About the Role
Your Mission:As Project Manager – Propulsion Battery System, you will lead the development, integration and industrialisation of VÆRIDION's aircraft battery system and high-voltage electrical distribution. You will manage cross-functional activities across battery and HV engineering, testing, safety, certification, manufacturing, and supply chain to ensure system milestones are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with programme and airworthiness requirements. Your Day-to-Day:Lead the end-to-end battery system and HV distribution project from concept through certification and industrialisation Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, and system-level delivery roadmaps Coordinate the design, development, testing, and aircraft integration of battery packs, battery management systems, HV distribution, protection, switching, cabling, and associated interfaces Drive requirements reviews, architecture and design reviews, programme milestones, risk management, and change control processes Track technical maturity, safety and certification evidence, project performance, and key deliverables against programme objectives Manage battery, electrical component, and development partners, ensuring delivery to scope, schedule, quality, and cost targets Facilitate alignment between battery, electrical, propulsion, aircraft systems, safety, certification, manufacturing, and supply chain teams Support verification, validation, qualification, and certification activities, including battery safety, thermal propagation, HV protection, and system integration testing Proactively identify and resolve technical, programme, supply chain, and organisational risks, with particular focus on battery safety and high-voltage interfaces Provide clear status reporting, escalation, and decision support to leadership and stakeholders Your Profile:Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Electrochemical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related fieldSeveral years of project management experience in aerospace, aviation, automotive, battery technology, or another safety-critical industryProven experience managing complex multidisciplinary development projects involving battery systems, high-voltage systems, or electrical power distributionStrong understanding of systems engineering, product development, verification, configuration management, and safety-critical hardware developmentExperience coordinating engineering teams, suppliers, test facilities, and external development partnersExcellent planning, communication, risk management, and stakeholder management skillsKnowledge of lithium-ion battery systems, battery management systems, high-voltage architectures, electrical protection, thermal management, and relevant interfaces is highly desirableFamiliarity with aerospace certification and safety processes for batteries and high-voltage electrical systems is advantageousFluent in English; German is a plusProficiency with project management and product lifecycle management toolsWe recognize that women and other under-represented groups are of