Descripción
**Type**: Full-time, permanent **Location**: Lemminkäisenkatu 46, 20520 Turku **Application deadline**: 13.10.2026 Are you excited about coordinating complex space projects and growing into a project management role? Join ASRO and help take space instrumentation from development to launch! **Your role with us** As a Junior Project Manager at Aboa Space Research (ASRO), you will join the microscope business area and support the project management of space projects. The projects focus on further developing ASROs microscope technology and platform, with missions currently planned for low Earth orbit and the Moon. Working closely with the Business Area Director, you will help keep multidisciplinary development projects moving forward. Your responsibilities include coordinating schedules and meetings, tracking project actions and deadlines, and ensuring that the documentation and data packages are prepared according to the project requirements and on time. You will work with experts across mechanics, electronics, software and optics, as well as with ESA, research partners, universities and suppliers. You may also coordinate component purchasing and help maintain project management tools such as Jira. As you gain experience, the role offers room to take on broader responsibilities and grow towards independently managing projects. **What makes you a great fit?** You might be at the beginning of your career and motivated to grow into a project management professional in a highly technical environment. You enjoy working with people, bringing structure to complex projects and making sure things keep moving forward. You do not need to be an experienced Project Manager – at least not yet! What matters most is a proactive approach, curiosity toward technical systems, and the confidence to take ownership. You are also comfortable working in a growing and evolving organization, where your role can develop as you gain experience and take on more responsibility. **We hope you have:*