PA Engineer - Additive Manufacturing

Location: Parsdorf, Bavaria, Germany

Company

hirify.global develops sustainable launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations in Low Earth Orbit.

What you will do

• Perform hands-on product assurance for additively manufactured flight hardware during production, inspection, and acceptance.
• Provide assurance input to manufacturing readiness reviews, production reviews, and acceptance boards.
• Monitor risks across materials, build preparation, process parameters, post-processing, inspection, and part-to-part repeatability.
• Verify qualification, configuration control, traceability, critical characteristics, acceptance criteria, and objective evidence across the digital and physical process chain.
• Review supplier and internal manufacturing readiness and oversee witness specimens, material testing, dimensional inspection, CT, NDT, and destructive evaluation.
• Support change control, risk-based disposition of non-conformances, supplier performance monitoring, preventive actions, and mission-readiness evidence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in product assurance, quality engineering, materials engineering, or additive manufacturing within aerospace, space, defence, or another highly regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of metal additive manufacturing, preferably laser powder bed fusion, including failure modes and controls.
• Knowledge of additive design principles, material behaviour, powder or feedstock control, build preparation, heat treatment, machining, and surface finishing.
• Experience with process and material qualification, First Article Inspection, and production acceptance activities.
• Understanding of CT, NDT, metallography, mechanical testing, dimensional inspection, and statistical process control for additive parts.
• Ability to review technical drawings, specifications, build records, qualification reports, and inspection evidence.
• Working knowledge of configuration management, traceability, change control, non-conformance management, and risk-based decision-making.
• Strong analytical judgement and communication skills, with the ability to challenge technical and acceptance decisions and collaborate across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers, and programme stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with aerospace quality and product assurance frameworks such as EN 9100, ECSS, or equivalent requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee participation through a virtual company share program.
• 30 days of vacation and a company pension plan with a 20% employer contribution after the probation period.
• Subsidised lunches and a flexible mobility budget covering options such as Deutschlandticket, JobRad, JobAuto, or fuel allowance.
• Rental workwear with laundry service and sponsored sports club membership.
• Individual learning allowance after the probation period and childcare allowance for non-school-age children.
• Mission-driven environment focused on sustainable, faster, and more accessible space launch solutions.