AIV/AIT Manager (M/F)

Astroscale France is looking for an experienced AIV/AIT Manager to support the growth of our Toulouse office. As AIV/AIT Manager you will take a leading role in the assembly, integration, verification (inspection & test) and launch of Astroscale France missions.

Main Responsibilities

• Delivery of spacecraft/mission level assembly, integration, and verification/test (AIV/AIT) activities.
• AIV/AIT test set‑up design, development, and commissioning.
• Create and maintain system/satellite AIV/AIT procedures, plans, workflows, and schedules in accordance with technical and programmatic requirements.
• Contribute to bid‑related activities, including generation of AIV/AIT related cost and schedule budgets.
• Contribute to overall industrial strategy, including facilities creation and management.

Wider Responsibilities

• Provide experienced AIV/AIT guidance, training and mentoring to less experienced engineers.
• Represent the AIV/AIT team in internal and external meetings with suppliers and customers.
• Represent the AIV/AIT team in internal project meetings, management meetings, reviews, and technical discussions.
• Coordinate and manage AIV/AIT activities between the Astroscale group of companies when necessary.
• Maintain cost and budget traceability.

Expected Results

• Provide creative and cost‑effective solutions to engineering problems.
• Deliver work to the expected quality standard within agreed timeframes.
• Demonstrate leadership, accountability, and a customer‑focused mindset.

Essential Skills

• Master, MSc or higher education qualifications within mechanical, electrical or science fields.
• 10+ years of experience delivering spacecraft or mission‑level AIV/AIT activities across a range of mission types.
• Thorough knowledge and experience of spacecraft/mission AIV/AIT process, ideally with an established delivery record across several manufacturers.
• Understanding of spacecraft systems, interfacing and operations.
• Deep technical knowledge of AIV/AIT planning, processes, GSE (mechanical & electrical) development & operation, and verification activities of mechanical AIT, including subsystem, system, and environmental level testing.
• Proactive and self‑managing while contributing collaboratively within a close‑knit team.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Eligible and registered to work within Europe.
• Eligible to gain security clearance in France.

Desirable Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ideally with experience interacting with international teams.
• Design skills and knowledge for development of test infrastructure (mechanical and/or electrical).
• Experience with test and development of mechanisms, installation of spacecraft MLI and harness.
• Well organized, flexible working approach, ability to adapt to change.
• Knowledge of and interest in active space debris removal missions.
• Understanding of traditional and new‑space mission approaches.
• Awareness of ECSS standards in system engineering, testing and verification.
• Experience with scripting languages and automated testing tools.
• Knowledge of planning and execution of environmental test campaigns (including thermal, mechanical and EMC verification).
• Willingness to work with innovative technologies.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrates behaviours in line with Astroscale values (mission and people focused, transparent, innovative and pioneering, diverse and customer focused).
• Proactive, able to build working relationships, mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Location

Astroscale France (Toulouse), with some hybrid working.