MAIT Manager

The role ensures technical compliance, quality, adherence to schedules, and operational safety across all plant operations. You will be responsible for managing cross-functional teams and will act as a key interface between design engineering, quality, supply chain, and operations (testing and launch).

Tasks & missions

Industrialization & Manufacturing Engineering

• Develop and maintain industrial documentation for the launch vehicle and its subsystems

• Define, optimize, and formalize assembly sequences and work instructions

• Define, procure, and qualify the tooling and jigs required for assembly and integration

• Provide Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) expertise to the design office

• Contribute to Make-or-Buy strategy decisions

M-AIT Operational Leadership

• Plan and schedule all M-AIT activities to meet subsystem and launch vehicle delivery milestones

• Oversee internal and external production flows

• Ensure strict compliance with industrial documentation and procedures

• Enforce Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) standards across all operations

Integration & Testing

• Lead multi-system integration activities (structures, propulsion, avionics, fluids)

• Implement and execute unit and functional test strategies (functional, dimensional, etc.)

• Analyze test results, manage non-conformities, and drive corrective action plans

• Validate acceptance reports prior to transfer to test or launch sites

Preferred experience & skills

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing and integration processes in a space environment

• Solid fundamentals in mechanics, propulsion, fluids, and/or avionics

• Practical knowledge of launch vehicle systems is highly desirable

Professional Skills

• Proven leadership and ability to manage cross-functional teams

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to make decisions under tight schedule constraints

Education & Experience

• 5 to 10+ years of experience in M-AIT activities, ideally in launch vehicles or satellites; alternatively, experience in industries involving advanced prototyping and high-performance systems (e.g., motorsport) will be considered

• Demonstrated experience in team management and coordination of multiple projects

• Professional proficiency in English required

• Master's degree in Engineering (or equivalent) in mechanical, aerospace, space engineering, or a related field