Project Manager (m/f/x) Mission Systems

K-tronik GmbHMindelheimfull-time

AI Summary: Oversee end-to-end development projects for aerospace defense systems, managing stakeholders, timelines, budgets, and requirements across technical teams. Day-to-day involves coordinating between internal departments and external partners, tracking progress via tools like Jira/DOORS, and ensuring quality throughout the project lifecycle.

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Originally posted onarbeitnow on 3/3/2026

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Project description:

To support one of our customers from the Aerospace & Defense sector, we are looking for a Project Manager (m/f/x) Mission Systems for a permanent position at K-tronik as soon as possible. Are you interested? We look forward to receiving your application!

Tasks:

Management and implementation of development projects for mission and ISR systems - for integration into manned and unmanned aviation platforms - Monitoring of costs, schedules and quality along the entire life cycle - from the concept phase to delivery - Support for all stakeholders: internal departments (avionics, structure, SW/HW) and external partners - Consolidation and maintenance of requirements from different sources (customer, approval, internal departments) - Establishment and further development of pragmatic requirements tracking - Creation of project plans, quarterly reports and KPI monitoring; implementation of risk analyses

Skills:

Technical training (e.g. aerospace engineering, systems engineering or comparable with project management qualification) or comparable training - Several years of professional experience in technical project management, ideally in aviation, ISR or defense - Experience in requirements ticketing with tools such as Jira, DOORS or Jama - Strong stakeholder and customer management skills - Proactive, structured way of working even in dynamic, less formalized environments - Business fluent German & good English; ideally experience with international approval processes (e.g. DO-178C, STANAGs)