AIT System Engineer (Space)

Location: Bremen, Germany; flexible working arrangement balancing remote and on-site work. The role may require on-call duties, weekend work, campaign travel and shift work.

Company

Leading European space organization developing high-tech solutions for satellites, human space flight and aerial reconnaissance as part of a listed high-tech group.

What you will do

• Take overall technical responsibility for assembly, integration and test activities within the assigned project and collaborate with the AIT Manager on cross-disciplinary activities.
• Coordinate the AIT project team and ensure correct implementation of AIT processes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define the AIT flow and ground support equipment concept and maintain AIT plans, facility layouts, GSE usage plans, risk registers and procedures.
• Ensure consistency across integration and test configurations, manage engineering, verification and product assurance interfaces, and maintain availability of AIT data, tools and equipment.
• Support planning, technical reviews and decision-making while providing training, guidance and mentoring to team members.

Requirements

• Completed engineering degree in a relevant field or equivalent technical qualification.
• Extensive experience in the space industry, with strong technical expertise across multiple relevant disciplines and solid familiarity with space project processes and structured engineering workflows.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, flexibility and resilience in demanding project environments.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership to multiple team members in complex project settings.
• Strategic mindset with strong cost and schedule awareness, ability to plan ahead, and ability to identify and mitigate technical risks early.
• Willingness to perform on-call duties, weekend work, campaign travel and shift work.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours, sabbatical options, 30 days of vacation and special leave days.
• Structured onboarding with a buddy during the first months and extensive professional development opportunities, including German language courses.
• 13th monthly salary, accident insurance and company pension plan.
• Company restaurant with meal subsidy, health management, E-GYM Wellpass and in-company sports groups.
• Kindergarten support, childcare during vacation periods, paid child sickness days, subsidized Deutschland ticket, job bike and parking.
• Company events, satellite launch events, innovation programs and opportunities for research and development.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted in German or English through the online application tool.