VHR Optical Payload Program Lead

AMOS; Luik; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Competitive salary package

International environment

Learning and evolution opportunities

Job summary

AMOS, based in Liège, designs Very High Resolution optical payloads for space missions and is part of the Aerospacelab group. We seek a VHR Program Manager to lead the VHR product line, coordinate the payload team and drive performance, cost and schedule targets.

You will arbitrate customer needs against the product roadmap, manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensure ECSS compliance, and report status to management in an international environment.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in Engineering or Physics.
• At least 10 years in space or optical instrument programs.
• Solid technical background in optical instruments; can challenge performance budgets.
• Proven product management experience: roadmap, configuration management, recurring cost, lead time.
• Product-oriented; prefers recurrence over tailoring; knows when to break the rule.
• Proven experience in project management and coordination of multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing schedule, budget and risks on multi-million-euro programmes.
• Familiar with ECSS standards and space project review logic.
• Ability to decide with incomplete data and defend commitments to customers/management.
• Natural leader and team player.
• Fluent in English; French is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Own the VHR product line: roadmap, configurations, performance range, cost and lead-time targets.
• Drive the modular approach: define building blocks, options, recurrence limits.
• Arbitrate between customer requests and the standard product; decide what is tailored vs recurrent.
• Coordinate the VHR payload team: priorities, workload, staffing, development.
• Manage the program: schedule, budget, risks, margins, milestones.
• Drive industrialization: make-or-buy, supply chain, cost reduction, ramp-up.
• Prepare proposals: product configuration, cost, lead time, commitments.
• Manage VHR projects from kick-off to delivery: scope, schedule, cost, contracts.
• Monitor delivered products: image quality, non-conformances, feedback to roadmap.
• Feed evolution roadmap with Optical Payload Architect and Technology Development.
• Report status and health of the VHR product line to management.

Skills

English fluency

Optical instruments expertise

Product management

Project management

Budget/Cost management

Leadership / team coordination

ECSS standards knowledge

Decision making with incomplete data

Customer/management diplomacy

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Translation not required

Education

Master or PhD in Engineering or Physics

Job description

AMOS, based in Liège, designs Very High Resolution optical payloads for space missions and is part of the Aerospacelab group. We seek a VHR Program Manager to lead the VHR product line, coordinate the payload team and drive performance, cost and schedule targets.

You will arbitrate customer needs against the product roadmap, manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensure ECSS compliance, and report status to management in an international environment.