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eRC System
Junior Technical Project Manager (all genders)
Job areaIngenieur/in - Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
ContractPermanent
HoursFull time
Postedyesterday
FromGerman job office
What the job asks for
What you would do
- Coordinate engineering execution: Drive day-to-day progress of assigned engineering activities across IPTs, ensuring deliverables,
- and commitments are clear.
- Manage engineering schedules: Develop and maintain detailed engineering work-package schedules with IPT Leads, challenge planning assumptions and monitor progress against agreed milestones.
- Track risks and resolve blockers: Identify schedule deviations, technical dependencies and resource constraints, coordinate corrective actions and escalate issues requiring programme-level decisions.
- Drive engineering coordination: Lead assigned IPT progress meetings, follow up on commitments and facilitate alignment between engineering teams on delivery-related matters.
- Support milestone readiness: Coordinate planning and preparation for engineering design reviews, integration milestones and testing activities.
- Provide execution visibility: Prepare clear progress updates, highlighting milestone status, schedule risks, recovery actions and decisions required by programme leadership.
What they are asking for
- Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering
- or a comparable technical field.
- Initial experience in engineering project management, technical project
- coordination or complex product development, including substantial internships
- or working-student experience.
- Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with engineers and
- technical stakeholders.
- A proactive, persistent and solution-oriented approach, with the ability to
- challenge assumptions and follow through on commitments.
- Strong organisational and analytical skills, with an understanding of engineering
- schedules, dependencies and resource constraints.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and escalate issues
- constructively.
- Fluent English communication skills.
- Preferred
- Experience in aerospace, automotive, defence or another multidisciplinary engineering environment.
- Familiarity with engineering development processes, design reviews, system integration and testing.
- Experience with Microsoft Project or comparable project management tools.
- German language skills are an advantage.
What you get
- Full-scale aerospace engineering, not concept slides
- A 60+ engineer team at Ottobrunn
- Real ownership and flat hierarchies: a modern startup culture where your input shapes decisions, not just execution
- Flexible working hours, remote work, and competitive compensation
- Health & wellbeing: EGYM Wellpass membership and subsidized lunch in our canteen
- Office extras: espresso coffee, fresh fruit, and soft drinks, plus regular team and company events, and plenty more once you're on board
- About usclick here!Built for purpose.When time matters.ERC was founded to close Europe's critical capability gap in the sky. Two full-scale demonstrators. Two EU records. Built for the missions that cannot wait.
About the employer
- ABOUT THE ROLEAt ERC System, we are developing next-generation eVTOL aircraft and building the
- programme structures required to turn ambitious aircraft concepts into executed
- development programmes.
- As a Junior Technical Project Manager, you will support and drive the day-to-day
- engineering execution of assigned activities within our D250 and/or U250 aircraft
- programmes.
- Working within the Programme Management function and reporting to the Programme
- Manager, you will collaborate closely with the Chief Engineer and Integrated Product
- Team (IPT) Leads to coordinate engineering activities, challenge planning assumptions,
- identify risks and dependencies, and drive progress against agreed commitments.
- We are looking for someone who combines technical understanding with strong
- communication, initiative and ownership. You should be comfortable engaging with
- engineers, asking difficult questions and following through on issues