Astroscale France is looking for an experienced AIV/AIT Manager to support the growth of our Toulouse office. As AIV/AIT Manager you will take a leading role in the assembly, integration, verification (inspection & test) and launch of Astroscale France missions. Main Responsibilities     * Delivery of Spacecraft/Mission level Assembly, Integration, and Verification/Test (AIV/AIT) activities.  * AIV/AIT test set-up design, development, and commissioning.  * Create and maintain system/satellite AIV/AIT procedures, plans, workflows, and schedules in accordance with technical and programmatic requirements.  * Contribute to bid related activities, including generation of (and subsequent delivery against) AIV/AIT related cost and schedule budgets.  * Contribute to overall industrial strategy including facilities creation and management   Wider Responsibilities     * Provide experienced AIV/AIT related guidance, training and mentoring to less experienced engineers.  * Represent AIV/AIT team in internal and external meetings with suppliers and customers.  * Represent AIV/AIT in internal project meetings, management meetings, reviews, and technical discussions.  * Co-ordinate and manage AIV/AIT activities between the Astroscale group of companies when the situation arises.  * Maintain costs and budget traceability.  Expected results * Provide creative and cost-effective solutions to engineering problems.  * Deliver work to the expected quality standard within agreed timeframes.  * Demonstrate leadership, accountability, and customer focused mindset. Essential Skills  * Master, MSc or higher education qualifications within mechanical/electrical/science fields.  * 10+ years of experience delivering spacecraft or mission level AIV/AIT activities across a range of mission types.  * Thorough knowledge and experience of spacecraft/mission AIV/AIT process, ideally with an established delivery record across several manufacturers.  * Understanding of spacecraft systems, interfacing and operations  * Deep technical knowledge/understanding of AIV/AIT planning, processes, GSE (mechanical & electrical) development, set-up and operation, and verification activities of Mechanical AIT activities (including subsystem, system, and environmental level testing).  * Proactive and self-managing, whilst contributing collaboratively within a close-knit team.  * Fluent in French and English.  * Be eligible and registered to work within Europe. * Be eligible and gain security clearance in France. Desirable skills    * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ideally, experience interacting with international teams.  * Design skills and knowledge for development of test infrastructure (mechanical and/or electrical).  * Experience with test and development of mechanisms, installation of spacecraft MLI and harness  * Well organized, flexible working approach, ability to adapt to change.  * Knowledge of, and interest in, active space debris removal and space debris removal missions.  * Understanding of both traditional and ‘new space’ mission approaches.  * Awareness of ECSS standards in system engineering, testing and verification.  * Experience with scripting languages and automated testing tools. * Knowledge of planning and execution of environmental test campaigns (including Thermal, Mechanical and EMC verification campaigns) * Willing to work with innovative technologies. Core competencies * Demonstrates behaviours in line with Astroscale values (mission and people focused, transparent, innovative and pioneering, diverse and customer focused). * Proactive, able to build working relationships, mentoring & knowledge sharing Location Astroscale France (Toulouse), with some hybrid working About Astroscale  Astroscale is the global leader in on-orbit servicing, dedicated to the secure and sustainable development of space. The company delivers a variety of innovative and scalable on-orbit servicing solutions, including life extension, refurbishment, upgrades, in-situ space situational awareness, end-of-life, and active debris removal. Since its first successful launch in March 2021, Astroscale has proven rendezvous and proximity operations technologies in orbit during the ELSA-d and ADRAS-J missions. Astroscale spacecraft have been selected for pioneering missions with JAXA, the U.S. Space Force, the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and Eutelsat. As more satellite operators adopt on-orbit servicing to routinely inspect, relocate, remove, and extend the life of spacecraft, the potential of a circular space economy — and a future of no waste in space — is being unlocked. Headquartered in Japan, Astroscale has a global presence with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Israel. Find out more about Astroscale at www.astroscale.com.