Founder's Associate, Aviation Operations

Ascentis Technologies; Toulouse; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascentis Technologies is seeking a Founder's Associate in Toulouse to work alongside the founder on aviation data operations. You will manage client dossiers, partner communications, and funding files, ensuring deliverables land on time while the product and processes keep moving.

You should have an aerospace engineering background or several years in aviation operations, bilingual in English and French, and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where you own both small tasks and strategic

Qualifications

• An aerospace engineering degree is required.
• Experience in aviation operations (CAMO/MRO/leasing) is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate client dossiers, partners, and funding files with the founder
• Prepare call prep, follow-ups, and CRM management
• Handle contracts, payroll, onboarding, and general operations

Skills

Aviation operations

Bilingual English/French

Education

Aerospace engineering degree

Tools

CRM

Job description

Founder's Associate, Aviation Operations

October 19, 2026

Full time role next to the founder: client dossiers, partners, funding files, events, and everything that keeps an aviation data company moving.

You'll run everything that isn't the code.

Sparengine turns tens of thousands of scanned aircraft records into a verified maintenance history. Teardown, pre-purchase inspection, lease return.

One founder. A small engineering team. Licensed aircraft engineers validating the output. More aircraft arriving than hands to handle them.

The product is built by engineers.The company is built by whoever keeps it moving.

That second job is open.

The job

No two weeks look the same. The constant: things get done without being chased.

• Client dossiers. An aircraft lands in the inbox. You scope it, keep the engineers fed, and get the deliverable out on time
• Prospects and partners. Call prep, follow-ups, a CRM that tells the truth. No thread dies in an inbox
• Funding and institutions. Bpifrance, Région, incubators, EASA, awards. You build the dossier, chase the signatures, hit the date
• Internal operations. Contracts, suppliers, payroll, onboarding. The hundred small things a company needs and a founder shouldn't be doing at midnightYou'll see every part of the company in your first month. You'll own several by your third.

You

One of these two:

• An aerospace engineering degree and the itch to leave the design office for a company you can actually shape
• A few years in aviation operations, CAMO, MRO, leasing or technical consulting, and the wish to sit closer to the decisionsIn both cases:
• You open a work pack and know what you're looking at
• You finish what you start, and you say it's late before anyone asks
• You write clearly, in French and in English
• You handle ambiguity without asking for a process first
• You're not above the small tasks and not lost on the big ones You don't need startup experience. You do need to want the pace.

What you get

A direct line to the founder. Every day, not in a quarterly review.

Location

Toulouse, France.