Lead Project System Architect (Smallsats)

Avs Added Value Solutions; Rena; Híbrido; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AVS Added Value Solutions is seeking a Lead Project System Architect (SmallSats) in Elgoibar, Guipúzcoa. You will lead technical decisions, manage the mission VCD baseline, and oversee the end-to-end system definition through launch, ensuring robust interfaces across Space, Ground, Launch, and User segments.

You will facilitate proposals, risk management, and configuration control while collaborating with international teams in a flexible hybrid work setup.

Formación

• Lead the technical aspects of proposal generation and risk management (FMEA/FDIR).
• Act as Design Authority for mission-level decisions and maintain the VCD baseline.
• Evolve system baseline from definition to launch with formal configuration control.
• Coordinate interdependencies across Space, Ground, Launch, and User Segments.

Responsabilidades

• Lead technical aspects of proposal generation, contract negotiations, and risk management.
• Act as the formal Design Authority for mission-level technical decisions.
• Establish and evolve the system technical baseline from definition through launch.
• Coordinate interfaces and data flow across mission ecosystem teams.

Conocimientos

System architecture

Configuration management

Customer interaction

English fluency

Hybrid work

Herramientas

Jira

Confluence

Epsilon 3

Valispace

Descripción del empleo

Lead Project System Architect (SmallSats) AVS Added Value Solutions Elgoibar, Guipúzcoa, bajo deva (comarca), guipúzcoa; guipúzcoa; país vasco, Spain

Descripción del trabajo

About Us Founded in 2006, AVS Added Value Solutions is a leading high-tech engineering company with 20 years of experience delivering complex, pivotal projects across Fusion Energy, Scientific Innovation, Particle Accelerators, and Space. Our track record includes three proprietary LUR-family satellites currently in orbit, which have successfully demonstrated the maturity of our platform architecture, subsystems, and LEO operations. Building on this flight heritage, we leverage our modular LUR-100 platform to support demanding institutional missions, including the ESA ARRAKIHS project and the development of the Canary Islands Satellite Constellation (Constelación Canaria). Beyond technical leadership, you will play a central role in strategic decisions, acting as the technical conscience of our missions to ensure high-reliability standards while defining the future of our modular satellite platforms and supporting our growth across the space and science sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical aspects of proposal generation, contract negotiations, and risk management (FMEA/FDIR), acting as the primary arbiter for mission-critical trade-offs.
• Act as the formal Design Authority for all mission-level technical decisions, maintaining the Verification Control Document (VCD) baseline throughout the mission lifecycle.
• Establish and evolve the system technical baseline from early definition through to launch, managing changes, anomalies, and non-conformances through formal configuration control.
• Orchestrate technical interdependencies across the entire mission ecosystem (Space, Ground, Launch, and User Segments), ensuring seamless interface compatibility and data flow.
• Expert-level configuration management; Jira, Confluence, Epsilon 3, Valispace) combined with the ability to develop internal analysis tools and automated scripts.
• Avionics, FDIR, or Electrical Power Systems (EPS).
• Comfortable interacting directly with customers (institutional and commercial), with advanced communication skills in English; fluency in Spanish is a strong asset.
• You will enjoy a flexible hybrid working setup from your local country, collaborating closely with our international teams across borders.
• We support a healthy lifestyle with flexible working hours and opportunities for temporary mobile work abroad.
• We are strictly unable to provide visa sponsorship for these positions, and we can currently only consider applicants with an existing right to work in the country.
• Work Model: Some activities must be carried out on-site at our facilities, while others are location-independent and can be performed effectively in a hybrid or remote setup.