Manufacturing Technician

The role

You will work hands-on with Proxima-designed components, magnets, mechanical assemblies and other critical systems. You will support their build, assembly, integration and testing to turn ambitious designs into reliable hardware.

What you will do

• Set up, operate and change over the HTS cable line and plate assembly stations.
• Carry out precision assembly, fitting, fabrication and approved rework using drawings and work instructions.
• Troubleshoot process, assembly and quality problems.
• Resolve unfamiliar or undocumented scenarios within agreed safety, quality and change-control limits.
• Verify setups and initial output and inspect assemblies against acceptance criteria.
• Work with equipment technicians on machine faults.
• Provide design and manufacturing engineers feedback on buildability, tooling, and process performance.
• Run first-article builds and process trials.
• Write, redline and improve work instructions and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain complete build records, material traceability, deviation records and clear handovers.

Required qualifications

• Substantial hands-on experience building complex, high-precision assemblies.
• A technical apprenticeship or vocational qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Confidence interpreting engineering drawings, assembly requirements and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Using measuring equipment to verify work.
• Proven practical troubleshooting skills.
• Experience setting up equipment, using fixtures and handling sensitive components or materials.
• Ability to write instructions others can follow.
• Ability to explain technical problems clearly and train or support less-experienced technicians.
• Working English for drawings, procedures, technical discussions and production records.

Nice to have

• Experience manufacturing cables, coils, superconducting magnets or other high-reliability assemblies.
• Experience with winding, insulation, impregnation, soldering, brazing, precision bonding or reel-to-reel processing.
• Experience introducing new products or processes, supporting pilot builds or transferring development work into production.
• Familiarity with structured problem solving, such as Lean/Six Sigma improvement methods.
• A Techniker or Meister qualification.
• German language skills.

About the company

Proxima Fusion is Europe’s fastest-growing fusion company and the continent’s best-funded fusion player. They are developing the hardware and infrastructure needed to deliver the world’s first commercial stellarator fusion power plant.