Team Leader (Space Industry)

Description

JUST ONE, on behalf of its client, a leading European space and technology company driving cutting-edge satellite systems and aerospace engineering solutions, is looking for a motivated and technically driven Team Leader to join their growing team in Greece related to Satellite & Ground Systems.

The Team Leader will lead ~5 engineers (with growth expected) and report directly to the CTO & Managing Director. The role blends technical leadership, people development, and customer-facing responsibility. You’ll allocate weekly work, track project progress, approve/decline leave, coach your team, and actively contribute to selected projects, this is not an overhead-only position. You’ll also help formalize and improve our engineering processes (requirements, software V&V, and team toolchains) as it will be scaled.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small, multidisciplinary engineering team; plan weekly workload, oversee progress, and support growth and performance. (Covers people leadership, staffing, development.)
• Serve as the main technical interface with customers, with weekly touchpoints to capture and challenge needs, run technical discussions/workshops, and align on solutions.
• Translate customer needs into clear, traceable system-level requirements and high-level solution concepts and draft architectures.
• Contribute hands-on to selected projects (e.g., architecture, requirements, mission analysis, software V&V), ensuring quality and delivery.
• Establish / improve practices and toolchains for requirements management, software V&V, and team workflows; champion continuous improvement. (Process responsibility and tool/process introduction are core expectations for our TLs.)
• Support proposals and reviews; help prepare and attend technical meetings, milestones, and audits with customers and partners.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications

• Experience: 1+ year in a similar leadership role or 5+ years in the space domain (industry or research) with responsibility for a project or workstream.
• Technical depth (space systems):
• Space Systems engineering: requirements engineering, mission analysis, understanding, basic satellite telecommunication, software architecture fundamentals; software V&V is a plus and expected to grow.
• Standards: Familiarity with ECSS.
• Leadership & communication: Able to lead small teams, mentor engineers, challenge and refine requirements, and communicate clearly with customers and partners (concise written/spoken English).
• Education: MSc in Aerospace, Electrical/Electronics, Computer Science, Physics, or equivalent.

Nice-to-have qualifications:

• ESA/EC project experience; ECSS lifecycle practice; MBSE (SysML/Cameo/Capella); Python/automation/CI/CD for V&V; SDR/RF chain exposure; experience in startups/scale-ups; languages: Greek (plus), German/French.

Benefits

• Base Salary €39K/yr - €45K/yr depending on level of experience, can be negotiated for senior profiles
• Real leadership responsibilities and meaningful hands-on engineering.
• Collaborative, high-trust culture that values initiative, asking questions early, and taking calculated risks.
• Private health insurance, flexible hours, remote work on a case-by-case basis, training/certification budget, business travel opportunities, and benefit vouchers.
• Locations: Athens or Heraklion (Crete); hybrid options considered case-by-case.