Avionics Architect

Blackshark; Toulouse; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aerospacelab in Toulouse is seeking an Avionics Architect to own end-to-end satellite avionics architecture across platforms and payloads. You will bridge hardware, firmware and systems engineering, translating mission requirements into robust design decisions.

Join a fast-moving, collaboration‑driven team that values hands-on design, rigorous trades, and early feedback from testing and operations, helping us advance European small satellite capabilities.

Qualifications

• Degree in aerospace/engineering with a relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in aerospace or a related industry.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and trade-offs clearly.
• Demonstrated autonomy to drive designs to completion.
• Fluency in English.

Responsabilités

• Lead architectural trade-off studies and ensure optimal design choices.
• Verify budgets and constraints for avionics architectures.
• Ensure inter-compatibility of satellite sub-systems.
• Collaborate with systems engineers to derive requirements and traceability.
• Support end-to-end validation and verification for avionics.
• Support satellite operators and establish design standards.
• Drive architectural reviews (PDR, CDR) as a reference point.

Connaissances

Leadership

Communication

English fluency

Autonomy

Rapid learning

Formation

MSc or PhD in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Outils

CAD/CAE tools

Description du poste

About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2026, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 350 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Role overview

As an Avionics Architect, you will be a key technical authorityworking on satellite projects, responsible for defining and owning the end-to-end avionics architecture of our satellite, including platforms and payload.You will work at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and systems engineering, bridging functional requirements and physical implementation across multiple concurrent missions.The Avionics architect is involved during the full satellite development cycle, frommission analysis (typicallypower budget and data budget), satellitearchitecture designto satellite validation and supporting the satellite operators.

At Aerospacelab, our motto is work hard, play hard. With strive to innovate, in a fun and inclusive work environment. We work in short cycles – no waiting for years before manufacturing and testing to get valuable feedback. Expect an exciting job, where you will learn constantly and contribute to building state-of-the-art designs, that will play a crucial role in our missions.

Key activities

• Lead architectural trade-offstudies andtechnical design choices, balancing performance, mass, power budget, reliability.
• Verify satellite budgets (power budget, data budget…).
• Ensure inter-compatibility (data, power, EMC/EMI) of all satellite sub-systems.
• Collaborate with systems engineers to derive avionicsand sub-systemsrequirements from mission-level specifications and ensure full requirements traceability
• Support satellite end-to-end validation & verification team
• Support satellite operators
• Establish avionics design standards, and architectural guidelines reusable across the platform family
• Drive architectural design reviews (PDR, CDR) and act as a technical reference point for internal and external stakeholders

Must have

• MScor PhDdegree inAerospace Engineering,Electro-Mechanical Engineering,Electrical Engineering,or related field
• 3y+ experience inthe Aerospace industryor relevant industry
• Ability to lead technical discussions, structure trade-offs clearly, and communicate architectural decisions to multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to work across the team and company to drive designs to completion in full autonomy
• Ability to learn quickly
• Good communication skills
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Knowledge of spacecraft avionics subsystems (OBC, PCDU, AOCS, telemetry & telecommand)
• Understanding of space-grade communication protocols and bus architectures (SpaceWire, CAN,RS-422/485, Ethernet,etc.)
• Experience with the fullsatellitedevelopment lifecycle: from requirements capture to integration, test, and operations
• Experienceassystemengineer, used to work in multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in leading new projects starting from scratch
• Proficiency with common industrymechanical/electronic design software