Chief of Staff (m/f/d)

The role

You will act as the CTO's deputy in internal programme and product forums. You will monitor programme health, identify bottlenecks, and drive teams to resolve technical, cost, and schedule risks.

What you will do

• Deputise for the CTO in product and programme meetings, reviews and decision forums
• Build a deep understanding of how each programme runs
• Identify bottlenecks early and drive their resolution with responsible teams
• Take ownership of programmes that have drifted and define corrective paths
• Provide the CTO with a technically grounded view of programme health and risks
• Follow up on decisions and commitments made in the CTO's name
• Spend time in the labs, on the shop floor and in AIT

Required qualifications

• Degree in engineering or a comparable technical discipline
• Several years of hands-on engineering or programme experience in aerospace, space, defence or another complex hardware environment
• Experience delivering or recovering hardware programmes with technical, cost and schedule risk
• Ability to understand how complex technical programmes fail and find constraints
• Technical credibility to follow design reviews, production-readiness arguments and AIT non-conformance
• Ability to work through influence rather than line authority
• Communicate clearly and directly at executive level, in writing and in the room
• Speak English fluently

Nice to have

• German is a strong plus

Benefits

• Employee Participation Program: virtual company share program
• 30 days of vacation
• Company pension plan with 20% employer contribution after probation period
• Subsidised lunch
• Fully financed Deutschlandticket
• Rental clothing with laundry service
• Sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass)
• Individual learning budget granted after probation period
• Childcare allowance for non-school-age children

Before you apply

• Affiliations with countries listed under § 13 para. 1 no. 17 SÜG may affect the application process due to security clearance requirements

About the company

Isar Aerospace is a fast-growing company building a modern space business to provide sustainable launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites into Low Earth Orbit.