System Manager Vega C - LV

Position

We are looking for a System Manager for Vega C Missions to join our Product Technical Authority (ATP‑CPO) team. This role offers a unique opportunity to take ownership of mission design and preparation of the VEGA C launch vehicle.

Mission Overview

As a System Manager, you will be responsible for the end‑to‑end technical coordination of Vega C mission preparation, ensuring seamless integration of payloads and compliance with mission requirements.

Working in team with the Mission Program Manager, your role will include:

• Defining mission requirements, capturing customer needs and preparing Preliminary Mission Specifications.
• Managing and coordinating payload interfaces, developing Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and ensuring their proper implementation.
• Leading multidisciplinary system loops for mission analyses and overseeing the approval of technical assessments.
• Acting as the technical interface for both final customers and the CNES safety authority, ensuring alignment with mission design, safety and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Aerospace or Aeronautical Engineering (Second‑level Master or PhD is a plus).
• 3+ years of experience in the launcher sector, with proven experience in mission preparation activities, GNC and Launcher/Satellite interfaces.

Skills & Expertise

• Strong knowledge of mission preparation processes, including trajectory design, guidance, navigation, and control.
• Expertise in launcher/satellite interfaces (mechanical, electrical, and fluidic) and their verification throughout the mission development process.
• Experience in Launcher/Payload Coupled Load Analyses, aerothermodynamics, and avionic subsystem architecture.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); basic knowledge of French is desirable.

Benefits

A stimulating environment, innovative and international, focused on development of highly qualifying professional competencies. We offer training and career paths with the objective of creating new development opportunities and knowledge acquisition with the possibility to cooperate in the development of unique international projects.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The announcement is addressed to all people, without distinction of sex, in reference to D.Lgs 198/2006. We reject any form of discrimination and believe in equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion.