(Senior) Technical Programme Associate

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability At Hypersonica, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.

By joining Hypersonica, you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.

We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you.

The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence

What you'll do

• Support the day-to-day delivery of defence programmes with close attention to the technical scope, risk, and maturity of the underlying engineering work.
• Work directly with engineering teams to understand technical progress and translate it into clear programme status, risk, and decision inputs.
• Translate customer requirements, technical and contractual inputs, and complex engineering information into clear plans, milestones, and actionable next steps.
• Support technical reviews and technical discussions and reporting, preparing materials and tracking actions through to closure.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with technical partners and subcontractors, coordinating their deliverables, resolving technical queries, and holding them to schedule and quality.
• Help ensure relevant safety and assurance frameworks (e.g. airworthiness, range safety, product safety) are correctly understood and applied across the programme.
• Support commercial and programme activities, including delivery planning and proposals, working closely with engineering to ensure technical content is accurate and well presented.
• Build growing fluency in the underlying technology sufficient to engage credibly with engineering teams and represent technical status to programme and customer stakeholders.
• Take ownership of defined workstreams and increasingly complex technical and programme responsibilities as you develop in the role