About FPRT

FirePoint Rocket Technology is building one of the most unique and strategically important industrial projects in Denmark - a new production facility for solid rocket propellant and advanced defense-tech components. Our ambition is significant: we are scaling from the early operational phase to 350+ employees within the next 18 months. Joining us now means becoming part of the core team shaping a new high-tech, safety-critical production environment from the ground up.

Position Purpose – The Role

We are looking for a Manufacturing Automation Engineer who will be the technical owner of production automation and equipment systems across the solid propellant manufacturing process. The role ensures that future production capacity, safety, quality, and compliance (AQAP / EHS) are embedded into machine design from the earliest concept phase — translating product, chemical, and operational requirements into robust, auditable, and scalable production equipment. This is a hands-on engineering role with strong ownership, focused on automation, machinery, and production system design.

The Process Engineering Manager retains overall ownership of production technology and process design, while the Manufacturing Automation Engineer owns automation, machinery logic, and system-level integration.

You will report directly to the Process Engineering Manager and collaborate closely with Chief Production Officer (CPO), Chemical Engineering (Senior / Chief Chemical Engineer), Maintenance & Engineering, EHS, Facility & Construction teams, External automation and equipment suppliers

The position is based in Vojens, Denmark and remote work is not available.

Key Responsibilities

Automation & Equipment Architecture Ownership

• Own the automation and machinery concept for production equipment. 

• Translate process and chemical requirements into machine specifications and automation logic.

• Ensure equipment design supports:

  • Stable solid propellant processing

  • Repeatability and traceability

  • Minimal human dependency in safety-critical steps
    

• Ensure production equipment is pre-MES ready and aligned with future digital architecture.

AQAP-Derived Automation & Quality Requirements

• Translate AQAP and quality requirements into concrete machine-level requirements.

• Define minimum quality and traceability constraints embedded into:

  • Machine logic

  • Automation controls

  • Interlocks and alarms
    

•  Prevent quality bypasses by design, not by procedure.

Capacity, Cycle Time & Future State Design

• Calculate cycle time in alignment with yearly strategic capacity.

• Build future-state value stream maps, including:

  • Equipment utilization

  •  Automation levels

  • Human–machine interaction
    

• Estimate OEE losses using:

  • Current-state data

  • Lessons learned from UA production
    

• Validate that future equipment concepts can realistically meet capacity targets.

PFMEA & Lessons Learned Integration

• Collect and structure lessons learned from Ukrainian production teams.

• Own and conduct PFMEA workshops together with:

  • Process Engineering

  • Chemical Engineering

  • Maintenance

  • EHS
    

• Ensure failure modes are:

  • Prevented where possible

  • Detected early where prevention is not feasible
    

• Embed countermeasures directly into equipment design and automation logic.

Equipment Delivery & Installation Coordination

• Create and maintain milestone plans for production equipment delivery.

• Coordinate with facility and construction teams to ensure:

  • Correct installation sequencing

  • Infrastructure readiness (power, ventilation, data, safety zones)
    

• Support commissioning and ramp-up phases.

Maintenance & Lifecycle Integration

• Work closely with Maintenance to ensure:

  • Predictive and preventive maintenance concepts are built in

  • Equipment serviceability and accessibility
    

• Apply statistical methods to:

  • Equipment qualification

  • Condition monitoring

  • Failure trend analysis

EHS & Regulatory Compliance by Design

• Collaborate with EHS to ensure machinery complies with:

  • Danish regulatory requirements

  • Flammable / energetic material safety standards
    

• Support machinery-related risk assessments and safety concepts.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field

• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or industrial production environments (e.g. chemical, energy, defense, aerospace, automotive, heavy industry)

• Hands-on experience with production equipment, automation concepts, and integration of machinery from external suppliers

• Practical knowledge of manufacturing engineering methods, including value stream mapping, cycle time calculation, bottleneck analysis, and OEE principles

• Experience participating in or leading PFMEA workshops and translating lessons learned into technical and process countermeasures

• Ability to define technical and quality requirements for production equipment and support compliance with safety and regulatory standards (in cooperation with EHS and Quality)

• Experience working in cross-functional teams (production, engineering, quality, IT, EHS) in greenfield or scaling production setups is a strong advantage

• Strong analytical and structured mindset, with the ability to translate production needs into technical specifications and automation requirements

• Fluent in English; ability to work in an international, multidisciplinary environment

What We Offer

• A rare career opportunity to own the automation and machinery concept for production equipment for one of Denmark's most unique industrial and defense-tech projects

• A role where your expertise directly determines the integrity and reliability of safety-critical material systems

• A professional, international environment with a clear mission and purpose

• Above-market compensation

• Brand-new factory & equipment

• Modern office with gym, sauna & social spaces

• Real authority, Greenfield impact, Zero toxic culture, and Mastery over busywork.

• Work that protects freedom and life

Do you want to join the FPRT journey?

For the position, we have chosen to collaborate with the Search & Selection company Temp-Team A/S.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Head of Search & Selection, William M. P. Pio, mobile +45 23477388, e-mail: wmp@temp-team.dk

Please send an application as soon as possible, at the latest on the 15th of February.
Start date is the 1st of April 2026.