Space Mission Manager
Job description
About the Position
Space Mission Manager
Gauting, Germany
Full-time
Permanent employee
Why Us?
At NeuralAgent, you'll join a company where your work has visible impact from day one.
You'll work directly with world-class engineers, scientists, aerospace experts, and entrepreneurs building technologies that have never existed before.
Every day you'll collaborate with people who genuinely believe Europe can lead the next generation of autonomous intelligence.
We're not maintaining legacy systems.
We're creating the infrastructure future generations will depend on.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation
- Relocation support
- Individual learning budget
- Modern aerospace campus with an on-site canteen and gym
- Free beverages
- Lunch support
- Tax-free employee benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Regular remote work
- 30 days of vacation
Your Mission
As a Space Mission Engineer, you will:
- Own the integrated mission plan, schedule, milestones, and readiness activities.
- Coordinate spacecraft, payload, ground segment, and launch-provider interfaces.
- Manage launch campaign preparation, mission documentation, and delivery readiness.
- Coordinate mission-level requirements, ICDs, reviews, risks, and dependencies with engineering teams and external partners.
- Lead LEOP, commissioning, and operational-readiness planning.
- Act as the primary mission coordination interface across spacecraft suppliers, launch providers, ground-segment partners, and internal technical teams.
- Track mission risks, critical-path items, and cross-system integration issues.
Your Profile
- Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Space Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 3 years of working experience in mission management.
- Experience with satellite mission development, AIT/AIV, launch integration, or mission operations.
- Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, ground segment, mission operations, and launch interfaces.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and external industrial partners.
- Familiarity with ECSS processes, mission reviews, and technical documentation is highly desirable.
- Excellent communication skills in English; German language skills are a plus.
About Us
At NeuralAgent, we are building coordination and AI-Operating layer at edge that orchestrates the autonomous systems and networks across space, air, ground, maritime, and underwater domains.
We believe the future will be powered by decentralized intelligence-where autonomous systems collaborate, make decisions, and adapt in real time wherever the mission takes place.
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