Space Technical Manager - Madrid - Hybrid

Indra Group; San Fernando de Henares; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

32 days off per year

Tailored career plan

Autonomy and flexibility

Open and transparent environment

Continuous learning

Descripción de la vacante

INDRA Space is seeking a Space Technical Manager to lead technical solutions across complex space systems. You will shepherd requirements, architecture, interfaces, verification, and baselines while coordinating multidisciplinary teams and technical reviews.

The role focuses on ensuring coherence across baselines and project plans, supporting PDR/CDR milestones, and driving technical decisions throughout the lifecycle with customers and stakeholders.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in technical leadership of complex systems.
• Strong experience in systems engineering, system architecture, and integration.
• Experience managing requirements, technical interfaces, and verification activities.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and technical reviews.
• English level B2 or higher, both written and spoken.

Responsabilidades

• Govern system requirements, architecture, ICDs, technical trade-offs, and technical risks.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and technical disciplines.
• Lead and support technical reviews, including PDR and CDR milestones.
• Ensure coherence between system baselines, project planning, and IV&V activities.
• Drive technical decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and project teams to ensure successful delivery of complex space systems.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

System architecture

Integration

Requirements management

Multidisciplinary coordination

English B2+

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or Systems Engineering

Herramientas

DOORS

Capella

UML modelling

MBSE

Descripción del empleo

Indra Space combines innovation, technology and expertise across the entire space value chain to deliver solutions that power critical missions and help shape a more sovereign and competitive space industry.

Join our team working on national and international projects!

We are looking for a Space Technical Manager with experience in technical leadership of complex systems, systems engineering, architecture, integration, requirements management, and technical governance to join projects focused on leading the technical solution and ensuring consistency across requirements, architecture, interfaces, verification activities, and system baselines.

What will you do?

• Govern system requirements, architecture, interface control documents (ICDs), technical trade-offs, and technical risks.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and technical disciplines.
• Lead and support technical reviews, including PDR and CDR milestones.
• Ensure coherence between system baselines, project planning, and integration, verification and validation (IV&V) activities.
• Drive technical decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and project teams to ensure successful delivery of complex space systems.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in technical leadership of complex systems.
• Strong experience in systems engineering, system architecture, and integration.
• Experience managing requirements, technical interfaces, and verification activities.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and technical reviews.
• English level B2 or higher, both written and spoken.

Nice to have:

• Experience in space ground segment systems.
• Knowledge of SATCOM systems and ECSS standards.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies.
• Knowledge of Capella and UML modelling tools and frameworks.

What do we offer?

• Innovative, high-impact projects: Work with cutting-edge technologies on projects with both national and international impact.
• A tailored career plan: Designed to support your professional growth and development.
• Autonomy and flexibility: Freedom to organize your work, with a healthy work-life balance adapted to your needs.
• Stability and long-term opportunities: Join a leading company with more than 60,000 professionals and strong financial stability.
• 32 days off per year (vacation days + personal leave days).
• Open and transparent work environment: Enjoy direct communication with managers and colleagues in a collaborative setting.
• Continuouse learning: Access training and certificates through Open University and Udemy for Business (more than 6,000 courses available).
• Employee discounts and benefits: Enjoy special offers on gyms, restaurants, retail stores, leisure activities, financial services and much more.

What does our recruitment process look like?

• Profile review: We assess your experience and skills to determine your fit for the role.
• Initial phone conversation (5–10 minutes): If you receive a call from an unknown number, it may be us! A brief conversation to get to know you and answer any questions.
• Talent acquisition interview: An opportunity for you to get to know us better—our values, career model, skills framework, and culture—while we explore whether there's a mutual fit.
• Technical interview: Meet the team, learn more about the project and day-to-day responsibilities, and discuss your technical expertise. Short assessments in English and competencies may also be conducted if required.
• Offer and onboarding: If everything goes well, you'll join our team and begin this exciting new chapter with us!

Estimated hiring process duration: 2–3 weeks.

As a company, we view equality as a cross-cutting principle and a driver of social change. We are committed to equal treatment and opportunities for all, non-discrimination, pay equity, and work-life balance.

This commitment is reflected in fostering respectful and inclusive workplaces where everyone is treated with dignity, can grow professionally, and has equal opportunities in recruitment, training, and career progression, free from discrimination based on gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity, marital status, or any other personal or social circumstance.

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