Health and Safety Engineer

At our company, job titles and career progression are earned, not determined by years of experience alone. They reflect the responsibility you take on and the dedication you bring to each project. If you’re ready to rise to the challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct risk assessments, hazard reviews, workplace inspections, and safety assessments across company operations.
• Develop practical safety procedures, engineering controls, permits, emergency plans, and supporting documentation.
• Support safe working practices across construction, manufacturing, testing, hazardous-materials handling, and launch activities.
• Work with engineers, operations teams, contractors, and subject-matter experts to identify and control operational risks.
• Liaise with German authorities, regulators, inspectors, and external safety bodies on approvals, inspections, and compliance matters.
• Investigate incidents, near misses, unsafe conditions, and non-conformances, driving corrective actions and improvements.

What we are looking for

• Proven experience in health and safety engineering, HSE, operational safety, or a similar role in a technical or industrial environment.
• A degree or equivalent professional experience in safety engineering, engineering, occupational safety, environmental health and safety, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of workplace risk assessment, hazard controls, incident investigation, and safety documentation.
• Experience working with contractors, technical teams, construction activities, manufacturing, testing, or other high-risk operations.
• Fluent German and proven experience working directly with German authorities and regulatory bodies.
• A practical, structured, and confident approach, with the ability to challenge unsafe decisions and influence teams at all levels.

Desirable experience

• Aerospace, space, defence, rocketry, propulsion, chemical processing, construction, or high-energy testing.
• Hazardous chemicals, explosives, energetic materials, pressure systems, or high-consequence test operations.
• German permitting, inspection, environmental, occupational-safety, construction, or hazardous-materials processes.
• Emergency response, contractor safety, operational-readiness reviews, audits, or safety training.
• Formal health and safety, process-safety, environmental, or occupational-safety qualifications.

Benefits and important information:

• We offer top-decile compensation packages, bonuses and meaningful equity, to attract exceptional aerospace talent.
• Every employee is awarded stock options in the company, you will directly benefit from your own hard work and success.
• Comprehensive relocation support including flights, shipping and visas.
• Lunch, dinner and drinks provided everyday
• Free access to shared company housing

Please note, we are a fast paced, hyper-scaling startup. You will need to be comfortable working extended hours with high levels of autonomy, ownership, and flexibility, with contracts structured around a 48-hour working week.

We are committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, has equal access to opportunity, and can thrive. We welcome different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences—and believe our differences make us stronger.

Please submit applications in English

Compensation: €70K – €90K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus

• • €70K – €90K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus

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Posted Nov 03, 2026

"relocation support"

Posted Nov 03, 2026

"relocation support"