Project Manager – Satcom Systems & Testbeds

GMV Spain; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Relocation package

Career development

Wellbeing program

Job summary

GMV is a technology group driving satellite communications, secure networking, and testbed solutions. The role focuses on managing technology‑development and testbed projects from opportunity to final delivery, coordinating diverse teams, customers, and partners worldwide.

You will support business development and evolve project management processes while ensuring governance and effective stakeholder engagement. English proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing complex engineering, technology‑development, product‑development, or R&D projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, including scope, schedule, budget, risks, resources, and stakeholder management.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and external organizations.
• Ability to manage multiple interrelated technical workstreams while maintaining an integrated project perspective.
• Experience interacting with customers, suppliers, partners, and institutional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage SatCom technology‑development and testbed projects through the full lifecycle.
• Define, monitor, and control scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and interfaces.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and partners.
• Support business development: opportunity identification, bid/no‑bid, proposals, contracts.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and evolving PM processes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

English proficiency

Team coordination

Technical writing

Education

Engineering/CS degree

Job description

Are you looking for an innovative and consolidated place for your professional development?

GMV is an experienced technology group and a trusted partner in the aerospace, defense, and digital transformation sectors, developing cutting‑edge solutions for some of the most demanding challenges worldwide.

You will contribute to the development, deployment, and evolution of advanced satellite communications (Satcom) technologies, secure networking solutions, and end‑to‑end testbeds.

We’ll get to the point; we’ll tell you what’s not on the web. If you want to know more about us go to GMV website.

WHAT CHALLENGE WILL YOU BE TAKING ON?

In our team you will be responsible for managing multidisciplinary technology‑development and testbed projects throughout their full lifecycle, from opportunity identification and proposal preparation to development, integration, validation, demonstration, operational readiness, and final delivery.

YOUR MAIN TASKS WILL BE:

• Manage SatCom technology‑development and testbed projects throughout the complete project lifecycle, from planning and development to integration, validation, demonstration, and final delivery.
• Define, monitor, and control project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, opportunities, and stakeholder interfaces while ensuring effective project governance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and project partners to ensure successful project execution.
• Support business development activities, including opportunity identification, bid/no‑bid processes, proposal preparation, partner coordination, and contract‑related activities.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned, promoting best practices, and contributing to the evolution of project management processes.

WHAT DO WE NEED IN OUR TEAM?

We are looking for experts in Aerospace Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline with background and interest in Satcom technologies.

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Proven experience managing complex engineering, technology‑development, product‑development, or R&D projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, resource, and stakeholder management.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and external organizations.
• Ability to manage multiple interrelated technical workstreams while maintaining an integrated project perspective.
• Experience interacting with customers, suppliers, partners, and institutional stakeholders.
• Knowledge of proposal preparation, project acquisition, cost estimation, planning, and contract negotiation processes.
• Understanding of technology maturation and the transition from prototype developments into reusable products or operational services.
• Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, stakeholder‑management, and technical‑writing skills.
• Professional proficiency in English.

WE WILL ALSO VALUE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN:

• Experience in space, SatCom, telecommunications, cybersecurity, defence, or critical infrastructure sectors, ideally within institutional environments (e.g., ESA, European Commission, EUSPA, EDA, DLR, BAAINBw, or similar).
• Experience managing competitive tenders, institutional proposals, international consortia, and large multi‑partner collaborative projects.
• Knowledge of satellite communications, networking technologies, 5G/6G ecosystems, and test & validation environments, including verification, qualification, and operational testbeds.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and customer engagement skills, combined with a systems‑thinking mindset and a strong focus on ownership, delivery, and continuous improvement.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• Hybrid working model and 4 weeks per year of teleworking outside your usual geographical area.
• Flexible start and finish times, and intensive working hours Friday and in summer.
• Personalized career plan development, training and language learning support.
• National and international mobility. If you come from another country, we can offer you a relocation package.
• Competitive compensation with ongoing reviews, flexible compensation and discount on brands.
• Wellbeing program: Health, dental and accident insurance; free fruit and coffee, physical, mental and financial health training, and much more.

PLEASE NOTE

In our recruitment processes you will always have telephone and personal contact, face‑to‑face or online, with our talent acquisition team. In addition, bank transfers and bank cards will never be requested. If you are contacted through any other process, please write to our team at [e-mail].

We promote equal opportunities in recruitment, and we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? JOIN US

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Konstantin Uhl, in charge of this vacancy.