Project Manager - Propulsion

About the role

The Project Manager will lead the planning and delivery of complex propulsion projects, coordinating multidisciplinary teams from requirements definition through to final delivery. This role involves managing project scope, schedules, and technical interfaces within a fast-paced aerospace environment. The successful candidate will drive projects through design, manufacture, testing, and qualification to ensure reliable hardware delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own propulsion projects from initial requirements through design, manufacture, testing, qualification, and delivery.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and milestones.
• Coordinate teams across propulsion, chemistry, manufacturing, testing, systems, quality, procurement, and operations.
• Manage project risks, technical issues, interfaces, decisions, actions, and changes.
• Facilitate design reviews, readiness reviews, project reviews, and other programme gates.
• Provide clear project reporting and help improve project-management processes as the company grows.

Required skills

• Propulsion
• Project planning
• Schedule management
• Risk management
• Dependency tracking
• Delivery control

Nice to have

• Solid rocket motor development
• Static-fire testing
• Flight qualification
• Launch campaigns
• Systems engineering
• Configuration management
• Verification and validation
• Explosives licensing
• Range safety
• Hazardous-materials controls

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, science, project management, or a related discipline
• Equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Relocation support
• Flights
• Shipping
• Visa support
• Daily lunch, dinner and drinks
• Shared company housing

About the Company

We are a Germany-based rocketry startup currently in stealth mode, scaling up rapidly to meet the demand for high-performance, reliable, and scalable solid propulsion technologies for space and defence applications. We are already launching suborbital and ballistic rockets on a regular basis, generating significant revenue and applying our knowledge toward the development of an orbital rocket.