{"id":57915,"date":"2026-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darwinrecruitment.ch\/de\/job\/optical-payload-product-owner-toulouse-occitanie\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:02:27","slug":"optical-payload-product-owner-toulouse-occitanie","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.darwinrecruitment.ch\/de\/job\/optical-payload-product-owner-toulouse-occitanie\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical Payload Product Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"51\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"51\">Optical Payload Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"376\">I&#8217;m supporting a client in the European space sector developing satellite technology designed to collect high-precision atmospheric data from orbit. 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