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Health and Safety Engineer
Location
Germany
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full Time
Experience
5-8 years
Compensation
€70K - €90K per year
Posted
1h ago
Summary and responsibilities
Role overview
Summary
This role involves supporting safe operations across various facilities, construction, manufacturing, testing, and launch activities. The Health & Safety Engineer will identify hazards, develop controls, and ensure safety is integrated into all work processes within a fast-moving engineering environment.
Position: Health & Safety Engineer Location: Germany Compensation: Top-decile base salary, performance bonuses, and company stock options Work Schedule: Full-time (contracts structured around a 48-hour working week)
About the Company We are a high-growth German aerospace startup in stealth mode developing advanced solid propulsion systems for space and defense applications. Having achieved over 10 million euros in revenue during our first operating year with active suborbital and ballistic launch operations, we are scaling rapidly toward the development of an orbital rocket system.
Role Summary The Health & Safety Engineer oversees technical risk mitigation, operational compliance, and workplace safety across all facilities, manufacturing plants, test sites, construction projects, and launch operations. This role embeds rigorous engineering controls into day-to-day operations and serves as the primary technical liaison to German regulatory bodies.
Core Responsibilities
Hazard Identification and Operational Safety
Conduct formal risk assessments, hazard analyses, workplace inspections, and safety reviews across operational sites.
Draft, implement, and maintain practical standard operating procedures, safety permits, emergency action plans, and technical documentation.
Provide direct safety oversight during manufacturing runs, construction tasks, high-pressure operations, hazardous materials handling, and live launches.
Partner with engineering leads, technicians, and external contractors to identify vulnerabilities and execute targeted engineering controls.
Regulatory Compliance and Incident Management
Interface directly with German authorities, local inspectors, and external regulatory bodies regarding permits, audits, and operational compliance.
Lead root-cause investigations for incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions, enforcing corrective and preventive actions.
Coordinate contractor safety onboarding, operational-readiness reviews, and field compliance audits.
Candidate Profile
Required Qualifications
Proven track record in health and safety engineering, HSE, or operational risk management within an industrial, high-hazard, or advanced engineering environment.
Degree or equivalent professional background in Safety Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Chemical/Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
Strong technical background in workplace hazard identification, engineering controls, incident root-cause analysis, and safety case creation.
Demonstrated experience coordinating safety standards across contractors, production lines, test cells, or active construction sites.
Full professional fluency in German with hands-on experience interfacing with German regulatory agencies.
Decisive communication style with the ability to halt unsafe work and constructively challenge decisions at all organizational levels.
Desirable Qualifications
Background in aerospace, defense, rocketry, energetics, solid propellants, high-pressure fluid systems, or chemical processing.
Experience with German permitting frameworks for hazardous materials, explosive handling, environmental protection, or specialized industrial facilities.
Recognized professional safety certifications (e.g., SiFa / Sicherheitsfachkraft or equivalent international credentials).
Benefits and Work Environment
Top-tier compensation structure, performance bonuses, and direct equity via employee stock options.
Full relocation support including covered flights, personal shipping, and visa processing.
Daily catered lunch, dinner, and refreshments on-site.
Free access to shared company housing.
Rapid merit-based advancement within an autonomous, fast-paced technical culture. Application submissions must be in English.
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5-8 years
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€70K - €90K per year
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Company
Stealth Rocketry Startup
Team size
Growing team
Location
Germany
We’re a Germany-based rocketry startup currently in stealth mode, scaling up rapidly to meet the demand for high-performance, reliable, and scalable solid propulsion technologies for space and defense applications. We are already launching suborbital and ballistic rockets on a regular basis, have just crossed €10m in revenue for our first operating year and are applying our knowledge toward the development of an orbital rocket.
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Health and Safety Engineer
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