The What: You are the technical anchor for Blackwave's core IT systems. This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role — you aren't just managing vendors; you are actively architecting, implementing, and securing our multi-site infrastructure.
The Why: To end COPV failure in spaceflight.
At Blackwave, we develop advanced pressure vessel technology that sets new benchmarks in performance, reliability, and cost efficiency for spaceflight.To achieve this mission, our teams rely on stable, secure, and high-performing digital infrastructure. Engineering, manufacturing, and operations must be able to move fast without being slowed down by unreliable systems.
As we scale our operations across multiple sites in Germany and expand into the United States, our infrastructure must transition from a localized setup to a resilient, enterprise-grade global architecture. As Senior IT Systems & Operations Engineer, you will design, secure, and build the digital backbone that enables our growth.
HIGH PERFORMANCE — Relentless execution. Precision at speed.
- Act as the subject matter expert for our Microsoft 365 ecosystem, ensuring deep integration, optimal performance, and strict security controls
- Own and advance our modern endpoint management, utilizing Microsoft Intune and Windows Autopilot to achieve zero-touch deployment across all global sites
- Maintain and scale robust local networks (switching, routing, firewalls) to support high-speed data needs in engineering and manufacturing
TOGETHERNESS — One team. Fierce trust. Disagree – then commit.
- Support employees across engineering, manufacturing, and operations, translating their technical requirements into scalable IT solutions
- Architect the secure networking and identity infrastructure required to seamlessly connect our European facilities with our upcoming US expansion, ensuring strict isolation of sensitive aerospace data
CANDOR — We say the hard thing because we care. Truth drives growth.
- Proactively identify architectural bottlenecks, security gaps, and legacy inefficiencies
- Design and execute modern migration paths away from legacy setups toward automated, cloud-first infrastructure
PLAYFULNESS — Play with purpose. Break things. Learn fast.
- Introduce modern automation practices (Infrastructure as Code, scripting, automated provisioning) to eliminate manual IT overhead
ACCOUNTABILITY — Own your impact. Lead yourself. Hold the bar.
- Harden our infrastructure against advanced threats, aligning IT operations with NIS2 compliance, German VS-NfD requirements, and US governmental/defense-grade export control standards
- Design and maintain tenant architectures that support strict data sovereignty, cryptographic code-signing, and supply chain security frameworks required by aerospace partners in the EU and US
- Maintain secure identity and access management (IAM), ensuring strict privilege controls across all cloud and on-prem asset