Darwin Space are currently hiring for a Lead Space Engineer on behalf of a business in Bologna, Italy.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Space Engineering team, ensuring effective coordination, task allocation, and technical alignment across all project phases;
- Define, manage and maintain system-level technical requirements, specifications, and ICDs, ensuring full traceability across the entire development lifecycle;
- Lead the end-to-end development of space robotic systems/products from engineering model (EM) to flight model (FM), overseeing design, integration, verification and qualification activities performed by the team;
- Oversee system engineering processes, including requirement flow-down, verification planning, and compliance with space standards (e.g. ECSS);
- Act as primary technical authority and interface with customers and stakeholders, managing mission requirements and ensuring alignment between external needs and internal development;
- Coordinate technical interactions with external partners, including platform providers, launch service providers,



and component suppliers;
- Lead integration, testing and qualification campaigns (functional, environmental, and system-level), supervising execution and ensuring robustness and mission readiness;
- Drive system-level architecture, design decisions and trade-offs for robotic space applications (e.g. EOAT, ADR, IOS, IOM), leveraging inputs from the engineering team;
- Lead technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.), risk assessments, and FMEA activities;
- Ensure the production, review and quality of all internal and external technical documentation (reports, test documentation, review data packages), coordinating inputs across disciplines, and lead technical meetings and reviews;
- Mentor, guide and grow the engineering team, ensuring capability development, knowledge sharing, and alignment with company technical strategy.

Must-have
- Education: Master’s degree or PhD. in Robotics, Aerospa

📌 Lead Space Engineer (Bologna)
🏢 Darwin Recruitment
📍 Bologna