Senior Electronics Engineer - High-Speed Defense Systems

Sphere-Defense; Brussel; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive compensation

Year-end bonus eligibility

Stock Options Plan eligibility

Mobility Budget

32 days of holidays

Meal vouchers

Private Health insurance

Job summary

Sphere Defense in Brussels, Belgium, seeks an experienced Electronics Engineer to join early on a mission to develop autonomous countermeasures for aerial threats. You will design and test system architectures and electronic boards, partnering with external teams and internal colleagues across digital and analog domains.

Bring-up boards, validate requirements, and produce production-ready documentation. Strong ownership, lab skills, and communication in English are required; French or Dutch are

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience with ownership of complex designs.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer and/or Cadence OrCAD/Allegro.
• Deep electronic engineering skills in both digital and analog domains.
• Proficiency with Schematic Capture and PCB Layout design.
• Knowledge of DFM and reliability issues for complex electronics.
• Experience in selecting components and creating production-ready documentation (BOM, assy, etc.).
• Hands on with system bring up and internally prototyping boards.
• Proficient with lab equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer).
• Excellent written and spoken English; French or Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be one of the first members of a high performing team, designing and developing autonomous countermeasures to protect countries from aerial threats.
• Design, develop and test system architectures and electronic boards, both internally and with external partners, with high speed peripherals and sensors.
• Bring up boards and systems, ensuring that all intended functional and performance requirements are met.
• Work with your colleagues to integrate feedback during design reviews.
• Troubleshoot and debug problems, ensuring that issues are addressed as they appear.
• Ensure the designs adhere to the industrial quality standards by drafting test plans and working with test houses for validation and certification.
• Draft production level documentation for the entire product lifecycle.
• Be a team player and a mentor, being available to support the team when needed.

Skills

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro

Digital & Analog design

Schematic Capture

PCB Layout

DFM & Reliability

BOM & Production docs

Laboratory debugging

English proficiency

French or Dutch helpful

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Spectrum Analyzer

Yocto Embedded Linux

FPGAs

Job description

Sphere Defense in Brussels, Belgium, seeks an experienced Electronics Engineer to join early on a mission to develop autonomous countermeasures for aerial threats. You will design and test system architectures and electronic boards, partnering with external teams and internal colleagues across digital and analog domains.

Bring-up boards, validate requirements, and produce production-ready documentation. Strong ownership, lab skills, and communication in English are required; French or Dutch are