Industrial Process Engineer (w/m/d)

About the role

As an Industrial Process Engineer at Sunfire in Dresden, you will take ownership of industrial engineering value-creation processes and help keep them efficient, stable, and ready for scale. The role combines process development, documentation, production support, and technology ownership in a series-manufacturing environment.

What you will do

• Own the planning, further development, and long-term stabilization of value-creation processes within the Industrial Engineering function.
• Introduce new technologies and improve existing series-production processes with a focus on efficiency, quality, and process stability.
• Prepare and maintain key process records such as assembly sequences, work instructions, defect catalogues, rework concepts, test reports, process capability evidence, process specifications, risk assessments, and FMEAs.
• Support the rollout of new technologies and accompany first article approval with suppliers.
• Contribute actively to development projects, Value Stream Excellence initiatives, and line-optimization activities.
• Lead small and medium-sized projects as part of the change-request management process.
• Act as technology owner for at least four manufacturing technologies from standard, core, or key processes.
• Take responsibility for at least one engineering method, such as DOE, REFA, Shainin, or Lean.

What you bring

• A bachelor’s degree, diploma from a university of applied sciences, or dual-study qualification; ideally in mechanical engineering, process engineering, or a related technical field.
• Alternatively, a technician or master craftsman qualification that provides an equivalent background.
• At least five years of professional experience in process engineering, ideally in plant engineering.
• Practical expertise in analysing and improving technical processes.
• Hands-on knowledge of process and quality improvement methods such as Pareto analysis, basic FMEA, DFMA, Shainin, RedX, 5 Whys, and root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with lean management and Six Sigma approaches.
• Strong project management capability and experience using statistical software to evaluate and improve processes sustainably.
• A learning mindset, careful and dependable working style, and a strong sense of responsibility.
• Assertiveness, teamwork, and strong communication skills.
• A structured, proactive, and goal-oriented approach, along with a confident and reliable professional presence.
• Fluent German and business-level English at minimum C1 level.

What Sunfire offers

• Varied and challenging work on a future-focused technology that contributes to the energy transition.
• Access to learning opportunities through the Sunfire Academy, plus regular feedback and development discussions.
• Support from colleagues during onboarding and beyond.
• Flexible coordination of office and home-based work with your line manager.
• Health and wellbeing activities, including a running group and a free weekly yoga session.
• 30 days of vacation.
• Commuting support through a subsidy for the DVB monthly pass, the Deutschlandticket, and/or job bike leasing.
• A company pension contribution subsidy of up to 20%.

Additional information

The company emphasizes its values and invites candidates to learn more about them. The role is based in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.