Physicist: Production Manager | Physiker/in: Produktionsleitung

Job Summary

This role offers a pivotal leadership opportunity at Heracle, a specialized international company focused on custom fiber optics for medical technology, analytics, and sensing. As the Production Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of external manufacturing partners while leading the internal quality assurance department. Your day-to-day will involve coordinating production schedules, ensuring cost and quality control, and developing advanced testing methods for active and passive optical fibers. You will lead a small internal team, conduct technical audits, and collaborate closely with R&D and executive management to optimize the supply chain. This position is ideal for a technical professional who enjoys a mix of strategic process development and hands-on technical analysis. The role is particularly attractive due to its high level of autonomy, short decision-making paths, and the chance to directly influence the growth of a high-tech company in the innovative Beutenberg technology hub in Jena.