Manufacturing Engineer

As part of TechOps, you will industrialize HTS magnet coil manufacturing and translate designs into scalable production. You will own tooling, define processes, and drive NPI campaigns to move from prototype to serial production. You’ll collaborate across design, quality, and production to ensure buildable, high-yield processes. Your work directly shapes high-performance superconducting magnets used in the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant. This role offers hands-on development in a fast-moving, high-impact environment.

• Develop and industrialize manufacturing processes for HTS coil winding, insulation, impregnation, and joining
• Drive DFM/DFA collaboration with design teams to keep coil designs buildable and scalable
• Design, procure, and validate tooling and fixtures for precision winding and non-planar coil geometries
• Define assembly sequences, SOPs, and visual aids; maintain documentation as designs evolve
• Implement process controls and inspection methods to protect conductor integrity
• Lead NPI campaigns, pilot builds, and provide hands-on floor support
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions using Lean/Six Sigma methods
• Support supplier qualification, incoming inspection criteria, and tooling subassemblies
• Manage engineering/process change control during design/process maturation
• Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve manufacturability issues and ramp from prototype to production

• 3+ years specifying, procuring, and commissioning production equipment for component manufacturing lines
• Hands-on experience designing tooling/fixtures; proficient in CAD (SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar) and GD&T
• Track record of writing SOPs and process documentation in production or NPI
• Knowledge of process control, statistical methods, and root-cause problem solving (SPC, FMEA, 8D)
• Experience with prototype or first-article builds on the floor
• Strong communication skills in German or English
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, or related field

• strong communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• problem-solving
• CAD (SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar)
• GD&T
• SPC