Regulatory & Institutionnal Affairs Manager

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About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of satellites combined with development of telecom and earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertises, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2026, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Charleroi (Belgium), Toulouse (France) and Lausanne (Switzerland) with more than 450 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Role Overview

As Aerospacelab scales its missions and institutional business, this role owns the regulatory and institutional layer that keeps them flying and funded. Half of the job is regulatory: authorisations, market access and space law across the jurisdictions where we and our customers operate. The other half is institutional: shaping the rules being written in Brussels and representing Aerospacelab with regulators, institutions and industry associations.

You will work daily with the legal, programme and business development teams, and interact directly with senior management.

Duties

Own and maintain the national authorisations behind our missions: operator licences, registration and insurance obligations under the Belgian space law, and equivalent regimes in France, the US and the other jurisdictions where Aerospacelab or its customers operate
Build market access intelligence: monitor and analyse landing rights, earth station and service authorisation regimes in target markets, and handle market access matters within consortiums with partners and customers; provide support on ITU filings and the surrounding regulatory framework
Advise programmes, bids and contracts on space law and national regulatory frameworks: liability and registration, effective control, data distribution rules, licensing schedules and compliance clauses
Monitor the evolving regulatory landscape (EU Space Act, Digital Networks Act, European Competitiveness Fund, space traffic management and debris mitigation, cybersecurity) and turn it into concrete, dated requirements for programme and engineering teams
Take the lead on the legislative and policy files assigned to you: track the legislative cycle, draft position papers, amendment proposals and consultation responses, and prepare briefing notes and talking points for management
Represent Aerospacelab in industry associations and working groups (ASD-Eurospace, CSSMA, GSOA…) and build working relationships with regulators and institutions: BELSPO, BIPT, Belgian MoD, ESA, the European Commission, EUSPA and national delegations
Conduct direct advocacy towards Belgian, French and EU policymakers: map decision-makers, build relationships with cabinets, ministries, Commission services and Parliament, and organise coalitions with industry peers
Shape legislation and funding instruments in Aerospacelab's interest (EU Space Act, IRIS², European Competitiveness Fund, ESA Ministerial cycles), in compliance with EU and national transparency register obligations
Support institutional business development with regulatory input to bids and customer discussions, letter-of-support requests and delegation engagement alongside the business development team
Prepare senior management for institutional meetings, delegation visits, programme boards and Ministerial cycles, and follow up on what was agreed

Must Have

Master’s degree in law, ideally space, telecommunications or EU law
3+ years of experience in regulatory and / or institutional affairs in the space or telecom sector
Working knowledge of satellite licensing and market access processes
Excellent drafting skills in English, professional capacity in French
Autonomy across legal, engineering and business teams