Senior Digital Payload Systems Engineer (H/F/X) - Permanent Position

Coris Innovation Group; Gland; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Coris Innovation, a Lausanne-based engineering partner, seeks an experienced Digital Payload Systems Engineer to join an international satellite communications R&D team. This permanent role covers the full engineering lifecycle from system definition to in-orbit activities.

You will contribute to advanced digital payload architectures, onboard processing and interface management while collaborating with hardware, software and external partners. Swiss/EU citizenship or permit required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Space Systems or a related discipline is expected.
• Eight years of relevant professional experience in satellite telecommunications and digital payload systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop digital telecommunications payload architectures.
• Contribute to on-board processing, regenerative payload and digital processing architectures.
• Translate mission and system needs into payload and subsystem requirements.
• Define and manage interfaces between payload hardware, software and digital subsystems.
• Perform system-level trade-offs and contribute to SWaP-C analyses.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external partners.
• Review and challenge technical solutions proposed by equipment suppliers.
• Support payload development throughout design, integration, verification and qualification phases.
• Contribute to test definition, technical reviews and test-result analysis.
• Support AIT/AIV, launch preparation and in-orbit commissioning activities.
• Participate in major engineering and design reviews.
• Prepare and present technical documentation to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Payload architecture

Digital payloads

On-board processing

Digital signal processing

Modem architecture

Digital routing

Hardware interfaces

System engineering

Requirements management

Space qualification

Education

Master's degree in Telecommunications/Electronics/Electrical Engineering/Space Systems

PhD in related field

Job description

Coris Innovation is an engineering consulting company specializing in systems engineering and industrial processes.

Founded in 2015, our company was built around a clear principle: to create long-term, close working relationships in consulting, while ensuring the satisfaction of our partners, consultants and teams.

Today, this approach to engineering consulting is shared by around one hundred employees across five offices in Switzerland and France (Annecy, Bourges, Grenoble and Lyon), supporting industrial clients every day with their innovation, Research & Development and production challenges.

Would you like to be part of the journey and join a fast-growing company that is committed to delivering on its promises to both its employees and clients? Then this could be the right opportunity for you!

Coris Innovation is committed to promoting professional equality, diversity and inclusion.

All our opportunities are open to everyone, and we are committed to ensuring a recruitment process based solely on skills, experience and potential.

Job Description

We are recruiting an experienced Digital Payload Systems Engineer to join an international satellite communications company and its R&D team based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

This is a permanent position with direct employment by the end company.

The company is developing a new generation of satellite communication systems, with a particular focus on the digital and back-end architecture of telecommunications payloads. The position covers the full engineering lifecycle, from initial system definition and requirements flow-down through integration, qualification and in-orbit activities.

Your responsibilities

You will contribute to the definition and development of advanced satellite communication payload architectures, with a strong focus on digital and regenerative payload technologies.

Your Main Responsibilities Will Include

• Define and develop digital telecommunications payload architectures.
• Contribute to on-board processing, regenerative payload and digital processing architectures.
• Translate mission and system needs into payload and subsystem requirements.
• Define and manage interfaces between payload hardware, software and digital subsystems.
• Perform system-level trade-offs and contribute to SWaP-C analyses.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external partners.
• Review and challenge technical solutions proposed by equipment suppliers.
• Support payload development throughout the design, integration, verification and qualification phases.
• Contribute to test definition, technical reviews and test-result analysis.
• Support AIT/AIV, launch preparation and in-orbit commissioning activities.
• Participate in major engineering and design reviews.
• Prepare and present technical documentation to internal and external stakeholders.

Profile / Requirements

We are looking for an engineer with a strong background in satellite telecommunications and digital payload systems, ideally with at least eight years of relevant professional experience.

You should have experience in several of the following areas:

• Satellite telecommunications payload architecture.
• Digital and regenerative payloads.
• On-board processing and digital signal processing.
• Modem and communication-processing architectures.
• Digital routing, switching and channelization.
• Hardware/software payload architectures and interfaces.
• Satellite system engineering and requirements management.
• Payload equipment and subsystem development.
• Integration, verification and space qualification.
• Payload testing and in-orbit commissioning.

Experience with RF communication chains, antennas, TT&C, FPGA/SoC technologies, orbital analysis tools or satellite operations would be considered an advantage. However, deep RF expertise is not the primary focus of this position.

A Master's degree or PhD in Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Space Systems or a related discipline is expected.

Candidates must hold Swiss or EU citizenship, or already possess a valid Swiss work permit.

The environment

You will join an international and multidisciplinary R&D environment in Lausanne, working closely with specialists in hardware, software, digital communications and satellite systems.

The role offers substantial involvement in technical decisions and next-generation SatCom developments, from early architecture phases through validation, deployment and operations.

Employment conditions and recruitment process

This opportunity is offered as a direct and permanent hire by the end company, with a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to attract experienced satellite payload specialists.

The recruitment process is intended to be efficient and technically focused