Head of engineering

We are opening a Head of Engineering position to structure and lead the entire technical team — hardware, embedded software, and production. You will be the internal technical authority, the bridge between R&D and industrialization, and the driving force behind team dynamics.

In this position, you will be in contact with all SpaceLocker’s technical teams to:

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary engineering team (hardware, electronics, embedded software, mechanics), while maintaining high standards and a strong collective dynamic
• Act as the team’s technical reference, arbitrating key choices related to architecture, materials, components and processes
• Drive the scale-up of SpaceLocker’s production and industrialization capabilities
• Ensure and maintain the team’s rigor across specification, design and AIV activities
• Own the engineering product roadmap in close collaboration with the CTO
• Structure product line management with an end-to-end system vision
• Lead HR reviews, performance assessments and technical recruiting within the engineering team
• Help unblock critical technical issues to maintain the team’s execution speed and delivery momentum

The plus sides:

• You will work on multiple missions and projects simultaneously, each at a different level of maturity – from R&D to in-orbit operations, including AIT and systems engineering – and often with extremely short timelines from paper to orbit
• You will join a fast-moving company and play a key role in shaping its growth and its contribution to innovative aerospace solutions
• You will have the opportunity to work at the heart of the space ecosystem, interacting with payload and platform manufacturers, operators and institutions, and contributing to some of the most advanced technologies in the industry

For this opportunity, compensation package is up to 80k€ before tax, with an additional 10% performance bonus and stock options. 5 week paid vacation, hybrid remote work.

Hard skills:

• about 10 years of experience in space or avionics engineering, with a broad technical view and/or strong industrial focus (systems architect, C-D phases, AIT),
• Proven experience managing a technical team in the space or aerospace sector,
• Broad culture of both space hardware (electronics & mechanics, prototyping & qualification) and embedded software, and technical skills about space-specific issues,
• Ideally : product line management experience at a prime or a New Space player
• Fluent English, basic French is a bonus

Soft skills:

• Natural leadership, able to bring energy and momentum to a team
• Autonomous and accountable
• Rigorous, able to bring structure without adding bureaucracy
• Strong communicator, comfortable in an international environment

About the company

SpaceLocker aims to make satellite missions more efficient and sustainable.

To achieve this, we develop shared satellite missions or more technically in-orbit payload hosting. This hosting service enables any organization to launch easily and quickly sensors or experiments to harvest space data without having to hassle with the technical satellite and space segment part. On the other side, by sharing higher-end space infrastructure, our customers increase their performances and reduce the environmental impact of their missions both regarding emissions and debris production. Technically, this is made possible thanks to a technological stack combining proprietary hardware and cloud-inspired software into a “space USB for satellites” that enables this revolutionary plug-and-play effect.

We are not trying to build a dog picture blockchain nor a hotel on the Moon, but a rock-solid company that will provide the foundations for the next generation of space exploration. This intention is anchored to a strong technical expertise, a quick prototyping approach and a direct link to the market.

SpaceLocker is a company firmly engaged about diversity and inclusivity, of age, gender, origins, handicap or any other characteristic (and we are aware of the slight irony, the founder team being the most average white guys you can imagine 😀). Progress and inclusion are not just corporate speech: we are aware it needs actual efforts and compromises.