Job description
ATMOS Space Cargo is seeking an experienced (Senior) Payload Engineer (m/f/d) to take end-to-end technical ownership of payload integration activities across multiple Phoenix missions. In this high-impact role, you will serve as the primary technical interface for payload customers and drive cross-functional engineering efforts, from mission definition through launch and in-orbit operations. You will ensure technical consistency, safety compliance, and rigorous quality across all payload projects while mentoring team members and shaping integration processes.
Key responsibilities
- You will take end-to-end technical ownership of payload integration activities across multiple Phoenix missions.
- You will act as the primary technical interface for key payload customers from early mission definition through launch and mission completion.
- You will lead the definition, management, and verification of payload interfaces, requirements, and integration constraints.
- You will drive technical coordination across systems engineering, avionics, software, operations, ground segment, and flight teams.
- You will lead technical reviews, design reviews, readiness reviews, and customer reviews for payloads.
- You will assess payload compatibility, identify technical risks, and define mitigation measures in close coordination with internal engineering teams.
- You will own and review payload safety documentation, compliance activities, and applicable spaceflight standards.
- You will support mission architecture and tradeoff decisions related to payload accommodation, operations, and performance.
- You will contribute technical expertise to proposals, customer discussions, pricing inputs, mission feasibility assessments, and manifest planning.
- You will ensure technical consistency, quality, and best practices across payload projects, and continuously improve payload integration processes, tools, and documentation.
- You will support anomaly resolution and mission operations on payload topics during testing, launch preparation, and in orbit operations.
- You will mentor less experienced engineers and help build strong technical capability within the payload team.
Profile required
- 5+ years of relevant experience in payload engineering, systems engineering, mission engineering, or a comparable technical role in the space sector.
- Strong technical understanding of spacecraft and payload systems, interfaces, and spaceflight constraints.
- Solid knowledge of relevant space standards, verification approaches, and safety requirements.
- Experience working in complex, multidisciplinary space projects.
- Strong systems thinking, sound technical judgement, and a structured problem-solving approach.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Fluent in English; French or German is a strong plus.
Company description
ATMOS was founded as a European company built on the values of freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law, and human rights. We are committed to protect these values by making our technology available to others who share the same values, strengthening infrastructure and innovation for prosperity on Earth.
Our team is multinational and diverse, with offices in Lichtenau and Strasbourg. We work in a collegial, hands-on culture where people support each other, take ownership, and keep learning every day. Motivation for the mission comes first — building spacecraft is not a nine-to-five pursuit. We align the mission, the team, and the individual in mutual dependence. This principle shapes our work environment where exceptional people, as committed as they are competent, can grow and contribute to a mission that matters.
On 11/13/2026