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Your focus will be on stabilizing, optimizing, and qualifying manufacturing processes to ensure reliable production and consistent product quality.\nWorking closely with production and engineering teams, you will provide hands-on technical support, solve manufacturing challenges, and drive continuous process improvements. You will also support the design and implementation of jigs and fixtures to improve manufacturing efficiency.\nTHE WHY\n Welding and laser surface cleaning are critical technologies in the manufacturing of our Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs). Qualified and reliable processes are essential to product quality, production stability, and performance in demanding space applications.\nYOUR IMPACT\n You will strengthen the quality, reliability, and scalability of our manufacturing operations. By qualifying processes, reducing weld defects, and driving continuous improvements, you will help ensure efficient and stable production.\nYour responsibilities in detail and by priority\n\nYou will manage and continuously improve welding and laser surface cleaning processes, identifying weaknesses, resolving production issues, and implementing improvements to prevent disruptions.\n → Accountability: Ensure stable and reliable welding and laser manufacturing operations.\n\nYou will develop, optimize, and qualify laser processes, including laser welding and laser cleaning. You will also establish and maintain Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and Welding Procedure Qualification Records (WPQR) to ensure robust and reproducible processes.\n→ High Performance: Develop and qualify manufacturing processes that meet demanding technical and quality requirements.\nYou will investigate welding defects such as porosity, identify root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions. Using methods such as 8D, failure tree analysis, and appropriate inspection techniques, you will continuously improve weld quality.\n→Candor: Identify quality issues, challenge root causes, and address process weaknesses transparently.\nYou will support the design, verification, and implementation of jigs and fixtures. By developing practical solutions and improving existing tooling concepts, you will reduce engineering lead times and increase manufacturing efficiency.\n→Playfulness: Challenge existing solutions and develop pragmatic, hands-on improvements.\nAs the engineering point of contact for welding and surface preparation processes across Blackwave, you will share technical expertise, support production teams in resolving challenges, and ensure critical process knowledge is accessible where needed.\n→Togetherness: Share expertise and strengthen manufacturing capabilities through cross-functional support.\nYOUR PROFILE\n Must-haves\nA degree in Mechanical Engineering, Welding Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a comparable technical field\nAt least 3 years of professional experience in welding processes, particularly laser welding, TIG/orbital welding, or electron beam welding\nGood knowledge of aluminium and stainless steel alloys, including their weldability and material-specific challenges\nExperience with weld quality assessment and inspection methods, such as X-ray/CT, leak testing, or metallography\nExperience in root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods, such as 8D or failure tree analysis\nFluent English skills (at least B1) and German skills (at least B1)\nWillingness to work fully on-site in Garching and support shift operations when required\n Nice-to-haves\nExperience with thin-walled components, liners, or pressure vessel manufacturing\nIWE (International Welding Engineer) or IWT (International Welding Technologist) qualification\nExperience with CAD tools for jig and fixture design, as well as 3D printing and its application in manufacturing tooling\nWHAT WE OFFER\nChoose your own benefit: Germany ticket, Egym Wellpass, or a tax-free Give Card\n\nHealthy & social lunch culture: Fresh meals during shared lunch breaks\n\nHigh level of autonomy & real impact: You own a critical seam in the business - 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