD and other relevant complex software

What we offer

• Work in an international environment with global mindset and high-tech products that will fly into space
• A highly specialized and motivated team with a lot of know-how in a unique industry
• We live a hands-on mentality and take suggestions for improvement seriously
• Attractive employment conditions (contribution to public transport, trainings and development opportunities, full paid maternity/paternity leave and many more)
• Flexible and mobile working and at least 5 weeks of vacation with possibility to buy additional vacation

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying before 16/04/2024. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.

For questions regarding the position, please contact: Franz Straumann | | E-Mail schreiben

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Stefan Hunger | | E-Mail schreiben

Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.

Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.

Emmen, LU, CH