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Isar Aerospace

Develops, manufactures, launches Spectrum rockets

Additive Manufacturing Operator

Machine & Process OperationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeVaterstetten, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed vocational training in a metalworking or metal-processing occupation, or a comparable technical qualification.
  • Practical experience in an industrial manufacturing or production environment.
  • Ability to work confidently with technical drawings, work instructions, and manufacturing documents.
  • Experience operating complex production machines.
  • Manual dexterity and sound technical understanding.
  • Strong quality and responsibility awareness.
  • Careful, structured, and independent working style.
  • Strong awareness of occupational safety and responsible handling of metal powders.
  • Willingness to wear required personal protective equipment.
  • Good German skills to safely process work, quality, and safety instructions.
  • Good English skills to communicate and understand technical documentation and work instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare, set up, operate, and monitor equipment for metal 3D printing.
  • Set up and start build jobs according to prescribed work and manufacturing documents.
  • Monitor ongoing build processes and identify and document process deviations.
  • Unpack manufactured parts and build platforms and properly remove powder.
  • Handle metal powders safely in compliance with applicable occupational, health, and safety regulations.
  • Fill and empty equipment, and sieve, prepare, label, and store metal powders.
  • Operate electrical discharge machining equipment, especially wire-cut EDM machines.
  • Remove support structures and perform manual and machine-based post-processing of manufactured parts.
  • Perform basic dimensional, visual, and quality inspections.
  • Use measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and scales.
  • Document completed work steps and report production data.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of manufacturing and post-processing processes.
  • Support failure analyses and resolve simple equipment and process disruptions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Initial experience in metal additive manufacturing, particularly Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF).
  • Experience operating wire-cut or sinker EDM machines.
  • Knowledge of mechanical post-processing and surface treatment of metal parts.
  • Basic knowledge of quality assurance and use of inspection and measuring equipment.

About the Company

Isar Aerospace

Develops, manufactures, launches Spectrum rockets

Isar Aerospace designs, builds, and operates the Spectrum two-stage rocket for small to medium satellites. It vertically integrates design, production, and testing, running a high-automation factory near Munich and a dedicated launch pad at Andøya, with a planned site in Canada. A €270 million Series D in June 2026 will expand its global launch network, scale Spectrum production, and establish sovereign access-to-space capacity for Europe and NATO. Its goal is to provide reliable, repeatable launches at scale within a European, NATO-aligned launch infrastructure.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$1.2B
Headquarters
Ottobrunn, Germany
Founded
2018

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