Working Student Quality (all genders)

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

THE WHAT
You support the Quality team in ensuring that production quality remains measurable, documented, and reliable every day. You inspect components, document results, track quality data, and help maintain the standards that allow Blackwave to build safe and reliable aerospace hardware.
You work closely with operators, engineers, and quality specialists on the shop floor and gain hands-on experience with real production processes, quality systems, and continuous improvement initiatives.

THE WHY
Every pressure vessel we build relies on consistent quality standards and accurate inspection results. Quality issues that are detected early are easier, cheaper, and safer to resolve than problems found later.
This role exists to ensure that production quality remains visible, traceable, and actionable. By inspecting parts, documenting findings, and supporting process improvements, you help ensure that every component meets the standards required for aerospace applications.

YOUR IMPACT

You don't just document quality. You help ensure that quality is built into every part we produce.

You ensure:

• all assigned components are inspected and documented without delays
• quality data is maintained accurately and translated into meaningful KPI reporting
• deviations and quality issues are identified and escalated quickly
• inspection results remain traceable and audit-ready
• quality processes become more efficient through continuous improvement

Your tasks in detail and by priority:

Perform inspections on assigned components and ensure all results are documented correctly in the quality control system.
→ Accountability: Every inspection is completed, documented, and traceable.

Track inspection activities, non-conformities, and scrap data while supporting the creation of clear quality reports and KPI overviews.
→ High Performance: Reliable decisions require reliable data.

Identify opportunities to improve inspection routines, documentation, and reporting workflows, and contribute to implementing practical solutions.
→ Playfulness: Small improvements create big results over time.

Collaborate with operators, technicians, and engineers to ensure quality findings are communicated clearly and acted upon quickly.
→ Togetherness: Quality improves when teams solve problems together.

Report quality concerns openly and immediately while helping to maintain transparent communication around non-conformities.
→ Candor: Problems improve only when they are visible.

YOUR PROFILE

Must-Haves

• Currently enrolled in a technical degree program such as Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a comparable field.
• Availability of 15–20 hours per week during the semester for a minimum of six months.
• Basic knowledge of technical drawings, tolerances, and measurement techniques.
• Confident use of measuring equipment such as calipers, gauges, or similar inspection tools.
• Good Excel skills including tables, filters, simple formulas, and basic data analysis.
• English at B2 level minimum.

Nice to have

• First experience in quality, production, laboratory environments, Formula Student, student research projects, or technical internships.
• Familiarity with quality methods such as 8D, 5-Why, FMEA, SPC, or composite materials.
• German at B1 or higher

WHAT WE OFFER

• Choose your own benefit: Germany ticket, Egym Wellpass, or a tax-free Give Card
• Healthy & social lunch culture: Fresh meals during shared lunch breaks
• High level of autonomy & real impact: You own a critical seam in the business — between what we sell and what we build
• Startup mindset meets aerospace innovation: Flat hierarchies, fast decisions, and space for your ideas
• Stunning views: Rooftop terrace with views of the Alps in Taufkirchen, or indoor garden in Garching-Hochbrück
• Growth opportunities: Work on technically demanding projects with real stakes
• We live our team culture: From tech talks to team events and after-work gatherings — we celebrate success together

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About us

Blackwave designs, manufactures and ships flight-qualified, commercial off-the-shelf composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) for launch vehicles and satellites. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, the company delivers COPVs from a standardized portfolio with flight heritage. The approach reduces lead time from months to days while ensuring that each tank is qualified and flight-ready. Blackwave's mission is to end COPV failure in spaceflight. The company employs more than 150 people across manufacturing facilities in Germany and Texas.

More information at Blackwave.com and the procurement platform COPV.com.