Launch Vehicle System Engineer

Launch Vehicle System Engineer

Avio

Colleferro, Italy

Position

Are you an engineer with a solid technical background in aerospace systems and a passion for complex products?

Join our multidisciplinary engineering team and contribute to the evolution of VEGA-C, one of Europe's flagship launch vehicles.

As a Launch Vehicle System Engineer, you will work at system level, integrating different engineering disciplines and ensuring that technical solutions are consistent with the overall launch vehicle architecture, applicable requirements and mission objectives.

The role is particularly suited to engineers who have already developed solid technical expertise through systems engineering, technical product development or a specialist engineering discipline, and who are looking to broaden their responsibilities toward system-level engineering.

Your Mission

As a Launch Vehicle System Engineer, you will contribute to the definition, evolution and qualification of the VEGA-C launch system, as well as to the preparation of launch missions.

Working at system level, you will ensure the coherence between system architectures, technical solutions and applicable requirements, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities throughout the production phase and mission preparation.

Your responsibilities will include

• Reviewing and verifying high-level system architectures, development approaches and the logic for product evolution, qualification and validation throughout the different project phases;
• Defining and maintaining system technical requirements and specifications, and verifying the consistency of the design and technical solutions with the applicable requirements;
• Preparing and reviewing system technical documentation, including technical specifications, engineering analyses, test and simulation results, ensuring consistency, reliability and safety of the product;
• Coordinating Systems Engineering activities, including mission analyses, system/product layouts and architecture studies, ensuring that analyses and studies provide the required outputs and are consistent with specified requirements;
• Coordinating multidisciplinary engineering activities involving propulsion, structures, avionics, software, GNC, thermal, manufacturing and ground systems;
• Supporting and coordinating verification, validation and qualification activities, including the definition and implementation of the relevant development and qualification logic;
• Defining and managing launcher-to-payload interfaces, including mechanical, electrical and fluidic interfaces;
• Supporting the investigation and resolution of flight, production and launch campaign anomalies from a system perspective;
• Acting as a technical interface with customers, ESA, CNES and industrial partners during mission preparation and launcher development activities.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

Education

• Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering or equivalent degree in Industrial Engineering;
• A PhD or postgraduate specialization is considered a plus.

Professional Experience

• 3–8 years of professional experience in the aerospace industry;
• Previous experience as a Systems Engineer or as a specialist engineer involved in the technical development of complex aerospace products;
• Experience in technical product development, qualification, verification or lifecycle management;
• Exposure to multidisciplinary engineering activities and the ability to understand interactions between different technical domains.

The successful candidate should be able to move from a specialist or product-level perspective to a broader system-level view, understanding how different technical products and disciplines interact within a launch vehicle.

Technical Skills

Experience in one or more of the following areas is considered relevant:

• Space Systems Engineering : Technical product development and lifecycle management , Interface management;
• Launch vehicles/Spacecraft design principles : Propulsion systems, Mechanical and structural systems, Fluid systems, Avionics, Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) , Ground systems.

Knowledge of ECSS standards and systems engineering methodologies is considered a strong advantage.

Languages

• Fluent written and spoken English is required;
• Knowledge of French is considered an asset.

Personal Skills

We are looking for engineers who:

• Have a strong technical mindset and enjoy understanding complex systems;
• Are able to look beyond their own area of expertise and understand system-level interactions;
• Can coordinate technical activities across different engineering disciplines;
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Communicate effectively with both technical specialists and non-specialist stakeholders;
• Are proactive, collaborative and comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams;
• Are motivated to develop toward broader systems engineering responsibilities.