Chief of Staff (m/f/d)

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Mission Brief</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Support our CTO and help us keep Europe's launch capability on track! As Chief of Staff to the CTO, you will act as the CTO's deputy in the internal programme and product forums, sitting in the rooms where technical decisions are made on their behalf. You will understand how our programmes actually run, spot bottlenecks before they materialise, and drive the teams that hit them back onto a credible path.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is an engineering role first. You are not a representative of the CTO externally — you are the person who covers for them internally when they cannot be in the room, and who makes things happen in their place.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Your role in our space mission</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deputise for the CTO in product and programme meetings, reviews and decision forums, and carry the outcome back with a clear view of what was decided and what it means</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build a deep, current understanding of how each programme runs — dependencies, critical paths, interfaces between engineering, production, quality and AIT — rather than relying on status reporting</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Identify bottlenecks early, before they turn into schedule or cost problems, and drive their resolution with the responsible teams</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Take ownership of programmes that have drifted, define the corrective path and get them back on track</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Provide the CTO with a technically grounded, unfiltered view of programme health and the risks that are not yet visible in the plans</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Follow up on decisions and commitments made in the CTO's name, and close them out or escalate them early</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Spend real time in the labs, on the shop floor and in AIT to form your own judgement</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Qualification Checklist </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Degree in engineering or a comparable technical discipline, with several years of hands-on engineering or programme experience in aerospace, space, defence or an