{"id":90609,"title":"Propulsion Production Engineer (m/f/d)","company":"Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (EN)","city":"Augsburg","region":"Bayern","location":"Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany","work_model":"unknown","employment_type":"unknown","employment":["full_time"],"roles":["software"],"visa":"not_mentioned","relocation":"not_mentioned","posted_at":"2026-06-03T14:53:55+00:00","tools":["Agile","Assembly","Python"],"seniority":"junior","years_experience_min":1,"german_requirement":"not_mentioned","german_level":"unspecified","english_requirement":"required","english_level":"unspecified","team_language":"unknown","confidence":0.4,"method":"rules","language_badge":"Not stated","language_evidence":null,"requirements_snippet":null,"url":"https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/rocketfactoryaugsburgag/jobs/4877177101","source":"greenhouse","agency":null,"description_text":"About Rocket Factory Augsburg\n\nAt Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), we have one clear goal: to create low-cost, flexible, and reliable access to space. We specialize in building small launch vehicles designed to deploy satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and beyond. Together with you, we aim to revolutionize space services and help improve life on Earth. Sounds interesting? Then join our journey and become part of the team driving the New Space movement in Europe.\n\nAbout the Team\n\nOur international and agile team is looking for a proactive and organized individual in the Propulsion team as a Propulson Production Engineer - someone with a technical background in mechanical, production, or aerospace engineering to oversee engine production, lifecycle management, and BOMs. The ideal candidate will act as the critical link between Propulsion and Production, driving process improvements, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring engines meet quality, cost, and delivery targets in a fast-paced, evolving environment..Do you want to revolutionize space travel in New Space? Then you've come to the right place.\n\nYour Tasks\n• Responsible for the release and management of engine production and BOMs for the entire Helix engine, and following along our engines through their life cycle on the manufacturing and assembly floor\n• Work across the business with your colleagues in Supply Chain, Quality, Production and Operations to ensure engines are built to specification and on time.\n• Develop new processes and toolsets to better connect our teams, reducing administrative overheads for Production whilst providing more insights into how our engines are built.\n• As the main interface between Propulsion and Production, deliver further reforms such as part manufacturability, better quality controls and continuous improvement of work practice with a specific eye oriented at cost reduction.\n\nYour Qualifications\n• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Production Engineering, Aerospace, or related technical disciplines.\n• At least one year’s experience in manufacturing environments in a technical role, additional time served in other aerospace or engineering industries is desirable (one year or more), experience in fast-paced/unstructured companies is desirable\n• Self-independent, a structured way of working and committed to working in a fast-paced environment.\n• Fair knowledge of manufacturing processes, how to organise work activities and tasks for industry, and management of assemblies. Pre-existing knowledge of spaceflight and rockets is desirable.\n• Experience with CAD tools required, that with ERP or MES and business intelligence platforms desirable. Experience with\n• Siemens NX is desireable\n• Some level of proficiency in basic coding, e.g. Python.\n• Fluent oral and written English skills (all day-to-day activities are performed in English)\n\nWe offer\n\nAtmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up\n\nFlexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours\n\nHome Office: Full-time employees benefit from 1 day per week home office\n\nHealth: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass\n\nPaid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and special leave days\n\nRFA Family: Join regular company and team events\n\nParking: Free parking for car and bike\n\nInsights\n\nReady to take the next step?\n\nJoin RFA and help build one of Europe’s most efficient launch systems. Work alongside 300+ colleagues from over 40 countries and take ownership from day one.\n\nIf you’re looking to grow, take responsibility, and contribute to making space more accessible, we’d love to hear from you.\n\n🚀 Apply now! We look forward to receiving your application in English.","responsibilities_text":"• Responsible for the release and management of engine production and BOMs for the entire Helix engine, and following along our engines through their life cycle on the manufacturing and assembly floor\n• Work across the business with your colleagues in Supply Chain, Quality, Production and Operations to ensure engines are built to specification and on time.\n• Develop new processes and toolsets to better connect our teams, reducing administrative overheads for Production whilst providing more insights into how our engines are built.\n• As the main interface between Propulsion and Production, deliver further reforms such as part manufacturability, better quality controls and continuous improvement of work practice with a specific eye oriented at cost reduction.\nYour Qualifications\n• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Production Engineering, Aerospace, or related technical disciplines.\n• At least one year’s experience in manufacturing environments in a technical role, additional time served in other aerospace or engineering industries is desirable (one year or more), experience in fast-paced/unstructured companies is desirable\n• Self-independent, a structured way of working and committed to working in a fast-paced environment.\n• Fair knowledge of manufacturing processes, how to organise work activities and tasks for industry, and management of assemblies. Pre-existing knowledge of spaceflight and rockets is desirable.\n• Experience with CAD tools required, that with ERP or MES and business intelligence platforms desirable. Experience with\n• Siemens NX is desireable\n• Some level of proficiency in basic coding, e.g. Python.\n• Fluent oral and written English skills (all day-to-day activities are performed in English)\nWe offer\nAtmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up\nFlexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours\nHome Office: Full-time employees benefit from 1 day per week home office\nHealth: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass\nPaid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and special leave days\nRFA Family: Join regular company and team events\nParking: Free parking for car and bike\nInsights\nReady to take the next step?\nJoin RFA and help build one of Europe’s most efficient launch systems. Work alongside 300+ colleagues from over 40 countries and take ownership from day one.\nIf you’re looking to grow, take responsibility, and contribute to making space more accessible, we’d love to hear from you.\n🚀 Apply now! We look forward to receiving your application in English.","requirements_text":null,"status":"open","duplicate_of":null,"first_seen":"2026-11-04T01:54:45.800715+00:00","responsibilities_summary":null,"requirements_summary":null,"all_tools":["Agile","Assembly","Python"],"posting_language":"en","evidence":[{"language":"english","requirement":"required","quote":"Fluent oral and written English skills (all day-to-day activities are performed in English)","source":"rules"}],"years_experience_max":null,"mobility_evidence":[],"model_version":"rules-8","english_badge":"English required","company_id":4032}