Design Equipment Engineer

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1800 professionals, spread across 14 locations in seven countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites, launchers and semiconductor industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

The Design Equipment Engineer is responsible for all Jigs, Tools, and Equipment in a specific area of Beyond Gravity USA; the responsibility covers all aspects of Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery.

Main Tasks:

• Designs, develops, and implements various size jigs and tools to production with robust validation plans that ensure a successful acceptance.
• Manage supplier proposed designs from concept to delivery, ensuring all aspects of design are covered. (Safety, Cost, Manufacturability, Ergonomics, Maintenance etc.)
• Act as the Beyond Gravity USA, Jig & Tool process owner. Shaping the Jig & Tool process in conjunction with global teams to ensure standardized working practices.
• Support and review all Jig & Tool improvement requests for Beyond Gravity USA, providing feedback and coaching to all functions.
• Performs or manages modifications and reworks to existing tooling to continuously improve the tooling and product quality that is output.
• Operate as the Beyond Gravity USA expert for Jigs & Tools providing specific support to projects during project review, NRB’s, or Kaizen events.
• Manage the Beyond Gravity USA Jig & Tool control plan from design to operational acceptance, ensuring documentation and traceability are easily obtainable and clear to all stakeholders.
• Identify Critical to Quality features for planned maintenance activities and ensure integration into the TPM system.

Requirements/Skill Set:

• 5+ years’ experience preferably in a large, complex manufacturing industry
• Strong understanding of Geometrical Dimensions & Tolerances (GD&T)
• Skilled to take responsibility in complex project environment
• Experience with CATIA or similar CAD software
• Exhibits control and total accountability of their work area of defined projects
• Willing to be part of a team and grow the facility's competencies together
• Agile and able to calculate risks when decision making
• Independent and confident in their ability to determine the correct action

Preferred Skill Set:

• Experience with fabricating fixturing and manufacturing machined parts to specification
• Master or bachelor’s degree in technical studies, preferably in mechanical or process engineering
• CATIA v6 experience
• Space or Aerospace experience

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?​

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​

Security Clearance / International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). Therefore, all applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined in ITAR 120.15 (e.g., U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or protected individual. Also see 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) and 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) for additional information).

Beyond Gravity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other categories protected by law.

Your contact

Did we spark your interest in this exciting position? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.

Recruiter/HR Manager: Michelle Lach |  https://beyondgravity.com