Factory Commissioning – Industrial Project Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Serve as FenX’s on-site technical leader and representative for industrialization at customer factories, ensuring effective commissioning, ramp-up, and performance delivery.

• Facilitate hands-on problem-solving, coordinate stakeholders, and design or enhance mechanical solutions for industrial and prototype equipment.

• Act as the primary liaison between the customer site, suppliers, and FenX teams, including those in Switzerland.

• Provide hands-on technical support at the customer factory; troubleshoot and resolve mechanical and process issues during commissioning and ramp-up.

• Drive the implementation of practical technical solutions to achieve agreed factory performance and reliability targets.

• Design, adapt, and enhance hardware solutions (for both prototype and industrial scale); support rapid iterations and testing.

• Collaborate closely with machinery suppliers on upgrades, extensions, and automation initiatives.

• Ensure alignment of on-site activities with internal engineering teams through regular interactions and travel to Switzerland.

• Maintain comprehensive and structured reporting on technical issues, root cause analyses, corrective actions, implementation progress, and results.

• Document learnings and standardize solutions for implementation in future customer factories.

⛳️ Requirements

• Background in Mechanical Engineering (industrial equipment, machinery design).

• Knowledge of processes and materials is an advantage.

• Willing to engage in hands-on work; possesses a pragmatic, on-site, solution-oriented approach.

• Experience in industrial settings, factory commissioning, or scale-up projects is highly beneficial.

• Capable of independently designing, procuring, and implementing mechanical solutions from concept to industrial deployment.

• Proficient in coordinating external suppliers and industrial service providers from specification through to implementation.

• Fluent in both Spanish and English; proficiency in German is a plus.

• Willingness to be based predominantly at the customer site with regular travel to Switzerland.

• Comfortable collaborating with operators, engineers, and suppliers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Impact: play a crucial role in the ramp-up of our first industrial-scale factory and help bring breakthrough technology into real-world operation.

• Growth: experience a steep learning curve at the intersection of process engineering, materials, and industrial scale-up in a dynamic start-up environment.

• International exposure: engage in projects across Switzerland, Spain, and with global partners.

• Team: become part of a hands-on, driven, and supportive team that values pragmatism, speed, and effective execution.