Project Manager - Avionics

ReOrbit; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch vouchers

Health insurance

Relocation support

Team events

Job summary

ReOrbit is seeking a Project Manager – Avionics to lead the avionics development and integration for the SiltaSat GEO satellite, ensuring power systems, onboard electronics, harnessing, sensors, and interfaces meet long-duration mission requirements.

Based in Helsinki, Finland, this role offers the opportunity to influence space data transfer through a software-enabled, innovative team and to work with suppliers, verification, and EICD stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Master’s degree is an advantage.
• 5+ years of avionics/flight hardware experience in space/aerospace.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Strong understanding of GEO-mission reliability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead all avionics domain activities across the GEO satellite program.
• Oversee development and integration of power systems and onboard electronics.
• Coordinate with subsystem leads and Work Package Managers.
• Lead procurement and supplier follow-up for avionics hardware.
• Support verification, electrical integration and testing.
• Custodian of the Electrical Interface Control Document (EICD).

Skills

Avionics integration

Electrical interfaces

Environmental testing

Schematic interpretation

Power distribution

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree advantageous

Tools

EICD management

Job description

ReOrbit is looking for a Project Manager – Avionics to lead avionics development and integration for the SiltaSat GEO satellite. This role ensures the successful delivery of power systems, onboard electronics, harnessing, sensors, actuators, and all electrical interfaces required for long‑duration GEO missions. It's an exciting chance to join a dynamic start‑up, with the opportunity to make a real impact, to reach our goal of pushing the boundaries of space data transfer.

Responsibilities

• Lead all avionics domain activities across the GEO satellite program.
• Oversee development and integration of
• Power systems
• Onboard electronics
• Harnessing
• Sensors and actuators
• Power, signal, and data interfaces
• Manage electrical interface control and cross‑subsystem alignment.
• Coordinate with subsystem leads and Work Package Managers.
• Lead procurement and supplier follow‑up for avionics hardware and long‑lead items.
• Support verification, electrical integration, and testing activities.
• Serve as custodian of the Electrical Interface Control Document (EICD).

Skills And Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Master’s degree is an advantage.
• 5+ years of experience in avionics or flight hardware development within a space or aerospace company.
• Strong understanding of avionics integration, electrical interfaces, and GEO‑mission reliability requirements.
• Experience with environmental testing (EMC, vibration, TVAC) for avionics systems.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Understanding of power distribution, signal integrity, and data‑handling architectures.
• Experience with electrical integration workflows and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of ESD‑safe handling and transport of sensitive avionics hardware.

What does ReOrbit do?

ReOrbit builds the foundation for the next generation of space applications by transforming satellites into truly intelligent, interconnected platforms, defined by software. Our satellite design philosophy revolves around the idea that satellites must network, communicate with each other and thus improve mission efficiency. How can this be achieved? Thanks to a flexible software-first architecture, where all these aspects are dealt with upfront in the mission concept, as integrated functionalities.

ReOrbit’s top‑notch team of software engineers and system architects develop in‑house software, procure hardware from the best‑in‑class suppliers, and seamlessly integrate the components to create flexible and secure satellites. Today, we are a rapidly growing company building a very strong multidisciplinary team to support our activities. We are headquartered in Helsinki, Finland with a subsidiaries in Bristol, UK, Bariloche, Argentina and Bengaluru, India.

Working at ReOrbit

At ReOrbit, we are focused on building a strong team as we believe nothing can be accomplished without innovative, humble and curious minds working together on a common goal. We’re all about fostering an inclusive, dynamic environment where equality and diversity are our strength.

We offer

• Challenging but rewarding environment – you will thrive if you are always reflecting on how to make things better. Your ideas will be heard.
• Ambitious and supportive network of people, who are motivated to change the space industry, bringing expertise from both classic and new space .
• Benefits such as lunch vouchers, events, parties, occupational health care and additional health insurance - but most importantly a possibility to be a part of a unique and diverse team, connected by similar mindset and sense of humor.
• We like to spend time together! You can choose activities whichever is to your liking – runOrbit, climbOrbit; become ping pong or board games champion.
• We support relocation and integration into Finnish society.

Join us in our journey of building software enabled satellites for secure communications

and, thus, creating the most compelling in space data flow company of the new space era.

The Company may require a security clearance for certain positions. Any such security clearance will be conducted in accordance with applicable law and the Company's relevant policies