System Engineer Team Lead (ISOS Host)

Responsibilities

• In your capacity as a System Engineer Team lead, your role will be continuously evolving, but day to day your duties will include:
• System Engineering
• Perform trade-offs and technical investigations at system level.
• Define system-level requirements and ensure flow down and consistency of lower-level requirements.
• Define the functional breakdown of the system.
• Define the development plan.
• Coordinate the technical tasks of the different specialist engineers within the project, ensuring links between schedule and tasks.
• Lead the co-engineering sessions between the engineering team and the external partners.
• Drive the technical budgets (mass, power, etc.).
• Manage the technical reviews with the customer (in coordination with the team responsible).
• Team Leadership & Development
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of engineers across all disciplines.
• Foster a culture of extreme ownership, technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
• Allocate resources effectively.
• Identify competency gaps and support recruitment and skills development initiatives.
• What we would love to see from you
• In the role of Future projects System Engineer ideally, you will have the following:
• Advanced degree (MSc) in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or another related field.
• Proven work experience of more than 10 years in the aerospace industry (both team management and technical responsibilities).
• Strong technical background with hands-on engineering experience and working space systems.
• Experience in early phases at vehicle/spacecraft level and at technology level, with good system mindset.
• Fluent in English. German, French and Italian is an asset.
• Skills and Behaviors:
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizing and prioritization of tasks.
• Positive and flexible attitude to get the job done.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business.
• Demonstrates behaviors consistent with The Exploration Company's core values of Vision, Competence, Integrity and Passion.
• Space enthusiast: ready to change the European space industry.
• Why you should join us!
• What makes us special here at The Exploration Company and why we think you will enjoy working here is:
• We're Agile - we make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind
• We're Open and Collaborative - we are transparent about risks and obstacles, so that we can cooperate to overcome them
• We have a lot of Fun - we refuel our energy knowing we are democratising space. It's a wonderful and rare opportunity, are YOU up for the challenge?
• We'd love to hear from you if you wish to be a part of our journey. Please submit your CV now for immediate consideration and we will be in touch shortly.
• If applicable, you will receive an email from Zinc upon acceptance of your offer with a link to a secure portal where you can provide the required information to Zinc.

Benefits

Additional Information

Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run. Our Future Projects unit is dedicated to expanding and complementing these capabilities by conceptualizing and pre-developing new technologies, products and programs. We want you as a talented systems engineer team lead to help us in our mission, as an individual contributor for the system engineering activities and as a manager for the engineers working on the project. You will be part of the Future Projects Team working on the development of a robotic orbital station aiming at supporting the In Space Operations and Services eco-system, unlocking the resupply of servicers in satellites parts and propellant, and performing complexe robotic-assisted in-orbit experiments.

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