Ground Segment System Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Rome, Italy. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the EU.

Company

hirify.global employs the successful candidate to support a client’s IRIDE system operations and aerospace engineering program.

What you will do

• Define, implement, and maintain the end-to-end governance framework for IRIDE system operations.
• Establish governance procedures, workflows, escalation paths, coordination mechanisms, and stakeholder responsibilities.
• Define and monitor system-level KPIs and SLA compliance, including real-time tracking, dashboards, and operational reporting.
• Support operational readiness, service management, technical governance, and stakeholder communication and training.
• Analyse mission objectives, operational concepts, service requirements, downloading scenarios, and operational constraints.
• Maintain technical data sets and service management plans while supporting capability assessments, trade-off analyses, budgeting, and resource estimation.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in complex system governance, aerospace operations, or large-scale engineering programs.
• Experience defining KPIs and SLAs, monitoring operational performance, and supporting technical governance.
• Knowledge of systems engineering and operational governance methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Eligibility to live and work in the EU and fluency in English, both written and spoken, are required.

Culture & Benefits

• Employment by hirify.global or one of its subsidiaries.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
• A general security screening by an external provider is required after selection.

Hiring process

• Submit the application and CV in English.
• Mandatory requirements should be clearly demonstrated in the CV.
• Security screening information will be provided at the interview stage.