Stealthrocketrystartup
Avionics Engineer
Salary not disclosedOnsite
- Engineering
- Germany
- Full time
- Yesterday
About the role
We are looking for an Avionics Engineer to design, build, test, and support the electronic systems that enable our launch vehicles to operate. You will work across both flight hardware and electrical ground-support equipment, contributing to the full development cycle from requirements and architecture through integration, test, and flight readiness.
Responsibilities
- Develop avionics electronics for flight hardware, including power, control, sensing, instrumentation, telemetry, and data-acquisition systems.
- Define requirements, interfaces, architectures, schematics, PCB designs, component selections, and production documentation.
- Design, build, and maintain electrical ground-support equipment, test fixtures, harnesses, and facility interfaces.
- Bring up, debug, integrate, and verify electronic hardware in the laboratory, on test stands, and on vehicle hardware.
- Work closely with flight software, systems, propulsion, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve cross-disciplinary issues.
- Support environmental testing, hardware campaigns, launch operations, and the continuous improvement of avionics designs and processes.
Required skills
- Systems
- Analogue electronics
- Digital electronics
- Power distribution
- Sensors
- Signal conditioning
- Hardware interfaces
- Schematics
- PCB development
- Component selection
- Laboratory testing
- Technical documentation
Nice to have
- Flight hardware
- Ground-support equipment
- Test stands
- Instrumentation
- Data acquisition
- Harnessing
- Vehicle integration
- Embedded electronics
- Microcontrollers
- Communication interfaces
Qualifications
- Degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, avionics, computer engineering, or a related discipline
- Equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Stock options
- Relocation support
- Flights
- Shipping
- Visa support
- Daily lunch
- Daily dinner
- Daily drinks
- Shared company housing
About the Company
We are a Germany-based rocketry startup currently in stealth mode, scaling up rapidly to meet the demand for high-performance, reliable, and scalable solid propulsion technologies for space and defense applications. We are already launching suborbital and ballistic rockets on a regular basis, generating significant revenue and applying our knowledge toward the development of an orbital rocket.