Senior Space Systems Electrical Engineer

Airbus Defence and Space; Getafe; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee stock options

Retirement plan

Study grants

Free canteen

Job summary

Airbus Defence and Space in Madrid (Getafe) is seeking a Space Systems Electrical Engineer to develop electrical and electronic systems for satellite platforms and payloads across telecommunications, Earth observation, science and navigation domains.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, defining verification strategies, managing electrical interfaces, budgets, and collaborating with procurement, AIT and quality teams to ensure on-cost, on-time deliveries.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
• Proven experience (>=5 years) in space projects, space digital electronics design and test.
• Experience in requirements management and subcontractor technical management.
• English advanced level and Spanish advanced level.
• ESA standards experience (ECSSs...).
• Experience in space microprocessor/SoCs HW design and FPGA design is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Under the coordination of the System Electrical Architect, manage technical aspects of selected areas (e.g., DHS or on-board data handling).
• Elaborate and maintain technical requirement specifications for on-board subsystems or boards.
• Review hardware designs, FPGA designs, and related documentation when needed.
• Support data bus protocols, processor load budgets, and memory occupation planning.
• Design specific electrical circuits (digital) and review PCB designs.
• Define system verification and validation strategy and prepare test specifications and documentation.
• Collaborate with procurement, AIT, Quality teams to follow up equipment development and address risks.

Skills

Space projects

Hardware design

Requirements management

Subcontractor management

English advanced

Spanish advanced

Education

Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree

Tools

LT/PSPICE

MATLAB

ALTIUM

DOORS

Python

FPGA design

Job description

Airbus Defence and Space in Madrid (Getafe) is seeking a Space Systems Electrical Engineer to develop electrical and electronic systems for satellite platforms and payloads across telecommunications, Earth observation, science and navigation domains.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, defining verification strategies, managing electrical interfaces, budgets, and collaborating with procurement, AIT and quality teams to ensure on-cost, on-time deliveries.