Industrial & Supply Project Engineer

MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data.

Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle by 2026.

Industrialization

• Support industrialization activities for new products, product evolutions, and process changes.
• Define and structure scalable methodologies, templates, standards, dashboards, and operating tools.
• Build and maintain industrialization and supply chain readiness roadmaps.
• Coordinate ramp-up preparation between Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Production, and Suppliers.
• Support the definition of the supply chain architecture aligned with industrial strategy and production maturity.
• Establish and monitor industrial readiness, supplier readiness, and ramp-up convergence indicators.

Supply Chain, Logistics & Supplier Readiness

• Define supply strategies, stock policies, replenishment logic, and material flow principles.
• Analyze risks linked to ramp-up, long lead-time items, supplier maturity, capacity constraints, logistics limitations, and mono-sourcing.
• Coordinate supplier readiness and participate in supplier audits.
• Design internal logistics flows in collaboration with the team and overall strategy.

Digital Tools & Data

• Support ERP setup and parameterization.
• Contribute to the implementation of industrial processes and workflows within ERP/MES/PLM environments.
• Develop or improve simple operational tools, reporting systems, and data models supporting industrial and supply activities.
• Support digital and Industry 4.0 initiatives when needed.

Background and Skills

• Understanding of MRP/ERP, production planning, capacity planning, and inventory management.
• Experience creating MBOMs, manufacturing routings, station load calculations, takt time, buffer sizing, and learning curve analysis.
• Experience in industrial, process, operations, or manufacturing engineering, ideally with prototype or development products.
• Good level in statistics, data analysis, and simple cost/benefit evaluations.
• Ability to build clear presentation charts and dashboards (Power BI or similar).
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, and basic continuous improvement tools.
• Experience with supplier coordination and industrial performance monitoring appreciated.
• Experience with PLM and ERP.

Qualification

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering.
• 8–10+ years of experience in industrial fields, with previous experiences in supply chain, logistics engineering, or manufacturing operations, preferably aerospace or automotive.
• Autonomous, proactive attitude towards resolution of problems.
• Team player with the ability to collaborate with people from different teams, disciplines and cultures.
• Project management experience, including coordination of multiple stakeholders, planning, risk management, and delivery commitments.
• Mastering of ERP.
• Fluent in both French and English.
• CPIM (APICS / ASCM) certification or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent strongly preferred.
• The Company has offices in Paris and industrial/test facilities in Vernon (Normandie). Business travels are common between those locations, as well as to Kourou (French Guyana) at a later stage.