AIT Operations Engineer - Launch Vehicle (m/f/d)

Mission Brief

As part of the Launch Vehicle AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Testing) team, you will be responsible for ensuring smooth, efficient, and timely integration activities. In addition, you will be participating in the change management process and work together with relevant stakeholders to drive up key performance indicators (KPIs) and follow-up on non-conformities.

Your Role in Our Space Mission

• Create, maintain, and optimize the launch vehicle AIT workflows
• Manage operational interfaces of the launcher integration team like the Testing, Logistics or Quality Assurance teams.
• Manage and improve the vehicle integration timeline.
• Create efficient tooling to plan, monitor, and optimize launcher integration activities.
• Participate in and drive engineering change management processes concerning launcher integration topics from initial change request through final hardware implementation on flight and nonflight systems.
• Serve as a key contributor to the non‑conformance process by assessing criticality, defining scope of impact, and developing/validating corrective and preventive actions.
• Act as AIT representative to internal stakeholders—including Design Engineering, Launch Operations, and Production—ensuring AIT requirements are understood and integrated into cross-functional decision-making.
• Identify, lead, and implement internal process improvements aimed at increasing efficiency, reducing rework, and strengthening data flow within AIT.
• Ensure safe execution of launcher integration activities by implementing PPE, ESD, and HSE rules together with the HSE team.
• Develop and realise concepts for AIT facilities across all Isar Aerospace sites.

Qualification Checklist

• BSc/MSc in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or similar
• Strong drive for continuous improvement and strong communication skills
• Experience in bottleneck analysis, line balancing methods, and OEE calculation
• Extensive experience in project management including setup, maintenance, and reporting of timelines, KPIs, and processes
• Experience in assembly and testing of complex systems (medical, aerospace, automotive or similar)
• Clean, organized, and structured way of work
• Basic knowledge in Python, C++, or similar
• Basic knowledge of CAD software
• Fluent in English

Bonus Skills

• Basic understanding of common systems within the aerospace industry (mechanics, avionics, pressurized systems, engines)

Benefits

• Employee Participation Program: Share in our success through our virtual company share program
• 30 days of vacation: Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge
• Company pension plan: Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period
• Subsidised lunch: Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day
• Public transport ticket: Commute with ease using a fully financed Deutschlandticket
• Sport Clubs membership: Stay fit with our sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass)
• Individual learning allowance: Grow your skills with an individual learning budget granted after the probation period
• Childcare allowance: Receive a childcare allowance for your non-school-age children
• And Much More! Discover additional perks and benefits when you join our team

Who we are

We are Isar Aerospace and we are at the forefront of New Space building a modern space business to enable faster, better and cheaper access to space.

Our mission is to help democratise space and use it for good in order to improve life on Earth now and for the future generations.

We are a fast-growing company aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit. The company is privately funded by world-leading technology investors with strong commitment and support and our team is made of driven and talented people with a real passion for space innovation.

We're making rockets in a way that hasn't been done before disrupting a traditional industry. If you are up for the challenge, want to work on cutting-edge projects and be part of a team changing the world for better, come, join us and launch your career!

Want to find out more about us?

Visit www.isaraerospace.com

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