About this role
SAEKI - Manufacturing at software speed Europe's industrial base cannot respond at the speed modern conflict requires. Legacy suppliers operate on month-long timelines. Tribal knowledge is retiring. Supply chains are fragile. SAEKI is building the operating system for autonomous factories — the infrastructure that lets Europe manufacture mission-critical components at software speed.<br>Factory ONE is where this goes into series production for the first time: SLS and CNC machining under one roof, connected by automation and software rather than clipboards and shouting across the floor. The Role You're joining a factory that is still being built. That means the processes you help shape don't exist yet. How a part travels from file to shipment, which steps get automated, and what data comes out of it — all of that is being defined right now, and you're part of it.<br>Concretely, you'll work at the intersection of machine, process, and software: you help commission equipment and automation cells, turn what you learn into repeatable procedures, and translate those into work instructions, checklists, and digital workflows. What you build stays — and scales with every additional factory we bring online.<br>This is a hands-on role. You'll be standing at the machines, because you only understand a process once you've run it yourself. But the goal isn't for you to operate them permanently — it's for you to improve them.<br>Based on-site at Factory ONE in the east of Munich. What We're Looking For <ul><li><strong>Technical background:</strong> You're studying mechatronics, mechanical engineering, production or automation engineering, or something comparable — or you hold an equivalent technical qualification. Experience with additive manufacturing, CNC, or PLCs is a plus, not a requirement.</li><li><strong>Systems thinking:</strong> You see more than the individual machine — you see the chain before and after it, and you spot where it jams.</li><li><strong>Practical ability:</strong> You're comfortable with tools and enjoy working with your hands. A factory under construction is not a pure desk job.</li><li><strong>Care and stamina:</strong> You work precisely, document cleanly, and stay focused even when the work gets tedious.</li><li><strong>Initiative:</strong> You don't wait for instructions — you recognise what needs doing and take it on.</li><li><strong>Commissioning:</strong> You support the installation and commissioning of SLS systems, CNC machines, and peripherals — from delivery through to the first approved part.</li><li><strong>Automation:</strong> You help set up automation cells and handling solutions, test them, and work on making them reliable.</li><li><strong>Defining workflows:</strong> You develop procedures for production, post-processing, and quality assurance — and write them up so they work at the next site without you.</li><li><strong>Process data:</strong> You help define which production and quality data we capture, and use it to make bottlenecks and scrap causes visible.</li><li><strong>Improvement:</strong> You bring your own ideas forward and implement them. If you see a better solution here, you get to build it.</li><li><strong>Location:</strong> Based in Munich (on-site at Factory ONE).</li><li><strong>Language:</strong> Fluent German; good English skills are a plus.</li></ul> What we're not looking for <ul><li>People who need clearly bounded tasks. In a factory under construction, priorities shift week to week — that's the price of getting real responsibility early.</li><li>Pure theorists. What counts here is what comes off the end of the line.</li></ul> What we offer <ul><li><strong>Internship:</strong> 3–6 months, full-time</li><li><strong>Working student:</strong> minimum 6 months, approx. 20 hrs/week (more during semester breaks by arrangement)</li><li><strong>Start:</strong> immediately</li><li><strong>Mission:</strong> Rebuild the industrial sovereignty of the West. You'll work with state-of-the-art industrial SLS systems and be part of a team spanning production, software, robotics, and automation.</li><li><strong>Ownership from day one:</strong> You get real responsibility early on, and the opportunity to grow with the company.</li><li><strong>The environment:</strong> A data-driven production environment with state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and short decision paths.</li><li><strong>The team:</strong> Close collaboration with our software, robotics, and engineering teams. "Special Forces" model — everyone ships, no politics, no bureaucracy. Direct feedback, high standards.</li><li><strong>Compensation:</strong> Market-standard salary.</li><li><strong>Location:</strong> Factory ONE in the east of Munich.</li></ul> Apply <ul><li><strong>Resume:</strong> Show us what you've worked on in practice so far.</li><li><strong>Cover letter:</strong> Why this mission? Why now? From when, and for how long?</li></ul>