Do you want to develop protection systems that make the difference at the decisive moment? Then join our defense team and actively help shape innovative protection solutions for modern defense applications. In this role, you will support the development and optimization of ballistic protection systems. You will drive forward future-oriented technologies and make an important contribution to protecting lives and technology.
YOUR TASKS
- Protection Systems: Design and optimize protection structures against projectiles, fragments, as well as fragmentation and blast effects.
- Test Management: Plan, support, and evaluate ballistic testing, simulations, and qualification programs.
- Protection Assessment: Evaluate V0/V50 performance, multi-hit behavior, backface signature, penetration depth, edge hits, and failure modes.
- Technical Documentation: Prepare technical specifications, requirement documents, test plans, risk analyses, and qualification documentation.
- Material Selection: Select and assess suitable materials such as fiber composites, aramids, UHMWPE, ceramics, metals, and hybrid structures.
- Process Transfer: Transition validated protection concepts into robust, reproducible, and cost-efficient manufacturing processes.
- Customer Support: Provide technical customer support and assist in bidding, development, and series production projects in the defense sector.
- Technology Monitoring: Monitor relevant technologies, protection standards, material trends, and defense industry requirements.
YOUR PROFILE
- Qualifications: A completed degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer/Composite Engineering, Physics, or a comparable technical field.
- Experience: Professional experience in the development, testing, or qualification of technical products within the defense or security sector, as well as experience with composite materials, pressing/lamination processes, ceramic backing systems, prototyping, and industrialization.
- Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge of ballistic protection principles, protection materials, and testing/qualification processes, as well as familiarity with relevant protection and testing standards such as STANAG, VPAM, NIJ, MIL-STD, DIN/EN, or customer-specific defense requirements.
- Personal Strengths: Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, testing institutes, authorities, project teams, production, and sales.
- Language Skills: : negotiation-level proficiency in German and English.
YOUR BENEFITS AT KREMPEL
Attractive Compensation: Compensation in line with the collective bargaining agreement of the chemical industry (IG Bergbau, Chemie – Papier), including holiday bonus and 13th-month salary
Profit Sharing: Shared success – our employees benefit from the company’s performance
Working Hours: 38-hour work week with flexible working hours for a high degree of flexibility
On-site Workplace: Workplace at our Vaihingen/Enz or Zwönitz location with close personal exchange within the team
Vacation: 30 days of annual leave plus additional holiday allowance
Development Opportunities: Individual training and development opportunities for both professional and personal growth
Appreciative Work Environment: A workplace where you feel comfortable, valued, and respected
Company Pension Subsidy: We take care of our employees’ future even during their working life by contributing to their pension scheme
Health Management: Comprehensive support provided by our company physicians
Cafeteria: Subsidized lunch offered by a local provider
Allowances: Various subsidies, e.g. for commuting costs
Bike Leasing: Lease a bicycle or e-bike under attractive conditions
Parking: Convenient parking spaces available at all locations
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
KREMPEL AS AN EMPLOYER
We combine all the advantages of a true mid-sized company. Krempel has a history of more than 150 years – something you can see, feel, and recognize in our products. We stand for the highest quality standards and always look beyond the obvious.
Just as diverse as our employees are our perspectives. That diversity helps us grow, find solutions together, and emerge stronger. And yes, in some areas we may still be a little traditional – but we are consciously taking bold steps toward a modern future.
You can see this in our technology, IT, software – and above all, in our mindset.
KREMPEL – YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY AND INNOVATION
OUR PRODUCTS
We create materials that protect technology and lives. While our technical materials and components often remain behind the scenes, they play a critical role in ensuring safety across a wide range of industries.
From electrical insulation in generators, transformers, and motors to technical solutions for medical technology, ballistic protection, and mechanical engineering, as well as high-performance materials for aerospace and road and rail transportation – we develop solutions that stand up to even the toughest challenges.
With more than 150 years of experience, we work with industries around the world and focus on tailored solutions and the highest standards of material quality. Every contribution matters, because together we support a safer, more sustainable, and more innovative future.
Learn more about our products.
CONVINCED?
APPLY NOW!
Does this sound exciting to you? Then apply directly for the advertised position! Simply send us your CV at jobs@krempel.com.
Feel free to include a few lines about yourself in your email – who you are, what motivates you about this field, and how you like to work. We look forward to hearing from you!
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