Avionics Integration Manager — MIURA 5 Launch Vehicle

PLD Space; Elche; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance (50% company discount

Physiotherapy on site

Healthy snacks and fruit

Restaurant tickets

Transport contributions

Training support

Flexible childcare contributions

23 days paid vacation

Descripción de la vacante

PLD Space is seeking a seasoned Avionics Integration Lead to coordinate all avionics activities for the MIURA 5 launch vehicle and future developments. You will oversee installation, harnessing, testing, and software integration, working with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, high-quality integration.

Key responsibilities include leading avionics integration teams, maintaining configuration control, and supporting launch campaigns from ATB through checkout.

Formación

• 10+ years in aerospace avionics integration or related launch vehicle experience.
• Strong knowledge of telemetry, harnessing, EMI/EMC, and flight software integration.
• Experience supporting integrated testing and launch campaigns.
• Experience leading technical integration teams in operational environments.

Responsabilidades

• Lead avionics integration activities for MIURA 5 and future launches.
• Coordinate installation, routing, integration, checkout, and validation of avionics.
• Ensure integration activities meet configurations, procedures, schedules, and quality.
• Maintain readiness of avionics teams, tooling, and facilities.
• Coordinate flight software loading and integrated hardware/software testing.
• Support launch campaign avionics checkout and troubleshooting.
• Ensure traceability of hardware, software, and harness configurations.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across avionics, GNC, and flight software teams.

Conocimientos

Avionics integration

Electrical integration

Launch vehicle experience

Team leadership

Telemetry systems

EMI/EMC practices

Flight software integration

Descripción del empleo

PLD Space is an international company on a mission to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launch sector. Its family of MIURA launchers and LINCE crewed capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the full spectrum of space missions.

PLD Space operates over 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to provide comprehensive satellite and payload launch services into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous, independent satellite space access capability, based on reliability at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer best-in-class launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies and national and international governmental entities

Mission

Responsible for the planning, coordination, execution, and verification of all avionics integration activities associated with the MIURA 5 launch vehicle.

Ensures avionics hardware, electrical systems, harnessing, telemetry, GNC hardware, flight computers and nodes are properly integrated and validated.

Acts as the interface between avionics engineering, avionics production, vehicle integration, other manufacturing areas, Flight Software, test operations, and launch operations.

• Lead all avionics integration activities for MIURA 5 launch vehicles and future developments.
• Coordinate installation, routing, integration, checkout, and validation of avionics subsystem and harnessing.
• Ensure avionics integration activities comply with approved configurations, procedures, schedules, and quality requirements.
• Maintain operational readiness of avionics integration teams, tooling, and facilities.

Electrical & Avionics Hardware Integration

• Coordinate installation and integration of avionics hardware into the launch vehicle.
• Verify mechanical mounting, electrical bonding, grounding, and connector integrity.
• Coordinate hardware inspections and closeout activities.
• Support avionics hardware troubleshooting and anomaly resolution.

Harnessing & Electrical Integration

• Ensure harness installation complies with routing, protection, EMI/EMC, and maintainability requirements.
• Coordinate continuity tests and electrical validation activities.
• Ensure harness configurations remain controlled and traceable.
• Support troubleshooting of electrical integration anomalies.

Software & Functional Integration

• Coordinate flight software loading and configuration activities.
• Support integrated hardware/software functional testing.
• Coordinate validation between avionics, GNC, and flight software teams at ATB level.
• Ensure version control and traceability of flight-critical software and firmware.

Integrated Vehicle Checkout & Testing

• Coordinate avionics functional testing during vehicle integration and launch preparation.
• Ensure avionics readiness for qualification and acceptance testing.
• Support troubleshooting during integrated vehicle test campaigns.

Launch Campaign Support

• Support launch site avionics integration and checkout activities.
• Coordinate avionics closeouts before launch operations.
• Support launch countdown electrical and telemetry operations.
• Coordinate rapid troubleshooting and anomaly resolution during launch campaigns.

Configuration & Quality Control

• Ensure avionics integration activities comply with approved configurations and engineering documentation.
• Maintain traceability of avionics hardware, software, and harness configurations.
• Support nonconformance resolution and corrective action implementation.
• Lead avionics integration technicians, engineers, and operational support personnel.
• Define roles, responsibilities, and accountability within the avionics integration organization.
• Support staffing, training, qualification, and development of avionics integration personnel.
• Promote operational discipline and safety culture.
• Launch campaign avionics status reports

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of aerospace avionics integration, electrical integration, or launch vehicle/ Aircraft or Satellite integration experience.
• Strong understanding of aerospace avionics systems, telemetry systems, harnessing, EMI/EMC practices, and flight software integration.
• Experience supporting integrated testing and launch campaigns.
• Experience leading technical integration teams in operational environments.

Key Skills

• Strong avionics integration mindset
• Electrical and systems troubleshooting capability
• Cross-functional coordination skills
• Operational leadership under schedule pressure
• Problem-solving and anomaly resolution capability

Reporting Structure

• Reports directly to the Launch Vehicle Integration Director or designated vehicle integration leadership.
• Works closely with CTO and MIURA Family Chief Designer, Avionics Engineering, Flight Software, GNC, Avionics Manufacturing , and Launch Operations leadership.
• Physiotherapy within our facilities
• 50% discount on your health insurance
• You can sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
• Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

• 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st

Never stop learning

• We encourage practical learning
• We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

• Childcare flexible contributions
• Restaurant tickets
• Transport flexible contributions
• Training support

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

• Teamwork.
• Commitment.
• Keep it simple.

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!