Senior Project Manager Mechatronics

Fascinated by Space. Driven by Innovation.

Founded in 2018, nanoSPACE combines the agility, innovation power and passion of a start-up, with extensive professional experience in the space industry. This unique combination allows us to develop customized solutions for the challenges in the growing and quickly changing space market. Serving customers worldwide, nanoSPACE focuses on the design and manufacturing of highly integrated fluid and actuator-based mechatronic subsystems and components, as well as space instruments.

At nanoSPACE, you will work in a lively vivid and demanding environment with an open culture offering room for personal growth and individual development. We are looking for colleagues who want to have a meaningful impact, share our passion for space and continue developing our company for the future, together with us.

Our headquarters is located in Lyss, Bern, with a satellite office in Zurich-Altstetten. In your role as a Senior Project Manager Mechatronics, you will be working mainly in Zurich.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee and lead complex aerospace / space projects related to the development of fluidic and electromechanical systems.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing large projects, ensuring successful on-time deliveries and managing both, contractual scope in a technical environment and budget. You should be enthusiastic about highly specialized technology and appreciate contact with international customers.Teamwork is especially important to us. A large part of our success is based on interpersonal interaction for combining expertise from different disciplines. A varied, challenging but exciting range of tasks awaits you.

Tasks

• Accountability for overall project leading and coordination of activities
• Responsibility and accountability for project scope, budget and schedule
• Management of cross-functional teams and resources to foster collaborative and a high-performance team environment
• Responsibility for planning, execution, monitoring/control and closure of activities
• Management of customer relationship, acting as main point of contact
• Implementation of best project management practices, satisfying project quality and standard requirements
• Communication lead between customer, certain key suppliers, and internal operations
• Negotiations with customers and suppliers, as needed, during the whole project phaseManagement of large offer elaboration, from initial contact to proposal release

Requirements

• Technical master’s degree in mechanical or structural engineering, or in a related field
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to manage diverse teams and complex development projects
• At least 5 years of experience in the international space industry (commercial or institutional) with knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and safety requirements
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment
• Customer and solution orientation
• Enjoyment of challenges and willingness to go the extra mile
• Very good knowledge of English (oral and written). German or French is a significant plus

Interested? Contact us – we are keen to hear from you!

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