Mission Delivery Engineer Portugal
Core
Own schedules, milestones, and work breakdown for engineering programs in space, connectivity, and intelligence-platform deployments; track budgets, risks, and deliverables to keep programs on track.
Role type
Senior program delivery manager (space/defence/telecom)
Builds
Engineering programs for European agencies, national customers, and sovereign intelligence constellations
Domain
Space, defence, intelligence, and telecommunications
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Program planning and control, schedule and milestone tracking, risk management, budget tracking, stakeholder reporting, cross-organizational coordination
Preferred skills
ESA or institutional space program experience, full program lifecycle management, PMP/PRINCE2/agile certification, engineering background, startup/scale-up experience
Technologies
Project management tools, contract administration systems
Responsibilities
Own schedules, milestones, and work breakdown across assigned programs; track budgets, procurement status, and deliverables; maintain risk registers and drive mitigation; prepare progress reports and run steering meetings; coordinate across entities and suppliers; support contract administration and deliverable acceptance
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
