Optical Payload Project Manager

Infinite Orbits; Toulouse; Sur place; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading aerospace firm in Toulouse is seeking an experienced project manager to oversee optical payload development and ensure quality-controlled delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong technical project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and a background in optics or related fields. Responsibilities include managing timelines and budgets, leading system-level architecture, and coordinating with multidisciplinary teams. This role offers a dynamic startup environment and requires fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Strong technical project management skills in a startup.
• Experience in optical payload development and testing.
• Excellent communication skills for multidisciplinary coordination.

Responsabilités

• Manage timelines, budgets, and resources for project delivery.
• Lead the development of optical payload and related systems.
• Define acceptance test procedures for system performance validation.

Connaissances

Technical project management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Fluency in English

Outils

Optical payload development

Optical systems software

Description du poste

To apply, contact Wilfried JAHN : [e-mail]

JOB DESC

Project Management Responsibilities

• Project Oversight: Manage timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure the quality-controlled delivery of optical payloads on schedule and within scope
• Serve as a liaison between multidisciplinary teams, external suppliers, and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and effective problem resolution

Quality Control and Acceptance Testing: from Engineering Model to Flight Model delivery

• Define acceptance test procedures to validate end-to-end system performance before delivery
• Oversee documentation and reporting of results from optical qualification and acceptance tests, ensuring adherence to quality standards

Technical Responsibilities

System-level architecture :

• Lead the development of optical payload (camera, flashlight) and related OGSE
• Lead the design upgrade of optical payload architecture
• Lead opto-mechanical analysis, including thermal and structural impact on optical system performance

Performance Qualification and Testing:

• Lead the procurement of Flight Models, vendor coordination, delivery, acceptance testing, installation, verification, validation, qualification, and certification
• Lead the optical payload’s test definition and performance qualification plan
• Lead the electro-optical characterization of CMOS image sensor
• Supervise qualification environmental test to validate top-level system performance and ensure compliance with mission requirements

PROFILE

Soft Skills

• Strong technical project management skills, with experience managing resources, schedules, suppliers, and deliverables in a fast-paced startup environment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and adaptable to the challenges of a startup environment
• Fluent in English

Tech Skills

• Good knowledge in optical payload development and testings
• Background in optics, opto-mechanics, camera software or electronics is a real plus