Senior Space Hardware Projects Lead (Hybrid)

IC Resources; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IC Resources is seeking a hands-on Senior Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary hardware projects that fuse software, electronics, optics and mechanical engineering. You will own end-to-end delivery for a fast-growing University of Cambridge spin-out developing advanced space telescopes for thermal imaging Earth Observation.

You’ll build budgets, track milestones, and report to senior leadership while keeping stakeholders aligned.

Qualifications

• Experience leading hardware or integrated hardware and software product development projects.
• Budget ownership across full product development lifecycle.
• Background in space, aerospace, defence, medical devices, instrumentation or similar product-led industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multidisciplinary product development projects across software, electronics, optics and mechanical systems.
• Build and manage project budgets across the full product lifecycle.
• Plan, track and drive delivery against milestones, resources and risks.
• Report to senior leadership and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Spend ~20% of time improving and standardising how projects are run across the team.

Skills

Hardware PM

Cross-disciplinary

Budget management

Agile/PRINCE2/APM

Tools

PRINCE2

APM

Agile

Job description

IC Resources is seeking a hands-on Senior Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary hardware projects that fuse software, electronics, optics and mechanical engineering. You will own end-to-end delivery for a fast-growing University of Cambridge spin-out developing advanced space telescopes for thermal imaging Earth Observation.

You’ll build budgets, track milestones, and report to senior leadership while keeping stakeholders aligned.