Senior Systems Engineer

We are seeking a motivated Senior Systems Engineer that wants to define the future of thermal control and energy storage systems for rovers, habitats, landers, satellites, and beyond. In this role, you will oversee the design, development, and qualification of next generation thermal systems for spacecraft and associated technologies that are driving the future of lunar mobility and autonomy. You will work closely to guide a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, ensuring that our systems solutions are innovative, efficient, and compliant with industry best practices The selected candidate must be capable of working independently in a fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities
• Contribute to the design, development, assembly, testing, and qualification of thermal and energy control technologies for spacecrafts and lunar mobility.
• Create, manage, and update project management plans, process flows, and compliance documentation for various projects.
• Define and manage system requirements from customer needs through verification and validation.
• Develop system architectures, functional analyses, interface definitions, and technical budgets.
• Lead requirements decomposition and allocation to subsystem and component levels.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform trade studies and support design decisions balancing performance, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities during design, integration, testing, and qualification.
• Interact with stakeholders at technical meetings and design reviews, including presenting, coordinating, and acting as technical expert.
• Prepare technical documentation for technical reviews (SSR, PDR, CDR, TRR….).
• Support proposal preparation, technical documentation, and project planning activities.
• Oversee the design verification process; drive requirement validation by drafting and maintaining Requirements Verification Plans. Required Qualifications
• Relevant degree in aerospace, mechanical, automotive or related discipline
• 5+ years of engineering/product development experience, including demonstrated proficiency and leadership in systems engineering.
• Proven experience leading requirements management.
• Proven experience working with spacecraft systems, hardware and/or software.
• Proven experience working with ESA, DLR, CNES or other EU Space Agencies projects.
• Excellent technical understanding of interface control documents, complex mechanical and electrical engineering drawings and architecture, and software process flowcharts.
• Self-motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines
• Team oriented, with excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills and attention to detail
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively
• Ability and desire to relocate to Luxembourg. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working with government-funded programs or commercial space contracts.
• Experience working directly with the European Space Agency and/or other European Space Agency.
• Experience in aerospace, space systems, robotics, thermal, autonomous systems, defense, or deep-tech industries.
• PMP, Agile or similar project management certification.
• Familiarity with New Space development approaches and agile engineering practices. If you are interested in this position, please submit your application documents in English. Due to the large number of applications, we might take some time to get back to you, please do not apply twice for the same position.