Project Manager

at  Aerospacelab

MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, BELGIUM

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.
Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.
In 2024, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 200 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.
Role Overview

• Manage all phases of the assigned project – from proposal to delivery to the customer : design, manufacturing, assembly, integration and flight operations
• Be accountable for the on time, on cost, on quality delivery of the space mission to the Internal, commercial or Institutional customer
• Be responsible for ensuring the program achieves its goals on important criteria: Satisfaction of the internal, commercial or institutional customer, compliance with technical performance, delivery on schedule, delivery with quality, program financial results
• Be the main interface with all the project internal/external stakeholders (customers, …)
• Define & lead the product development plan, prioritize the activities in order to ensure the most valuable and proper functionality of the product deliverable
• Drive tradeoffs at project level
• Manage the project team during all the phase of the project
• Lead the partners and major suppliers including reviews and deliverables in collaboration with the supply chain department
• Manage the various risks that occurred during the project and implement all the appropriate actions to reduce the effect
• Promote innovation and agility inside the project in a new space context
• Participate in continuous improvement process to a young and dynamic fast-growing company