Blackwave GmbH
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Your Mission
The mission of this role is to build, manage, and continuously develop manufacturing processes. The objective is to establish a stable, high-performing, and scalable serial production setup, successfully bring it into operation, and keep it running reliably over time. The role ensures that production, quality, safety, cost, and throughput are effectively aligned in a technology-driven scale-up environment.
Therefor you:
Build and scale the manufacturing site (starting in Garching), including target manufacturing architecture, US scaling strategy, and new headquarters setup
Design and implement a high-performance production system (e.g. Lean Production, 5S, Kanban, SOPs) and approve production lines prior to SOP
Continuously increase production rates, capacity, and equipment utilization
Drive process automation and industrialization initiatives
Define, align, and manage production targets in close collaboration with sales, quality, and supply chain
Establish, track, and continuously improve key manufacturing KPIs (e.g. OEE, yield, scrap, rework, throughput)
Develop an end-to-end production and material flow concept and ensure stable supply chains (on-time material availability ≥ 97%)
Own tooling and equipment management, including lifecycle and maintenance strategies
Disciplinary leadership and coaching of team leads, with a strong focus on developing a high-performance shopfloor culture
Build and implement structured qualification and training systems for production teams
Ensure robust QMS processes, full traceability of flight hardware, and audit-ready manufacturing documentation
Work closely with quality assurance to establish and maintain effective quality control processes
Establish and maintain a measurable zero-accident safety standard
Own manufacturing cost, efficiency, and budget responsibility, including reduction of scrap, downtime, and inefficiencies
YOUR PROFILE Must haves:
Strong technical understanding of complex manufacturing technologies, ideally in advanced materials, composites, metal welding, winding, or comparable high-performance processes
More than 5 years of leadership experience managing teams of 10+ people in highly complex manufacturing environments (e.g. aerospace, high-tech, composite production)
Proven experience building and managing production control and production planning systems
Strong stakeholder management experience in technology-driven companies or scale-ups of comparable complexity
Solid experience in establishing and stabilizing serial production of complex products
Strong background in lean manufacturing, process optimization, and resource planning
Deep understanding of manufacturing KPIs (e.g. OEE, yield, scrap, throughput) with proven impact on performance improvements
Ability to lead teams through challenging phases and actively maintain motivation, alignment, and performance
Fluent German and English with the ability to communicate effectively with operators, team leads, and senior management
Full on-site availability required (remote work only in exceptional cases)
Nice-to-haves:
Degree in mechanical engineering or a comparable technical field
Experience building and scaling complex manufacturing teams
Experience preparing and executing quality, customer, or regulatory audits
Background in regulated or safety-critical manufacturing environments
WHAT WE OFFER
Personal responsibility & creative freedom: You actively contribute to the further development of our production technologies.
Flexible working hours: Work-life balance is not an empty promise with us
Start-up spirit meets aerospace:
flat hierarchies, short decision-making processes and room for innovation.
Individual benefits: Choose between the Deutschland Ticket, Egym-Wellpass or a tax-free benefit with the Give Card (50€ net each month).
Fresh food every day: Shared lunch break with healthy, varied dishes.
Alpine view included:
Our roof terrace invites you to relax after work.
Further development guaranteed:
You will grow both professionally and personally through exciting projects and exchanges with experts.
We live and breathe team culture:
whether it's a tech talk, team event or after-work - we celebrate successes together.
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The mission of this role is to build, manage, and continuously develop manufacturing processes. The objective is to establish a stable, high-performing, and scalable serial production setup, successfully bring it into operation, and keep it running reliably over time. The role ensures that production, quality, safety, cost, and throughput are effectively aligned in a technology-driven scale-up environment.
Therefor you:
Build and scale the manufacturing site (starting in Garching), including target manufacturing architecture, US scaling strategy, and new headquarters setup
Design and implement a high-performance production system (e.g. Lean Production, 5S, Kanban, SOPs) and approve production lines prior to SOP
Continuously increase production rates, capacity, and equipment utilization
Drive process automation and industrialization initiatives
Define, align, and manage production targets in close collaboration with sales, quality, and supply chain
Establish, track, and continuously improve key manufacturing KPIs (e.g. OEE, yield, scrap, rework, throughput)
Develop an end-to-end production and material flow concept and ensure stable supply chains (on-time material availability ≥ 97%)
Own tooling and equipment management, including lifecycle and maintenance strategies
Disciplinary leadership and coaching of team leads, with a strong focus on developing a high-performance shopfloor culture
Build and implement structured qualification and training systems for production teams
Ensure robust QMS processes, full traceability of flight hardware, and audit-ready manufacturing documentation
Work closely with quality assurance to establish and maintain effective quality control processes
Establish and maintain a measurable zero-accident safety standard
Own manufacturing cost, efficiency, and budget responsibility, including reduction of scrap, downtime, and inefficiencies
YOUR PROFILE Must haves:
Strong technical understanding of complex manufacturing technologies, ideally in advanced materials, composites, metal welding, winding, or comparable high-performance processes
More than 5 years of leadership experience managing teams of 10+ people in highly complex manufacturing environments (e.g. aerospace, high-tech, composite production)
Proven experience building and managing production control and production planning systems
Strong stakeholder management experience in technology-driven companies or scale-ups of comparable complexity
Solid experience in establishing and stabilizing serial production of complex products
Strong background in lean manufacturing, process optimization, and resource planning
Deep understanding of manufacturing KPIs (e.g. OEE, yield, scrap, throughput) with proven impact on performance improvements
Ability to lead teams through challenging phases and actively maintain motivation, alignment, and performance
Fluent German and English with the ability to communicate effectively with operators, team leads, and senior management
Full on-site availability required (remote work only in exceptional cases)
Nice-to-haves:
Degree in mechanical engineering or a comparable technical field
Experience building and scaling complex manufacturing teams
Experience preparing and executing quality, customer, or regulatory audits
Background in regulated or safety-critical manufacturing environments
WHAT WE OFFER
Personal responsibility & creative freedom: You actively contribute to the further development of our production technologies.
Flexible working hours: Work-life balance is not an empty promise with us
Start-up spirit meets aerospace:
flat hierarchies, short decision-making processes and room for innovation.
Individual benefits: Choose between the Deutschland Ticket, Egym-Wellpass or a tax-free benefit with the Give Card (50€ net each month).
Fresh food every day: Shared lunch break with healthy, varied dishes.
Alpine view included:
Our roof terrace invites you to relax after work.
Further development guaranteed:
You will grow both professionally and personally through exciting projects and exchanges with experts.
We live and breathe team culture:
whether it's a tech talk, team event or after-work - we celebrate successes together.
#J-18808-Ljbffr