Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Assembly

<div> <p><strong>Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability</strong></p> <p>At&nbsp;<strong>Hypersonica</strong>, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.</p> <p>By joining&nbsp;<strong>Hypersonica</strong>, you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.</p> <p>We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.</p> </div><br><strong>What you'll do</strong><br><ul type="disc"> <li>Define and own the end-to-end assembly process, from raw material to final acceptance.</li> <li>Author the MBOM, Bill of Process and Bill of Equipment, along with routings, cycle times and takt.</li> <li>Design the factory footprint — cells, workstations, flow, tooling and labour.</li> <li>Review and formally approve engineering designs for manufacturability and ease of assembly, checking tolerancing and interface management to identify stack-up, fit and interface risks before they reach the floor.</li> <li>Apply Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles to drive out cost and risk — assembly sequence and access, ergonomics, tolerancing for process capability, standardisation and error-proofing (poka-yoke)</li> <li>Identify process-level risks and trade-offs early, driving mitigation through design, process or analysis.</li> <li>Author SOPs and assembly work instructions to AS9100 standards, embedding PFMEA-driven controls and the control plans and quality gates defined by Quality Engineering.</li> <li>Specify, design and source tooling and equipment; lead international vendors and integrators for tooling and equipment supply, and run FAT/SAT to validate equipment prior to acceptance.</li> <li>Support prototype and first builds hands-on, and support First Article Inspection &nbsp;(AS9102) with Quality.</li> <li>Drive the ramp from first builds to steady state, improving yield, cycle time and line balance.</li> <li>Define a scalable manufacturing blueprint from first-build learning that can be replicated and adapted for future sites.</li> <li>Own the manufacturing data in Siemens Teamcenter — MBOM/EBOM alignment and change management.</li> <li>Collaborate with product engineering to establish manufacturing readiness early, and work across cross-functional teams to secure execution timelines.</li> <li>Build and lead a growing team of manufacturing engineers as we scale.</li> </ul><br><strong>Who you are</strong><br><ul type="disc"> <li>A Senior Manufacturing/Assembly Engineer who has industrialised complex, high-consequence hardware — ideally in aerospace, defence, or another high-performance environment under significant time pressure.</li> <li>Genuine greenfield / 0-to-1 NPI experience — you have taken designs into production, not only maintained a running line.</li> <li>Strong on fundamentals: process design, Design for Assembly, tolerancing and interfaces, line balancing, and tooling.</li> <li>A technical integrator — deep enough to be credible, broad enough to connect design, process, quality and supply. Comfortable across levels of abstraction, from detailed process to factory system.</li> <li>Effective at managing vendors and suppliers against demanding timelines.</li> <li>Hands-on, willing to support build, integration and test when required.</li> <li>Decisive in ambiguity — able to anticipate, test, reconsider, and maintain momentum.</li> <li>Pragmatic and delivery-focused, making sound engineering trade-offs without over-engineering.</li> <li>Experienced with digital manufacturing tools and PLM, ideally Siemens Teamcenter.</li> <li>Willing and able to travel internationally, primarily between our Germany and UK sites, and to suppliers and integrators as required.</li> </ul><br><strong>Nice to have:</strong><br><div> <ul type="disc"> <li>CAD proficiency (ideally Siemens NX) to create tooling designs and concepts, build 3D assembly-line layouts, and validate reachability, tool and hand access, and ergonomics.</li> <li>AS9100 environment experience, or having stood up an AS9100-aligned function.</li> <li>A Lean / continuous improvement track record.</li> <li>Awareness of export control (ITAR/EAR or equivalents) in a defence context.</li> <li>Prior line-management experience<strong>.</strong></li> </ul></div><br><strong>What we offer</strong><br><div> <div> <ul type="disc"> <li>A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.&nbsp;</li> <li>Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.</li> <li>High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.</li> <li>A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.</li> <li>A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.</li> <li>Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.&nbsp;</li> </ul></div> </div><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>