Senior Spacecraft Avionics & Electrical Systems Engineer

Clearspace; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ClearSpace seeks a Senior Electrical System Engineer in London to lead electrical system design across current missions and future programmes. You will shape avionics architecture, interfaces, and system-level integration, collaborating with subsystem and software engineers throughout the mission lifecycle.

The role requires 5+ years in space electrical engineering, strong requirements handling, and a track record in formal design reviews. London-based with on-site work expectations.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years electrical engineering experience in space industry (systems/avionics/data handling/power electronics).
• Experience with system-level requirements, interfaces and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of program lifecycles and ability to contribute to formal reviews (PDR/CDR).
• Ability to work in a team and collaborate across disciplines.
• Well-organised with ability to handle multiple topics in parallel.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical system engineering from high level architecture to detailed electronics design.
• Develop and maintain electrical system architectures for missions.
• Act as technical contact on electrical systems with stakeholders.
• Define validation, verification and test plans, and support AIV/T planning.
• Generate documentation for the full project lifetime (plans, FMEA, tests).
• Support flight operations and client/project reviews.

Skills

Electrical systems design

Requirements engineering

System-level thinking

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

BSc/MSc in aerospace or electrical engineering or physics

Job description

ClearSpace seeks a Senior Electrical System Engineer in London to lead electrical system design across current missions and future programmes. You will shape avionics architecture, interfaces, and system-level integration, collaborating with subsystem and software engineers throughout the mission lifecycle.

The role requires 5+ years in space electrical engineering, strong requirements handling, and a track record in formal design reviews. London-based with on-site work expectations.