Project Manager – Satcom Systems & Testbeds

TL;DR

Project Manager – Satcom Systems & Testbeds (Satcom/Testbeds): Managing multidisciplinary technology-development and testbed projects across the full lifecycle with an accent on integrated delivery, governance, and stakeholder coordination. Focus on defining and controlling scope, schedule, budget, risks, and opportunities while supporting proposal preparation and technology maturation from prototype to operational services.

Location: Gilching, Bavaria, Germany

Company

hirify.global is a technology group and partner in aerospace, defense, and digital transformation, delivering advanced satellite communications and end-to-end testbeds.

What you will do

• Manage Satcom technology-development and testbed projects from planning through integration, validation, demonstration, operational readiness, and final delivery.
• Define, monitor, and control project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, opportunities, and stakeholder interfaces to ensure effective project governance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams and external organizations (customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and partners) for successful execution.
• Support business development activities, including opportunity identification, bid/no-bid decisions, proposal preparation, partner coordination, and contract-related work.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and promoting best practices in project management processes.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing complex engineering, technology-development, product-development, or R&D projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles (scope, schedule, budget, risk, resources, and stakeholder management).
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and external organizations.
• Ability to manage multiple interrelated technical workstreams with an integrated project perspective.
• Experience interacting with customers, suppliers, partners, and institutional stakeholders.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Background in space, Satcom, telecommunications, cybersecurity, defense, or critical infrastructure (ideally in institutional environments such as ESA, European Commission, EUSPA, EDA, DLR, or BAAINBw).
• Experience with competitive tenders, institutional proposals, international consortia, and large multi-partner collaborative projects.
• Knowledge of satellite communications, networking technologies, 5G/6G ecosystems, and test & validation environments (verification, qualification, operational testbeds).

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model plus 4 weeks per year of teleworking outside your usual geographical area.
• Flexible start/finish times and intensive working hours on Fridays and in summer.
• Personalized career plan, training, and language learning support.
• National and international mobility; relocation package available for candidates coming from another country.
• Competitive compensation with ongoing reviews and flexible compensation options.
• Health, dental, and accident insurance; wellbeing training and other benefits.

Hiring process

• Telephone and personal contact with the talent acquisition team (face-to-face or online).
• Additional steps may follow; no bank transfers or bank cards are requested during recruitment.