Senior Systems Engineer - Electric Propulsion (all genders) Systems Munich →

ERC System GmbH; München; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

ERC System GmbH is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – Electric Propulsion (all genders) in Munich to ensure propulsion systems are fit for purpose, enabling aircraft-level performance, safety, and certification throughout the lifecycle.

You will connect requirements, design, supplier deliverables, and verification into a solid technical baseline, drive trade studies, and lead cross-disciplinary discussions to resolve issues and ensure interfaces and constraints align with operation concepts and

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in aerospace, electrical, systems, or related field.
• Extensive systems engineering experience with complex products.
• Deep understanding of electric propulsion systems and integration.
• Experience in aviation or regulated industries.
• Strong requirements engineering and baseline management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own a complete, consistent, and traceable requirements baseline for the electric propulsion system.
• Define and maintain the system architecture, interfaces, operating modes, and constraints.
• Drive system-level trade studies and recommend architecture and design solutions; document risks and issues.
• Define validation and verification strategies and coordinate evidence closure across levels for certification readiness.
• Lead technical discussions with suppliers and engineering partners to align requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Assess impact of design changes on requirements, interfaces, verification, safety, and certification.
• Prepare system engineering deliverables for reviews, integration, testing, and service readiness gates.

Skills

Systems engineering

Electric propulsion

Aviation industry experience

Requirements engineering

Cross-disciplinary leadership

Technical risk management

English for technical docs

Education

Engineering degree (aerospace/electrical/systems)

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer - Electric Propulsion (all genders)

Systems

Full Time

Build Europe's next chapter in vertical lift and make it count. Join ERC and help us prove the case: capability, engineering, flight proof, European sovereignty, and mission flexibility.

As Senior Systems Engineer – Electric Propulsion, your mission is to ensure that the electric propulsion system is fit for its intended purpose, enabling aircraft-level performance, safety, and certifiability throughout the aircraft lifecycle.

With deep expertise in electric propulsion, you connect system requirements, system design, supplier deliverables, and verification into a consistent technical baseline. You drive technical trade-offs, resolve complex system issues, and ensure that interfaces, operating modes, and constraints remain aligned with the aircraft’s concept of operation and neighbouring systems.

Working closely with engineering teams, suppliers, and safety and certification specialists, you ensure that the propulsion system is ready for integration, ground and flight testing, and entry into service. You provide clear technical recommendations and evidence to support informed decisions at system and aircraft level.

What you will do

• Own a complete, consistent, and traceable requirements baseline for the electric propulsion system, translating aircraft, safety, certification, and programme needs into system and equipment requirements.
• Define and maintain the system architecture, interfaces, operating modes, and constraints, including the interaction of electric motors, inverters, and propulsion controls
• Drive system-level trade studies and recommend architecture and design solutions, making assumptions, technical risks, and open issues transparent and resolving or escalating them with a clear assessment of their impact.
• Define validation and verification strategies and coordinate evidence closure across system, subsystem, and equipment levels, ensuring coverage of all allocated requirements and readiness for certification milestones.
• Lead technical discussions with suppliers and engineering partners, aligning requirements, interfaces, deliverables, and acceptance criteria against a shared technical baseline.
• Assess the impact of proposed design changes on requirements, interfaces, verification, safety, certification, and configuration, coordinating the assessment with affected stakeholders before implementation.
• Prepare system engineering deliverables for technical reviews, integration, ground and flight testing, and service readiness gates, providing clear status, evidence, deviations, and residual risk assessments.

what you bring

• An engineering degree or equivalent qualification in aerospace, electrical, systems, control engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive systems engineering experience with complex technical products.
• Deep technical understanding of electric propulsion systems, including electric motors, inverters, propulsion controls, and their electrical, thermal, and mechanical integration.
• Experience in aviation or a comparably regulated industry, such as space, automotive, or defence.
• A strong command of requirements engineering, traceability, technical baseline management, and the assessment of design changes.
• The ability to lead technical discussions across disciplines and with suppliers, evaluate competing solutions, and turn complex issues into well-supported recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgement and self-management, with a proactive approach to technical risk, issue resolution, and stakeholder alignment.
• Professional working English for technical documentation and stakeholder communication.

What we offer

• Full-scale aerospace engineering — not concept slides.
• A 60+ engineer team at Ottobrunn, backed by IABG and developed alongside TUM and DRF Luftrettung.