Lead Avionics Hardware Engineer - Spaceflight Electronics

PAVE Space SA.; Villeneuve (VD); On-site; CHF 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PAVE Space SA is delivering the LYOBA heavy kick stage, moving up to 4‑tonne payloads from LEO to high energy orbits in under 24 hours. You will own the flight computer PCB design and lead the avionics hardware strategy as the project advances toward qualification and flight.

The role emphasizes hardware leadership, hands‑on debugging, and validation across flight computers, propulsion electronics, and interfaces, with on‑site work in Villeneuve (VD). Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to design high‑reliability flight hardware.
• Experience with qualification and environmental testing.
• Strong background in digital and mixed‑signal design.

Responsibilities

• Flight computer PCB design from current revision through qualification.
• Design and test redundancy architectures for fault tolerance.
• Select components across digital, mixed‑signal and power domains.

Skills

PCB Design

High-reliability electronics

Digital logic

Embedded lifecycle

English fluency

Education

MSc in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Cadence

Job description

PAVE Space SA is delivering the LYOBA heavy kick stage, moving up to 4‑tonne payloads from LEO to high energy orbits in under 24 hours. You will own the flight computer PCB design and lead the avionics hardware strategy as the project advances toward qualification and flight.

The role emphasizes hardware leadership, hands‑on debugging, and validation across flight computers, propulsion electronics, and interfaces, with on‑site work in Villeneuve (VD). Fluency in English is required.