Senior Project Manager (m/w/d)

nanoTRONIC AG; Lyss; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

24 days annual leave

Social benefits

Impact and growth

Flat hierarchy

Varied challenges

Job summary

nanoTRONIC AG in Switzerland seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex aerospace projects, delivering on time, within scope and on budget. You will oversee cross-functional teams, interface with international customers, and ensure project quality and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate will have a technical master’s degree in aerospace or electronic engineering, 5+ years in the space industry, and fluent English with German/French as a plus.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in aerospace engineering, electronic engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• At least 5 years of experience in the international space industry (commercial or institutional).
• Knowledge of aerospace and space industry standards, regulations, and safety requirements.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment.
• Customer and solution oriented.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for overall project lead and coordination of activities.
• Responsible for budget and schedule within project scope.
• Manage cross-functional teams and resources for a high-performance environment.
• Plan, execute, monitor/control and close project activities.
• Manage customer relationships as main point of contact.
• Ensure implementation of best project management practices and quality standards.
• Interface between customer, suppliers and internal operations.
• Negotiate with customers and suppliers during the project phase.
• Manage large offers from initial contact to proposal release.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team management

English proficiency

Education

Aerospace engineering

Electronic engineering

Job description

nanoTRONIC AG is an innovative Swiss engineering company located in Lyss and Zürich Altstetten.

Specializing in highly regulated industries, we are providing development services to internationally oriented customers.

Our expertise spans sectors such as space, medical technology and railways. Our core competences include building ground support equipment and spacecraft subsystems for high-profile space missions.

We are achieving our goals working in interdisciplinary project teams who combine know-how and experience on mechanics, electromechanics, electronics, microelectronics and software. Their activities benefit from close support by our quality and compliance department.
As a fast-growing successful company with currently 60+ employees, we are ready to tackle our clients’ demanding technical challenges.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee and lead complex aerospace / space projects. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing large-scale projects, ensuring successful delivery on time, within scope, and on budget. You should be enthusiastic about highly specialized technology and appreciate contact with international customers.

Tasks

• Accountable for overall project leading and coordination of activities
• Responsibility and accountability for budget and schedule, within project scope
• Manage cross-functional teams and resources to foster collaborative and highly-performance team environment
• Responsible for planning, execution, monitoring/control and closure of activities
• Management of customer relationship, acting as main point of contact
• Ensure implementation of best project management practices, satisfying project quality and standard requirements
• Interface between customer, suppliers, and internal operations
• Negotiate with customers and suppliers, as needed, during the whole project phase
• Management of large offer elaboration, from initial contact to proposal release

Requirements

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

Benefits

• Flexible working hours (40 hours per week).
• 24 days of paid annual leave.
• Good social benefits.
• A growing company where your impact matters.
• A flat hierarchy in an uncomplicated setting.
• Opportunity to apply your expertise to a wide range of challenges.

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.

Applications sent by recruitment agencies will not be considered.

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