Senior Manufacturing Engineer (all genders)

🚀 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 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

Your Crew

Join our multidisciplinary team of 10 engineers, where you’ll have leading role in our projects. You’ll work in a multicultural environment, serving a global customer base and engaging with a broad range of technologies and projects. From one-off ESA science projects to state-of-the-art serial production for satellite constellations, there is a wide range of challenging tasks waiting for you.

Your Mission

• Plans, coordinates and reviews project work in Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration & Testing (MAIT)
• Is the MAIT I/F to project management: He/she regularly updates and reports the manufacturing status to the project manager and the project team
• The integration and alignment concept and associated tooling development is under your responsibility
• Supports Design wrt. Manufacturability and design-to-cost (e.g. attends regular reviews with system engineer, design, procurement and suppliers during design phase, checks internal manufacturability together with the assembly & test technicians)
• Performs manufacturability reviews (tolerances, surface treatments, etc.) of the manufacturing documents (part drawings, assembly drawings, bill of material)
• Supports system engineering wrt verification
• Supports design wrt. Jigs & Tools (MGSE, EGSE) specification (concepts, design, quantities…)
• Estimates the required production time and ressources for initial models and non-recurring activities
• Provides and commissions J&T and hands them over to the production team
• Ensures product quality, e.g. through respective production regulation, inspections and procedures
• Is document owner of the MAIT-Plan (including flows and layouts) and assembly procedures
• Drives trouble shooting within production. Is the first point of contact for the Assembly & Test Technicians
• Continuously improves process capability, quality and efficiency
• Drives Automation within Operations
• Supports the procurement department during more complex procurement processes regarding the adherence to technical specifications.
• Presents conducted MAIT activities, also in front of customers
• Supports proposal work and claim management
• Advises engineering / project management with know-how in the area of shipment/delivery
• Advises engineering / operations with know-how in the area of certification and machine guidelines

In addition to the standard ME responsibilities, the Senior Manufacturing Engineer must also take over the following tasks:

• Support / deputy of the ME Manager
• Training and sponsoring of new employees and interns
• Regular proposal work and cost estimation for new projects
• Establishes MAIT concepts for new projects and evaluates feasibility
• Lead industrialization efforts for site level new products and processes

Your Story

• University degree or technical college degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or similar
• 7-10+ years previous hands-on Engineering experience in a more complex manufacturing setting, ideally in the Space or Aerospace sector
• Hands-on mentality
• Customer – and Product – oriented mindset
• Strong leadership and communication skills

Nice to have’s:

• Experience in manufacturing technologies and basic knowledge of materials science are an advantage
• SAP know-how
• Know-how in lean manufacturing or operational excellence
• Production line leadership experience
• Experience with MES (SAP), CAD and other relevant complex software
• Experience in composite and metallic structures.

Why Beyond Gravity

• 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.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Mari Vargas

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.

Zürich, ZH, CH