Systems & Electrical Engineer - Human Spaceflight & Microgravity (m/f/d) (Elektroniker/in - Luftfahrttechnische Systeme)

Your Tasks

• Support proposal activities as well as the preparation of programmatic and technical documentation
• Translate scientific requirements into research instruments and facilities in close collaboration with scientific partners and space agencies
• Contribute to multiple engineering aspects of the projects, including the development of electrical architectures and related subsystem designs
• Perform requirements analysis, design, verification, and AIT (Assembly, Integration and Test) activities
• Support manufacturing, assembly, and test campaigns, including hands-on work with spaceflight hardware
• Contribute to mission support activities such as mission preparation, live operations support from the Ground Control Station, anomaly investigation and recovery, as well as post-processing of mission data
• Depending on the mission profile and destination (e.g. sounding rockets, ISS, free-flyers, or future space stations), support launch site activities and participate in mission-style campaign operations, including travel as required

Your Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a comparable technical qualification
• Experience in PCB development
• Good understanding of Linux-based operating systems as well as software source code in C and Python
• Initial project engineering experience, ideally in the space sector or another process-driven industry such as automotive
• Excellent communication skills in English and German

Your Profile

• You are a generalist with broad technical curiosity rather than a narrow specialist
• You are open to new challenges and enjoy working across disciplines
• You thrive in a role that combines organizational, technical, and analytical work
• You are comfortable operating in a structured engineering environment while maintaining flexibility and hands-on engagement