# Team Leader (Space Industry)

**Company:** [JUST ONE | Recruitment & Executive Search agency](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/ib797vH3Q2pSZH4AY2muow.md)
**Location:** Athens, Greece
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

### 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.