Industrialization Engineer
Destinus
Industrialization Engineer
Destinus
European defense firm manufacturing missiles
Destinus · Zürich, Switzerland (Hybrid) · — · Posted 2026-11-12
Workplace: hybrid
Department: R&D & Engineering
About the Role
The Destinus Industralization team is seeking an Industralization Engineer to help brining products from R&D to full scale production. The role requires expertise in balancing process and product optimization throughout the development cycle of the project as well as sound and realistic assessment where the improvements will bring the most impact in the given timeline.
The ideal candidate takes ownership of their work, leads by example and understands that approach to industrialization should be agile to fit best the fast-paced projects.
What You'll Do
• Enable R&D team to implement DFX from the beginning of the project.
• Review and optimise existing and new processes of assembly and manufacturing to assure repeatable quality of products.
• Find and audit suitable suppliers and manufacturers.
• Set up suppliers and manufacturers as partners.
• Establish and maintain communication with suppliers to enable manufacturing R&D, Batch Zero and Full Scale Production quantities.
• Be a link between R&D, production and qualification department, with thorough understanding how design choices impact assembly line.
• Perform material flow and value chain analysis
• Design assembly lines which comply to safety and quality requirements to assure repeatable processes and quality of the final product.
• Assemble prototypes and assure the product maturity necessary to pass review gates
• Write, maintain, and follow SOPs for assembly, integration, and testing operations, ensuring safety and repeatability at every step.
• Support troubleshooting and corrective actions in collaboration with engineering and QA teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of assembly workflows while maintaining compliance with safety and quality requirements.
What You'll Need
• Several years of industrialization experience with maintaining full R&D to Production workflow
• Excellent hands-on engineering
• Experience with various manufacturing methods; milling, turning, plastic injection moulding, casting, 3D printing.
• Experience or willingness to work with energetic, pyrotechnic, or otherwise hazardous materials; knowledge of relevant safety requirements is a strong advantage.
• Experience with quality control, functional testing, and documentation standards in a production or engineering environment.
• Ability to write and execute SOPs in a detail-driven, safety-critical environment.
• High attention to detail and a disciplined, methodical approach to assembly and testing.
• Willingness to travel when setting up a suppliers and manufacturers
• Fluency in English and German required; any other language is a plus.
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Destinus designs and manufactures defense systems for European and allied armed forces, focusing on scalable missiles, air defense, and interception. Key products include the Ruta cruise missile and the HORNET interceptor, which can perform precision strikes and operate in GPS-denied environments with AI-assisted guidance. It serves as a prime contractor under fixed-price contracts, and collaborates on naval applications (containerized HORNET) with Rheinmetall while leading the Bliksem EXO program for Europe’s sovereign exo-atmospheric missile defense. The company aims to scale production to deliver near-term military capability for European governments and to build sovereign defense capabilities through integrated, multi-domain, cost-effective technologies.
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