About this job

SYDERAL SA designs and produces on-board electronic equipment for space applications since more than 25 years and has participated in more than 50 missions without any failures, for customers such as ESA, NASA, Thales Alenia Space and Airbus. The company has end-to-end engineering competencies in digital and analogue electronics as well as software solutions and has extensive in-house production facilities, qualified to ESA standards. SYDERAL’s areas of expertise include Instrument Control Units, Data Management and Processing, Payload Interface Units and GNSS solutions. SYDERAL SA (Switzerland) has a subsidiary in Poland, SYDERAL Polska Z.O.O., which offers electronic engineering services for space applications.

In order to reinforce our teams in leading complex electronic equipment projects, we are searching for a Project Manager.

Responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you are directly responsible for your project team; you lead people, follow-up their progress,assess their performance and identify possible improvement. As the customer’s direct contact, you build and develop a trustful relationship with him, aiming to develop a long-term commercial partnership.

Your role includes the responsibility for the financial management of your project; you formalize the initial budget,follow-up resources and purchasing expenses and anticipate risks of overspendings;

Detailed project planning definition and update as well as internal and external communication related to the project progress are also part of your responsibilities.In this regard, you proactively take all necessary measures to meet project targets in terms of quality, schedule andcosts.

As a part of your leader role, you are in charge of the customer reporting and prepare internal project reviews during which you report progress and budget status to the Top Management.

Profile

Holder of a Master degree in Electronics, Microelectronics, Physics or equivalent, completed with project management trainings.

Good communicator, you appreciate human contacts and create spontaneously transparent and constructive relationship with your internal and external contacts. Naturally team-oriented, you are sincerely motivated in leading multidisciplinary teams (HW, SW, FPGA) and to federate them around project targets.

With method and rigour, you are able to issue detailed project planning and can count on your large professional background in technological environments to understand issues and specific aspects of complex equipment.

Thanks to a successful experience of minimum 5 years in a similar position, you are familiar with financial aspects of project management and you master usual project management tools (MS Project, ERP, Office suite, collaborative software).Oral and written fluency in English language is required for this position, as well as good ability in writing reports

We offer

A position with high influence on the profitability and competitiveness of our activities, taking part to an important evolution phase of your company. Within an international environment, we offer a challenging and interesting position contributing to the success of space industry.

Are you interested in joining our team? Please send us your complete documents (CV, application letter, copy of work certificates and diplomas).