A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.  

As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than  950 people who are  as passionate about changing the world as you are.  

You will always act with safety and integrity in mind and embody our core behaviors of efficient and positive collaboration, ownership of time, continuous improvements and, ultimately delivering results.

We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life. 

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology, and customer experience. 

As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium, you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than 800 people who are as passionate about changing the world as you are. 

You will always act with safety and integrity in mind and embody our core behaviours of efficient and positive collaboration, ownership of time, continuous improvements and ultimately, delivering results.

We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life.

Your role and your Team:

We have a new opportunity for a qualified and accomplished Project Manager with proven experience indelivering software projects in the aerospace or related industry involving critical system development!    Reporting to the Head of Project Management, Integration, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of software projects, indirectly managing teams including cyber security, test, and software development.

As an experienced Project Manager, you will lead the implementation of project governance including project delivery, schedule development and adherence, removing blockers, risk management, and resource demand.    You will collaborate with dynamic cross-functional teams including engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and PMO functions.

Your Day to Day:

• Coordinate teams of test, cyber security, and software development specialists to ensure delivery of all elements of software projects.
• Manage the Program delivery process for software projects to establish, align and record Project Objectives across the entire development cycle.
• Evaluate project impacts and communicate these with clear recommendations to the Senior PM and System or Technical Lead. 
• Ensure project objectives are translated into measurable and achievable deliverables.  Manage these with the team and drumbeat their delivery.
• Support rapid resolution of obstacles to delivery through attendance of team, IPT, and program daily escalation sessions and subsequent resolution activities.
• Facilitate delivery-related meetings such as planning reviews, and retrospectives.
• Own the development, management, and delivery of the schedule and pay particular attention to interdependencies and deliverables to other teams and suppliers.
• Act as an 'Early Warning' for non-delivered handoffs, parts, and materializing risks and opportunities

 About you:

We are looking for a great team player and communicator with proven experience in delivering multiple concurrent software projects, demonstrating a strong understanding of aerospace software development.

Project management qualifications such as PMP would be an advantage, along with experience working on critical system development projects within aviation, space, or defence.   Understanding of aircraft development and knowledge of DO178 and D0331 standards would be a strong advantage.

Requirements; 

• Good understanding of Project Management fundamentals for scheduling, risk management, estimation, project communications and budget and resource management.
• Demonstrable experience in working within cross-functional teams and ability to work closely with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Ability to probe and challenge assumptions, think differently when faced with challenges and adopt a solution-oriented mindset.
• Enthusiastic and eager to learn.  Agile, and able to adapt to a highly complex and fast paced working environment. 
• Excellent communicator in English, fluency in German would be beneficial.

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Want to know more? Then view our 'Why join Lilium' page!

Life at Lilium:

The wellbeing of our employees is a high priority. In our HQ we have many initiatives such as free healthy food and drinks, free in-house gym and health days. In remote offices we offer online opportunities to stay connected and develop yourself as well including our culture club, learning terminal, Employee Assistance Program and many more.

 Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.