Rocket Factory Augsburg operates a micro-launcher business (RFA ONE) with a 51–200 person team embedded in automotive manufacturing infrastructure. The tech stack reveals a dual engineering culture: simulation and flight software (Python, MATLAB, Simulink, C++) alongside embedded systems work (Rust, C, KiCAD). Active projects span both vehicle development (multi-body dynamics, 3D printing process chains, launch vehicle architecture) and operational maturity (CI/CD, test planning systems, launch site infrastructure), while pain points cluster around cost and time compression—prototyping, test campaigns, and iteration cycles all flagged as critical. The hiring mix is heavily skewed toward mid-level and intern engineers, signaling rapid scaling in a capital-constrained phase.
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What Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA Is Building
◆Challenges
- Reducing prototyping and production costs
- Time- and cost-critical test campaigns
- Time-and-cost-critical test campaigns
- Prototype development challenges
- Short-iteration development cycles
- Compliance with tax regulations
- Implementing health and safety processes at launch site
- Simulation parametrization optimization
- Processing incoming invoices
- Launch risk mitigation
▲Active Projects
- Time- and cost-critical test campaigns
- Pre-and post-processing python tools for flight safety analysis
- Prototype development
- Development of 3d printing process chain
- Multi-body model for launch operations
- Launch site infrastructure development
- Uk’s first vertical launch site
- Vehicle test team planning system
- Ci/cd pipeline implementation
- Requirements and architecture of launch vehicle
Hiring Activity
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Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Head of IT, Health & Safety Lead
