Senior Spacecraft Payload Architect - Global Supplier Lead

Holt Executive Ltd; Vaud; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Holt Executive Ltd in Vaud, Switzerland, seeks a Senior Payload Architect to provide technical leadership across spacecraft payload systems within a complex international programme. You will oversee externally developed payload hardware, ensuring requirements compliance and successful integration from design through delivery and acceptance.

You will coordinate with international suppliers and internal spacecraft teams, act as a technical interface, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in systems engineering in aerospace, space systems, or high-reliability industries.
• Proven experience with externally sourced hardware or supplier-developed hardware.
• Strong understanding of requirements-driven development, interface control, and verification/validation.
• Ability to act as a technical authority across organizational and cultural boundaries.
• Swiss or EU citizenship or valid Swiss work permit.

Aufgaben

• Provide systems engineering leadership for spacecraft payload development, including requirements definition, interface control, and performance analysis.
• Define technical requirements, statements of work, and acceptance criteria for supplier contracts.
• Oversee international suppliers through design, manufacturing, integration, and test phases.
• Review supplier designs and documentation for compliance with system requirements.
• Lead technical interchange meetings and participate in design reviews.
• Ensure alignment between payload subsystem designs and overall spacecraft architecture.
• Maintain payload interface definitions across multiple teams and suppliers.
• Support payload and system-level verification, validation, and acceptance planning.
• Identify technical risks and lead mitigation actions with suppliers.
• Communicate status, risks, and recommendations to programme and engineering leadership.
• Contribute to supplier-facing systems engineering processes and mentor engineers.

Kenntnisse

Systems engineering

Supplier management

Interface control

Requirements definition

Performance analysis

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Physics

Jobbeschreibung

Holt Executive Ltd in Vaud, Switzerland, seeks a Senior Payload Architect to provide technical leadership across spacecraft payload systems within a complex international programme. You will oversee externally developed payload hardware, ensuring requirements compliance and successful integration from design through delivery and acceptance.

You will coordinate with international suppliers and internal spacecraft teams, act as a technical interface, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end