Knowledge Manager F/M

Founded in 2020, Zadient is an innovator in advanced materials, including silicon carbide (SiC) for semiconductor applications. It is headquartered in Sainte‑Hélène‑du‑Lac, near Chambéry, France, where it develops its new crystal growth technologies. It also has a wholly owned subsidiary, Zadient Materials Europe GmbH, headquartered in Bitterfeld‑Wolfen, near Leipzig, Germany, where it produces high‑purity SiC source material via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. For more information, visit

If you have an international start‑up mindset and enjoy an environment that values initiative, discipline in execution, teamwork, and inventiveness, this highly hands‑on role offers a strong career trajectory as Zadient accelerates its growth.

The Knowledge Manager role is created to ensure that critical scientific and technical knowledge generated by R&D is captured, structured, traceable, accessible, and reusable throughout the product lifecycle.

1. Key Responsibilities and Activities

Knowledge Capture

• Extract tacit engineering know‑how from R&D, process engineering, and pilot run operations. Whereas the content of the scientific knowledge remains the ownership of the R&D staff, the role ensures that all technical elements fostering the collective competency of the R&D team are documented.
• Structure and maintain the company’s central technical documentation base.
• Participate in lessons‑learned sessions after key experiments, incidents, and project milestones. Guide and support scientists and engineers in documentation.
• Create and maintain templates, standards, and documentation frameworks for usage of scientist and engineers.

Compliance

• Ensure the documentation structure properly address operational regulatory obligations.
• Be the reference for document readiness and accessibility for external audits and certifications (ISO, HAZOP, ICPE, ATEX).

Tooling & Process Governance Participation

• In cooperation with IT, contribute in selecting and implementing knowledge management and documentation tools (PLM, DMS, wiki, version control)
• Guide documentation writers in classification, access control, and versioning standards in coordination with IT.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Facilitate knowledge transfer between R&D and industrialization teams.
• Contribute to R&D project governance: documentation discipline, decision traceability, and follow-up.
• Develop onboarding materials that get new engineers up to speed quickly.
• Support IP processes by maintaining structured patent‑support documentation.

2. Working Relationships

Reporting: to the CTO

Internal : You work in close collaboration with R&D scientists and engineers (knowledge capture), Operations and industrialization (process documentation), Quality (audit readiness), and IT (tooling and access control).

External : interactions include certification and audit bodies (ISO, ICPE, ATEX, HAZOP) as needed.

3. Required Qualifications and Experience

• Engineering degree (Bac+5) in a relevant field: materials, process engineering, systems engineering, electronics, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in a technical industrial environment — ideally in deep‑tech, semiconductors, aerospace, energy, or advanced manufacturing.
• Real technical credibility: able to understand, challenge, and synthesise complex technical information.
• Knowledge of technical documentation frameworks and quality standards.
• Ability to enforce structure without creating friction.
• Excellent written communication in both English and French.
• English mandatory, French and German are a plus.

Nice to Have

• Experience with PLM, DMS, or wiki tools (Confluence, SharePoint, Teamcenter, or similar).
• Exposure to IP / patent processes.
• Familiarity with SiC, power electronics, or semiconductor manufacturing.

Typical Backgrounds

• Knowledge manager.
• Simulation engineer looking to move into a knowledge‑focused role.
• Quality engineer with significant R&D exposure.
• Senior technical writer with a strong engineering background.
• Experienced project engineer in a technical industrial environment (Systems engineer or technical program manager).

4. Specific Conditions

Location:

Chambery (HQ) — partial remote possible

Language :

English and French, both mandatory

5. What We Offer

• Competitive salary and flexible working conditions — €40,000 to 57,000 depending on experience and profile.
• Opportunity to work on the next generation of SiC - contributing to the energy transition.
• A dynamic, interdisciplinary work environment within an international team.
• Early involvement in an exciting project, with strong growth potential as the company scales.
• Opportunity to shape a function from day one — with real authority and direct access to the leadership team.
• A work environment that values autonomy, encourages entrepreneurial thinking, and empowers you to take full ownership of your projects.