Jobs at ispace

Plans and executes company-wide culture, employee engagement, internal communication, CSR, and DE&I initiatives. Coordinates events, town halls, global programs, student outreach, and cultural activities; analyzes engagement data; manages promotional materials; and creates content for intranet and internal communication platforms. The role requires cross-cultural stakeholder collaboration, bilingual Japanese-English communication, and strong project and time management in a hybrid Tokyo work environment.

Lead the architecture, design, coding, integration, testing, documentation, and support of highly reliable embedded software for lunar landers and spacecraft systems. Translate system requirements into software designs, select processors and technologies, develop BSPs, and support functions including attitude control, communications, power and data management, command systems, and fault protection. Coordinate with subsystem engineers, suppliers, customers, and internal teams while managing schedules, quality, costs, technical issues, and software engineering teams.

Develops high-reliability embedded software for lunar landers and spacecraft systems. Responsibilities include deriving software requirements, designing architectures, selecting processors and protocols, developing BSPs and device drivers, coding, integration, testing, documentation, and fault analysis. Collaborates with avionics, ground-segment, systems, suppliers, customers, and other engineering teams while managing schedules, costs, quality, tasks, and technical issues.

Supports product and quality assurance across lunar rover development, manufacturing, integration, verification, and testing. Responsibilities include developing PA/QA plans, reviewing supplier and inspection documentation, conducting audits, managing non-conformances, supporting risk and change management, participating in engineering and manufacturing reviews, and verifying test configurations, calibration, and procedures. The role ensures compliance with ECSS, EN 9100, and applicable quality, safety, and reliability requirements.

Provides executive support through diary and correspondence management, travel planning, meeting coordination, visitor hosting, and follow-up tracking. Handles general affairs including office operations, facilities and supplier coordination, invoices, reception, deliveries, procurement support, and event logistics. Maintains documented processes and contributes to office expansion, relocation, workplace enhancement, process optimization, and other internal initiatives. Requires discretion, strong organization, autonomy, and fluent French and English.

Owns and supports engineering, manufacturing, ERP, MES, PLM/PDM, and supply chain applications globally. Responsibilities include application administration, lifecycle management, system integration, business requirements gathering, process mapping, functional design, testing, stakeholder workshops, automation, and continuous improvement. The role connects IT with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and operations to improve data integrity, production planning, inventory, procurement, and end-to-end product development and manufacturing workflows.

Provides practical legal guidance across commercial contracts, government contracting, export controls, technology transfer, employment law, corporate compliance, investigations, and cross-border business activities. Drafts and negotiates agreements, advises leadership on legal and regulatory risks, supports aerospace and government customers, coordinates outside counsel, and partners with global teams in a fast-paced commercial space environment.

The Satellite Technical Lead is responsible for overseeing satellite system development and mission design, balancing technical coherence, decision making, and engineering leadership across projects.

Lead development and execution of ispace Europe’s government affairs strategy across EMEA. Engage space agencies, EU institutions, ministries and industry to shape policy, secure institutional funding and partnerships, draft policy positions and briefing materials, and represent the company at high-level meetings and fora.

Responsible for the design and analysis of spacecraft propulsion systems, involving collaboration with various teams and support for manufacturing and testing.

The General Affairs Associate supports office operations, manages internal communications and events, and enhances employee engagement across Japan.

Lead propulsion system design, integration, verification and operations for lunar landers. Define product baselines, perform system trade-offs, manage technical budgets and interfaces, support requirements, risk assessments, test plans, MBSE propulsion models, and coordinate with AIT, flight test and operations teams.

Lead design, implementation, integration, V&V and operations of embedded flight software for lunar landers. Define product baselines, requirements, ICDs, safety and reliability analyses (FTA, FMEA/FMECA), system trade-offs, test plans, and support AIT/flight test operations and MBSE tool maintenance.

The Spacecraft Orbiter GNC Engineer will lead development and analysis of GNC systems for lunar landers, managing requirements, design, and verification activities. They will coordinate with subsystems, oversee algorithm integrity, and support mission operations, leveraging skills in spacecraft systems engineering, control engineering, and software integration.

Manage multidisciplinary software teams to develop mission-critical systems for lunar landers and spacecraft, overseeing software architecture, integration, testing, and deployment.

Lead GNC/AOCS system design, trade studies, technical budgets, interface and requirements management, risk assessments, test planning, AIT/flight test support, and MBSE tool maintenance for lunar lander projects.

The Program Management Specialist drives program management activities for lunar exploration missions, overseeing technical development, operational planning, financial management, stakeholder coordination, and sales support, facilitating communication with executive leadership for strategic decisions.

Lead mission operational preparations and on-console flight execution for lunar spacecraft. Develop and validate flight products, train crews, run rehearsals, perform system-level test campaigns, operate spacecraft during mission phases (including shift/on-call), and resolve real-time anomalies coordinating with subsystem experts to ensure safe mission execution.

Plan and execute flight-like, hardware-in-the-loop tests translating operations scenarios into representative test campaigns; architect avionics testbenches; write test specifications and reports; close V&V loops; develop flight procedures and training; and operate the spacecraft from Mission Control to verify readiness and execute lunar mission operations.

Support assembly, integration, verification, and testing of spacecraft hardware. Execute procedures, supervise technicians, manage verification activities, track configuration and test data, drive continuous improvement, resolve non-conformances, contribute to requirements management, advise on instrumentation and test systems, and develop MAIT processes and test documentation to ensure flight readiness.