Senior Project Manager : Avionics, GNC & Flight Software

The role

You will coordinate the development and delivery of Avionics, GNC, and Flight Software work packages within the Nyx program. You will work with technical leads and various engineering teams to manage scope, schedule, risks, and interfaces.

What you will do

• Own and coordinate project planning for Avionics, GNC and FSW work packages.
• Translate program objectives and milestones into plans, priorities and deliverables.
• Coordinate the development lifecycle from requirements to release.
• Maintain visibility of scope, schedule, dependencies, risks and resource needs.
• Coordinate with technical leads to monitor progress and identify blockers.
• Manage technical, program and interface dependencies.
• Support planning and execution of integration, simulations and mission rehearsals.
• Coordinate inputs to design reviews, development reviews and qualification activities.
• Track preparation and closure of requirements, verification activities and documentation.
• Identify schedule and delivery risks and define mitigation actions.

Required qualifications

• Experience in project or program management within aerospace, space systems, aviation, automotive, robotics, embedded systems or another safety and reliability critical environment.
• A good understanding of spacecraft avionics, GNC, flight software, embedded software or closely related technical domains.
• Experience coordinating complex technical work packages involving multiple teams and interfaces.
• Practical experience managing plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, actions and technical deliverables.
• The ability to understand technical topics sufficiently to ask the right questions, identify impacts and support informed decisions.
• Experience working across requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing and verification activities.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying risks, raising issues early and driving actions to closure.
• The ability to work effectively with technical experts while maintaining focus on program objectives and delivery commitments.
• Experience with project-management, planning, requirements-management or engineering tools.
• A degree or equivalent experience in aerospace engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, project management or a related field.
• Professional fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Additional European languages

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable.

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

About the company

The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity. They are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity.