Project Manager

SWISSto12

Renens, Switzerland

We are recruiting an experienced project manager to lead customer projects for the development, industrialization and larger-scale delivery of antenna systems.

In this role, you will be responsible for the following:

Lead all phases of the project - from initiation through production ramp-up, industrialisation and large-scale delivery of the product to the customer.
Hold accountability for program success on key parameters: customer satisfaction, technical performance compliance, on time delivery, on quality delivery, project financial performance.
Act as a customer point of contact for program activities, including feedback, interactions, and improvements.
Work in close cooperation with the customer to ensure contractual compliance and a shared understanding of the project execution.
Define with the project team the product development plan, prioritize the activities in order to ensure the most valuable and proper functionality of the product deliverable.
Drive the industrialization phase of the product, adjust product design, and define processes to enable highly repeatable and cost-efficient volume production.
Lead the partners and major suppliers including reviews and deliverables.
Maintain & track the program’s requirements and the change order process.
Apply state-of-the art project management and engineering processes throughout design, manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing.
Perform risk and opportunity management and provide leadership and direction to the continual risk management process.
Be responsible for the program documentation and commissioning processes.
Travel as needed.
Occasionally, you will be asked to participate in overall tasks and services inherent to a dynamic fast-growing company.

Required experience and competencies:

Extensive experience as a project manager or system engineer in a high-tech hardware product industry, ideally for 7 years or more.
Curious and creative in approaching cutting edge products in the aeronautics, space and defense industries.
Excellent customer focus with experience managing customers and supplier interfaces.
Demonstrated ability to work with a team on resolving complex technical problems and complex management activities.
Excellent communication skills and ease at working across different cultures and different levels of an organization.
Proven ability to write clear technical, quality and management documents.
Engineering degree in a technically pertinent domain: electrical or aerospace engineering or physics or mechanical/materials engineering
Experience in system engineering and product industrialization.
Language: Fluent English is a prerequisite, skills in French are a plus
Experience in the delivery of aerospace complex products or systems is a plus.
A background in RF technologies communication systems is a plus.
A good knowledge of precision mechanical production and material engineering is a plus.