Maintenance & Tooling Specialist (m/f/d)

About the job

Maintenance & Tooling Specialist (m/f/d)

🚀 Challenge the Impossible

About Beyond Gravity

Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine startup mentality, agility, speed, and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Around 1,900 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland, and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humanity and enabling the exploration of Earth and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leader in selected satellite products and constellations in the New Space sector. In 2025, the company generated sales of around CHF 402 million. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com.

Your Team

Become part of our rapidly growing Production Launchers organisation in Emmen (LU), which currently comprises around 40 employees, including four team leaders. In this role, you report directly to the Manager Production Launchers and take on a central technical role within our production.

You ensure transparency across our entire machine, plant, and tooling inventory, guarantee reliable operation, and turn technical challenges into sustainable improvements. You work closely with production and coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Infrastructure, IT, as well as external suppliers and service providers.

You can expect a versatile and responsible role with plenty of scope for creativity, where you can build structures, establish standards, and actively shape the further development of our production.

Your Mission

• You take responsibility for the maintenance and production tooling area (Maintenance & Tooling) at the Emmen site.
• You create and maintain a complete, central overview of all production plants, machines, fixtures, gauges, and tools including location, responsibilities, condition, criticality, documentation, maintenance, and lifecycle status.
• You establish clear and practical standards for the registration, storage, inspection, maintenance, repair, modification, replacement procurement, and decommissioning of tools and equipment.
• You ensure through efficient preventive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance that our equipment and tools are safe, compliant, and ready for use at all times.
• You continuously develop a criticality-based TPM and maintenance strategy to reduce unplanned downtime and support the growth of our production.
• You handle the technical processing and coordination of escalations – from initial analysis through immediate measures and restoration of operation to root cause analysis and sustainable problem resolution.
• You plan and manage maintenance, repair, modification, replacement, and optimisation measures as technical projects regarding scope, deadlines, and budget.
• You are the central contact person and coordinate collaboration between production, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Infrastructure, IT, suppliers, and external service providers.
• You drive improvements in equipment and tooling availability, reliability, ergonomics, standardisation, productivity, and costs.
• You develop strategies for the entire lifecycle of critical equipment and tools, including obsolescence management and replacement procurement.
• You are responsible for critical spare parts, external services, as well as the maintenance and tooling budget, while simultaneously building the necessary know-how within the organisation.

Your Key Goals and KPIs

• You achieve completeness and accuracy of the equipment and tooling inventory of over 98%, with 100% of critical equipment assigned to a responsible person and location.
• You ensure that more than 95% of planned preventive maintenance is carried out on schedule.
• You continuously improve the availability of critical equipment, mean time to repair (MTTR), and the number of recurring faults.
• You create a transparent annual maintenance, tooling optimisation, and replacement procurement plan and ensure that technical projects, external services, and budgets are managed efficiently.

Your Profile

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Technology, or a comparable higher technical education.
• You bring several years of relevant professional experience in industrial maintenance, production engineering, equipment and tooling management, or technical operations.
• You have experience in independently handling complex technical escalations as well as leading cross-departmental projects under time pressure.
• You possess solid practical knowledge in TPM, preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, lean management or continuous improvement, as well as equipment lifecycle management.
• You are proficient in using ERP or CMMS systems and common MS Office applications and have strong skills in KPI reporting, communication, and coordination.
• You communicate confidently in German and English. Very good English skills, both spoken and written, are essential as you regularly work with international teams and contacts.

That Would Be a Plus

• You bring experience from the aerospace, aviation, or another regulated manufacturing industry.
• You have experience with CAPEX, procurement and commissioning of equipment and tools, calibration, obsolescence management, or spare parts management.
• You are familiar with tools and fixtures for processing composites, metals, and other materials as well as automation or machining.
• You have already gained leadership experience or managed external service providers and suppliers.

Why Beyond Gravity

• Work in an international environment with a global focus and develop high-tech products that actually fly into space
• Become part of a highly specialised and motivated team with comprehensive expertise in a unique industry
• Take on technical responsibility as a Senior Engineer and actively shape materials, processes, and products
• We live a hands-on mentality and take improvement suggestions seriously
• Attractive employment conditions, including contributions to public transport, diverse training and development opportunities, as well as fully paid maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible and mobile working
• At least 5 weeks of holiday with the option to purchase additional days

🌌 Ready to take off with us?

Our company values – passionate, collaborative, and curious – allow us to see every challenge as an opportunity. Dare to venture the impossible with us and take your career beyond the ordinary. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have questions about the hiring process, please contact: Stefan Hunger

Beyond Gravity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or other legally protected categories.

Applications sent by email will not be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.

Emmen, LU, CH