Key skills
C++CCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Define and maintain avionics architectures spanning hardware, firmware, and system interfaces
- Support flight software development through hardware knowledge, code architecture input, and ConOps definition
- Design avionics electronics (PCBs) or lead COTS/custom supplier selection and trade-offs
- Perform market research and interface with electronics suppliers and manufacturers
- Write simple embedded software for breadboards, hardware bring-up, and test stands
- Design and build test boards and electrical ground support equipment (EGSE)
- Conduct functional electronics laboratory testing and support system integration
- Build and maintain lab-level wiring harnesses
- Ensure avionics development follows ESA / ECSS standards and best practices
- Produce clear technical documentation and test reports
- Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and working students
Requirements
- MSc in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Aerospace Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechatronics or related field
- Professional experience in space avionics or embedded systems (not a first job)
- Experience working on space, aerospace, or other safety-critical embedded systems
- Proven ability to work across hardware and software domains
- PCB design (ECAD)
- Microcontrollers and onboard computers
- Embedded C/C++ (reading, debugging, writing simple code)
- Electrical interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, RS485/RS422, CAN, SpaceWire or similar)
- Lab testing and instrumentation (e.g. LabVIEW)
- Familiarity with ECSS standards
- Understanding of space avionics constraints (radiation, redundancy, reliability, testing philosophy)
Benefits
- High level of ownership across the full avionics lifecycle, from concept to flight
- Direct impact on novel space manufacturing and deployment technologies
- Close collaboration between hardware and software in a lean, fast-moving startup environment
- Opportunity to shape avionics architecture rather than maintain legacy systems