Senior Satellite Digital Payload Architect

Coris Innovation; Gland; Remote; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Coris Innovation is recruiting an experienced Digital Payload Systems Engineer to join an international satellite communications company in Lausanne, Switzerland. This permanent role covers the full engineering lifecycle from requirements flow-down through in-orbit activities.

You will develop digital payload architectures, contribute to on-board processing and regenerative payloads, and collaborate with hardware, software and systems teams to meet mission objectives.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Space Systems or related discipline.
• Swiss or EU citizenship, or valid Swiss work permit.
• Experience with RF chains, antennas, TT&C, FPGA/SoC technologies, orbital analysis tools or satellite operations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop digital telecom payload architectures.
• Contribute to on-board processing, regenerative payload and digital processing architectures.
• Translate mission needs into payload requirements.
• Define and manage interfaces between payload hardware, software and subsystems.
• Perform system-level trade-offs and SWaP-C analyses.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and external partners.
• Review technical solutions proposed by suppliers.
• Support payload development through design, integration, verification and qualification.
• Contribute to test definition, reviews and results analysis.
• Support AIT/AIV, launch prep and in-orbit commissioning.

Skills

Satellite payload arch

Digital payloads

On-board processing

Digital signal processing

Modem architectures

SWaP-C analysis

Interface definition

System trade-offs

Education

Master's or PhD

Tools

FPGA/SoC tools

RF analysis tools

Simulation software

Job description

Coris Innovation is recruiting an experienced Digital Payload Systems Engineer to join an international satellite communications company in Lausanne, Switzerland. This permanent role covers the full engineering lifecycle from requirements flow-down through in-orbit activities.

You will develop digital payload architectures, contribute to on-board processing and regenerative payloads, and collaborate with hardware, software and systems teams to meet mission objectives.