Mission Manager

Mission Brief 

A Mission Manager for a launcher company plays a crucial role in overseeing the planning, execution, and success of rocket launch missions.

Your Role in Our Space Mission:

• Mission Planning: Collaborating with various teams to plan the trajectory, payload integration, launch windows, and mission objectives and requirements. Create the Contractual Interface Control Documentation (ICD) and generate requirements for payload-to-launch vehicle interfaces.
• Coordination: Coordinating with engineers, scientists, and other specialists to ensure all mission components are ready and meet safety and regulatory requirements. The Mission Manager has to lead, perform, and drive requirements verification and validation activities. Oversee hands-on payload activities and develop operations plans and products for successful mission operations. 
• Communication/Project Management: Serving as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, including the customer, mission control, and external partners, including reporting, leading reviews, scope negotiation, and operations planning. Manage contractual deliverables from contract signing through to successful payload delivery to orbit. 
• Risk Assessment: Identifying and mitigating potential risks or issues that could affect the mission's success or safety.
• Timeline Management: Creating and managing timelines for mission milestones, including launch preparations for a streamlined mission integration process, countdown, and post-launch activities.
• Be a mentor to mission design engineers

Qualification Checklist 

• Degree in engineering or an equivalent from a European university
• At least 5 years of experience in a related field such as systems engineering, mission analysis
• More than 2 years experience in Mission Management, Mission Integration, or Technical Program/Project Management
• Expertise in the environment (coupled analyses between Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle)
• Background and expertise in launch campaigns and operations

Benefits 

• Employee Participation Program: Share in our success through our virtual company share program
• 30 days of vacation: Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge
• Company pension plan: Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period
• Subsidised lunch: Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day
• Public transport ticket: Commute with ease using a fully financed Deutschlandticket
• Sport Clubs membership: Stay fit with our sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass)
• Individual learning allowance: Grow your skills with an individual learning budget granted after the probation period
• Childcare allowance: Receive a childcare allowance for your non-school-age children
• And Much More Discover additional perks and benefits when you join our team

Who we are

We are Isar Aerospace and we are at the forefront of New Space building a modern space business to enable faster, better and cheaper access to space.

Our mission is to help democratise space and use it for good in order to improve life on Earth now and for the future generations.

We are a fast-growing company aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit. The company is privately funded by world-leading technology investors with strong commitment and support and our team is made of driven and talented people with a real passion for space innovation.

We're making rockets in a way that hasn't been done before disrupting a traditional industry. If you are up for the challenge, want to work on cutting-edge projects and be part of a team changing the world for better, come, join us and launch your career

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