Technical Project Manager - Propulsion Battery System (all genders)

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 field

• Several years of project management experience in aerospace, aviation, automotive, battery technology, or another safety-critical industry

• Proven experience managing complex multidisciplinary development projects involving battery systems, high-voltage systems, or electrical power distribution

• Strong understanding of systems engineering, product development, verification, configuration management, and safety-critical hardware development

• Experience coordinating engineering teams, suppliers, test facilities, and external development partners

• Excellent planning, communication, risk management, and stakeholder management skills

• Knowledge of lithium-ion battery systems, battery management systems, high-voltage architectures, electrical protection, thermal management, and relevant interfaces is highly desirable

• Familiarity with aerospace certification and safety processes for batteries and high-voltage electrical systems is advantageous

• Fluent in English; German is a plus

• Proficiency with project management and product lifecycle management tools

We recognize that women and other under-represented groups are often overlooked in our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every listed qualification, we still encourage you to apply. Talent and potential can’t always be captured in a checklist.

Why us?

• Be part of an ambitious team determined to shape the future of aviation.

• We are an in-office company, but we value flexibility and trust employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work or adjusting hours to accommodate personal commitments.

• Subsidized EGYM Wellpass membership: your (mental) health is important for us.

• Enjoy a subsidized lunch with a 5€ company contribution per meal on office days.

• Become a part of our success with virtual stock options.

• Choose the option that suits your needs: either a free charging station for your electric car or a public transport job ticket as part of the Deutschlandticket.

• Lease a high-quality bicycle or e-bike through our JobRad program and benefit from tax advantages. Whether for your daily commute or personal use, enjoy more mobility and sustainability.

• Pension scheme to support your long-term financial security.

• Work in one of our offices in Munich or Delft. Enjoy the modern Balan Campus in Munich or work inside the aerospace ecosystem at TU Delft.

• Boost your professional as well as personal growth executing your own ideas and independent projects.

• Join our internal social events and retreats (e.g. cooking, game nights, sports).

VÆRIDION was founded in 2021 to transform regional air travel with the Microliner, a 100% electric commercial aircraft. By delivering the most energy-efficient aircraft, we are building the future where clean, safe, and affordable electric aviation seamlessly connects people and businesses. We’re bringing together the brightest minds in aerospace, automotive engineering, and business to disrupt the aviation industry.