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Senior Launch Operations Engineer (m/f/d)

Isar Aerospace

Isar Aerospace

Operations
Ottobrunn, Germany
Posted on Nov 4, 2025

Mission Brief

Your Role in Our Space Mission:

  • Configuration Management:
    • Piloting the configuration management process for the launcher system
    • Authorizing proposed modifications in program committees
    • Approving Operator responsibility instruction files in accordance with the Law on Space Operations, utilizing internal expertise
  • Monitoring the production of launchers and their sub-assemblies in order to:
    • Provide positive contributions as the launch operator to the industrial process
    • Anticipate, assess, and resolve specific challenges (specific missions, modifications, anomalies, induced impacts on other launch systems, etc.)
  • Flight experience feedback:
    • Organizing and facilitating of the post-flight analysis process and the associated steering committee
    • Validating anomaly sheets, reports and / or presentations, based on internal expertise
    • Overseeing and validating the processing and closure of technical issues
    • Participating in working groups in response to major anomalies
  • Adaptation of the launcher to the mission:
    • Contributing to the definition and monitoring of the development of specific hardware and/or software required for mission achievement, ensuring alignment with other departments' activities
  • Leading the process of justifying the flight capability of the launcher system as Deputy/Launch Director during a launch campaign.
  • Technical contribution to the construction of the flight suitability file:
    • Reviewing anomalies and exemptions presented during preparatory campaign milestones, formal reviews (FRR, LRR), or technical committees, and supporting the overall control and validation process

Qualification Checklist

  • Graduate of an engineering school or equivalent European university, with at least five years of experience in the space sector, particularly in the field of launchers
  • Expertise in electrical and/or propulsive systems and/or integration of launchers
  • In-depth knowledge of launch operations
  • Familiarity with laws and regulations applicable to space operations
  • Demonstrated autonomy and a solution-oriented mindset

Benefits

  • Employee Participation Program: Share in our success through our virtual company share program
  • 30 days of vacation: Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge
  • Company pension plan: Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period
  • Subsidised lunch: Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day
  • Public transport ticket: Commute with ease using a fully financed Deutschlandticket
  • Sport Clubs membership: Stay fit with our sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass)
  • Individual learning allowance: Grow your skills with an individual learning budget granted after the probation period
  • Childcare allowance: Receive a childcare allowance for your non-school-age children
  • And Much More! Discover additional perks and benefits when you join our team

Who we are

We are Isar Aerospace and we are at the forefront of New Space building a modern space business to enable faster, better and cheaper access to space.

Our mission is to help democratise space and use it for good in order to improve life on Earth now and for the future generations.

We are a fast-growing company aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit. The company is privately funded by world-leading technology investors with strong commitment and support and our team is made of driven and talented people with a real passion for space innovation.

We're making rockets in a way that hasn't been done before disrupting a traditional industry. If you are up for the challenge, want to work on cutting-edge projects and be part of a team changing the world for better, come, join us and launch your career!

Want to find out more about us?

Visit www.isaraerospace.com