Project Manager

Orbint GmbH; München; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Orbint GmbH in Munich is seeking a Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and deliver satellite and payload development activities. The successful candidate will manage complex engineering efforts, ensuring cost, schedule, scope, and technical risks are effectively handled.

Applicants should have an engineering degree, project management experience, and strong communication skills. Knowledge of aerospace and space systems is a strong plus. Join Orbint and help shape the future of European defence through innovative space-based solutions.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience managing technical development projects, ideally in aerospace or defence.
• Strong understanding of space system development lifecycles, including AIT/AIV.
• Very good command of English; German is an asset.

Aufgaben

• Plan, coordinate, and deliver satellite and payload development activities.
• Align engineering, management, and external partners around clear objectives.
• Manage cost, schedule, scope, and technical risks.

Kenntnisse

Project management qualifications

Technical development project management

Communication skills

Organization and risk management

Ausbildung

Degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Physics

Tools

Common PM tools

Jobbeschreibung

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering Orbint's satellite and payload development activities from concept through flight readiness. You will align engineering, management, and external partners around clear objectives, schedules, and interfaces, and ensure that cost, schedule, scope, and technical risks are actively managed. Your role is central to turning complex, multidisciplinary engineering efforts into predictable, on-time mission outcomes.

About You

We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.

Core Technical Profile

• Degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a comparable technical field; project management qualification is a plus.
• Proven experience managing technical development projects, ideally in aerospace, space systems, defence, or other high-reliability domains.
• Strong understanding of space system development lifecycles, including AIT/AIV, qualification, and launch preparation.
• Strong organizational skills with experience in schedule, cost, and risk management.
• Experience with hybrid project management methods (V-model, scrum, agile elements where appropriate).
• Proficiency with common PM tools.

SIGINT / Space / Defence Domain (Strong Plus)

General

• Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
• Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
• Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
• Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
• Eligibility for security clearance.

Why Orbint

At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security. From designing advanced RF payloads to developing the onboard and ground software that power our satellites — our team is shaping the future of space-based RF sensing.

• A brief motivation letter explaining how you became aware of Orbint, why working on space-based SIGINT for defence and security users is motivating for you, and how your previous experience would strengthen the Orbint team.
• References to prior technical work (e.g. thesis, papers, talks, code or simulation repositories, technical reports, internal tools you can describe, etc.), if permissible.
• Your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.