Senior Systems Engineer – Avionics & Autonomy (all genders)

ERC System; Ottobrunn; Remote; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work option

Competitive compensation

Team events

Job summary

ERC System GmbH in Ottobrunn, Germany is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – Avionics & Autonomy to own the architecture, requirements, and integration of avionics and onboard intelligence for our eVTOL program.

You will collaborate with flight controls, software, and mechanical teams to ensure robust, scalable systems from concept through verification and supplier coordination, enabling safe flight and future autonomous capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Aerospace, Electrical/Electronic, Computer Engineering).
• ≥5 years of experience in avionics, embedded systems, or systems engineering.
• Strong expertise in aerospace product development including requirements engineering.
• Solid understanding of avionics architectures: computing, data links, sensors.
• Familiarity with safety-critical development processes.
• Self-management with strong teamwork and communication.
• Autonomous, goal-oriented, and analytical with problem-solving ability.
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Specify and develop requirements and airworthy architectures for the avionics system, including computing platforms, data links, sensor integration, and interfaces to other aircraft systems
• Define validation and verification strategies for avionics system requirements at system, subsystem, and component level
• Lead technical discussions and negotiations with suppliers of avionics components and systems
• Coordinate the installation and integration of avionics systems across mechanical, electrical, software, and flight control teams, ensuring alignment of interfaces, responsibilities, and schedules
• Own the technical integration of avionics systems, ensuring seamless interaction of computing, communication, and sensor systems within the aircraft and validating correct system-level behavior
• Support system-level integration, ground testing, and flight test activities related to avionics systems
• Contribute to the development and integration of autonomy-enabling capabilities from a system architecture perspective

Skills

Requirements engineering

Avionics architectures

Sensor integration

Data links

Safety-critical

Self-management

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering

Job description

About The Role

As Senior Systems Engineer – Avionics & Autonomy, your mission is to own the architecture, requirements, and integration of our avionics and onboard intelligence, enabling robust communication, data processing, and system coordination within our eVTOL aircraft. You are responsible for the system-level definition and integration of the avionics system, including computing platforms, data links, and sensor integration as core elements. From requirements definition to verification and supplier coordination, you drive the development of a complex, safety-critical system that forms the digital backbone of the aircraft. Working closely with flight controls, software, and mechanical teams, you ensure that the avionics system is robust, scalable, and ready for flight and future autonomous capabilities.

What You Will Do

• Specify and develop requirements and airworthy architectures for the avionics system, including computing platforms, data links, sensor integration, and interfaces to other aircraft systems
• Define validation and verification strategies for avionics system requirements at system, subsystem, and component level
• Lead technical discussions and negotiations with suppliers of avionics components and systems
• Coordinate the installation and integration of avionics systems across mechanical, electrical, software, and flight control teams, ensuring alignment of interfaces, responsibilities, and schedules
• Own the technical integration of avionics systems, ensuring seamless interaction of computing, communication, and sensor systems within the aircraft and validating correct system-level behavior
• Support system-level integration, ground testing, and flight test activities related to avionics systems
• Contribute to the development and integration of autonomy-enabling capabilities from a system architecture perspective

What You Bring

• Hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Aerospace, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Bring at least 5 years of relevant experience in avionics, embedded systems, or systems engineering
• Demonstrate strong expertise in aerospace product development, including requirements engineering and requirements-driven development
• Possess a solid understanding of avionics system architectures, including computing platforms, data links, and sensor integration
• Be familiar with safety-critical development processes
• Exhibit a high degree of self-management, combined with the ability to work effectively in a team
• You are an autonomous, goal-oriented, and driven professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Communicate effectively and demonstrate excellent technical writing and problem-solving abilities

Moreover, it would be beneficial if you also:

• Have hands-on experience integrating avionics systems or similarly complex hardware-software systems.
• Be familiar with industry standards such as ARP4754 and DO-178/DO-254
• Have practical experience with requirements management tools
• Bring experience in managing suppliers or external partners
• Possess hands-on knowledge of data links and communication systems (e.g., CAN, ARINC, Ethernet-based systems)

What We Offer

• Full-scale aerospace engineering, not concept slides
• A 60+ engineer team at Ottobrunn
• Real ownership and flat hierarchies: a modern startup culture where your input shapes decisions, not just execution
• Flexible working hours, remote work, and competitive compensation
• Health & wellbeing: EGYM Wellpass membership and subsidized lunch in our canteen
• Office extras: espresso coffee, fresh fruit, and soft drinks, plus regular team and company events, and plenty more once you're on board

About Us

Built for purpose.When time matters.

ERC was founded to close Europe's critical capability gap in the sky. Two full-scale demonstrators. Two EU records. Built for the missions that cannot wait.