Head of Engineering | 7+ years experience

SpaceLocker; Toulouse; Hybrid; EUR 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% performance bonus

5 weeks paid vacation

Job summary

Spacelocker is seeking a Head of Engineering based in Toulouse, France. This role involves structuring and leading the technical team across various domains, including hardware and embedded software. The successful candidate will manage team dynamics, drive production capabilities, and own the engineering product roadmap. Required qualifications include 5+ years of aerospace experience, team management skills, and fluency in English. The compensation package includes around €60k annually, hybrid remote work, and 5 weeks of paid vacation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in space or avionics engineering, with industrialization or production dimension.
• Proven experience managing a technical team in the space or aerospace sector.
• Natural leadership skills, able to energize a team.
• Strong communicator, comfortable in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Act as team's technical reference for architecture and processes.
• Drive scale-up of production capabilities.
• Own the engineering product roadmap in collaboration with the CTO.
• Lead HR reviews and technical recruiting.
• Help unblock critical technical issues.

Skills

Experience in space or avionics engineering

Team management experience

Solid command of hardware and embedded software

Natural leadership

Strong communication skills

Fluent English

Basic French

Job description

Head of Engineering | 5-10 years experience

• Toulouse, France
• Full-time
• As soon as possible

You must have citizenship from a country of the European Union or NATO, excluding the USA, to apply to this position.

Your Mission

We are opening a Head of Engineering position to structure and lead the entire technical team — hardware, embedded software, and production. You will be the internal technical authority, the bridge between R&D and industrialization, and the driving force behind team dynamics.

In this position, you will be in contact with all SpaceLocker's technical teams to:

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary engineering team (hardware, electronics, embedded software, mechanics), while maintaining high standards and a strong collective dynamic
• Act as the team’s technical reference, arbitrating key choices related to architecture, materials, components and processes
• Drive the scale-up of SpaceLocker’s production and industrialization capabilities
• Ensure and maintain the team’s rigor across specification, design and AIV activities
• Own the engineering product roadmap in close collaboration with the CTO
• Structure product line management with an end-to-end system vision
• Lead HR reviews, performance assessments and technical recruiting within the engineering team
• Help unblock critical technical issues to maintain the team’s execution speed and delivery momentum

The plus sides:

• You will work on multiple missions and projects simultaneously, each at a different level of maturity – from R&D to in-orbit operations, including AIT and systems engineering – and often with extremely short timelines from paper to orbit
• You will join a fast-moving company and play a key role in shaping its growth and its contribution to innovative aerospace solutions
• You will have the opportunity to work at the heart of the space ecosystem, interacting with payload and platform manufacturers, operators and institutions, and contributing to some of the most advanced technologies in the industry

For this opportunity, compensation package is aroud 60k€ before tax, with an additional 10% performance bonus. 5 week paid vacation, hybrid remote work.

Your Profile

This list is not exhaustive nor exclusive. No self-censorship here, if you think your profile fits, even if not ticking all the boxes, feel free to apply and explain to us why in your first email!

• 5+ years of experience in space or avionics engineering, with a strong industrialization / production dimension (downstream phases, AIT, production chain)
• Proven experience managing a technical team in the space or aerospace sector
• Solid command of both hardware (electronics, mechanics, cabling, prototyping, qualification) and embedded software
• Ideally : product line management experience at a prime or a New Space player
• Fluent English, basic French is a bonus
• Natural leadership, able to bring energy and momentum to a team
• Autonomous and accountable
• Rigorous, able to bring structure without adding bureaucracy
• Strong communicator, comfortable in an international environment