Project Manager Engineering Lausanne – EPFL Campus

Almatech; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cutting-edge tools and facilities

Space agency collaborations

Continuing education & conferences

Flexible hours & remote options

Job summary

Almatech is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead end-to-end space engineering projects for ESA and industry partners. You will own project objectives, planning, and cost management, coordinating across engineering, production, and quality teams to ensure on-time delivery within budget.

The role requires a MSc in Engineering or equivalent, and 5+ years of project management experience in complex space systems. Strong communication with customers and multinational teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in space structures, mechanisms or equivalent complex systems.
• Strong leadership and multi-disciplinary collaboration skills.
• Experience in ECSS or space-related standards is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end space engineering projects for ESA and industry partners.
• Own project objectives, planning, CaC, milestones and deadlines.
• Coordinate across engineering, production and quality teams to deliver on time and within budget.
• Manage project communication with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Track changes, claims and contract alignment in collaboration with the Contract Officer.
• Support business and commercial teams in responding to customer demands.

Skills

Project management

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Customer relationship management

Education

MSc in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Lead end-to-end space engineering projects for ESA and major industry partners, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to high technical standards.

Join Our Team : Shape the Future of Project Manager at Almatech

• Take the full responsibility of projects toward the management and customers.
• Identify project objectives and deliverables, planning and Cost at Completion (CaC).
• Develop project specifications, agree project plan baseline, resource requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
• Master and lead all aspects of projects from kick-off to final delivery all over the supply chain and internally with the engineering, production, and quality members of the project team.
• Build strong relationships with customers.
• Channel and master clear intra information all over the project team members that should stay motivated and share the common objectives to achieve planned outcomes.
• Daily drive project execution, perform project configuration and project controlling.
• Conduct reporting internally and externally through project progress reviews and internal reviews to manage that projects will be delivered on time, in budget and agreed standards.
• Track changes and issue claims and changes to contract in tight collaboration with the Contract Officer any time necessary to consolidate the contract and CaC.
• Support the Business & Commercial Dept for answering to customers’ demands (ITT/RFI/RFQ) and changes to running contract.
• Identify and capture lessons learned to enable continuous improvement.

Essential Qualifications for This Role

• Strong knowledge and passion for high level engineering and project management in a demanding environment.
• Technical curiosity and ability to quickly understand and analyse technical products/systems and their functions in multidisciplinary projects.
• Natural team leader and team player spirit interacting easily with a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team of high-level engineers from different disciplines.
• Strong soft skills to manage in a constructive way with the final client as well as with the different industrial partners and subcontractors. The goal is to defend Almatech interest while reaching project objectives (technical, quality, planning, cost) at the full satisfaction of the customers.
• Good knowledge of ECSS and space related applicable norms would be an asset.
• Fluent in English with good writing skills, willingness to learn French. German is a plus.

Education Required

Msc in Engineering type EPF/equivalent or HES, with a keen interest for projectmanagement.

Experience Needed

>5+ years of experience of project management in space structure, mechanism, orequivalent complex systems projects.

Discover the Exceptional Benefits of Joining Our team

At Almatech, we prioritize our employees' well-being and professional growth. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you in every aspect of your career, from continuing education in advanced engineering fields to work-life balance that respects your contribution to our mission-critical projects.

Work-Life Balance

Flexible working hours and remote options to fit your lifestyle, with respect for personal time and family commitments.

Additional Benefits

• Access to cutting-edge engineering tools and facilities
• Collaboration opportunities with space agencies and research institutions
• Continuing education and conference participation