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About Aerospacelab
We design and manufacture small satellites combined with earth observation services. Since 2018, we have grown to over 25 engineering experts across hardware design, software development, and data science. By 2026, we operate from Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland), and the US West Coast with more than 350 full-time employees.
The role
As an Avionics Architect, you will be a key technical authority on satellite projects. You will define and own the end-to-end avionics architecture of our satellites, 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. You will be involved throughout the full satellite development cycle, from mission analysis through validation and supporting satellite operators.
Key activities
- Lead architectural trade-off studies and technical design choices, balancing performance, mass, power budget, and reliability
- Verify satellite budgets including power budget and data budget
- Ensure inter-compatibility of data, power, EMC/EMI across all satellite subsystems
- Collaborate with systems engineers to derive avionics and subsystems requirements from mission-level specifications and ensure full requirements traceability
- Support satellite end-to-end validation and verification
- Support satellite operators
- Establish avionics design standards and architectural guidelines reusable across the platform family
- Drive architectural design reviews (PDR, CDR) and act as technical reference point for internal and external stakeholders
Must have
- MSc or PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years experience in aerospace industry or relevant industry
- Ability to lead technical discussions, structure trade-offs clearly, and communicate architectural decisions to multidisciplinary teams
- Demonstrated ability to work across 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 and telecommand)
- Understanding of space-grade communication protocols and bus architectures (SpaceWire, CAN, RS-422/485, Ethernet)
- Experience with full satellite development lifecycle from requirements capture to integration, test, and operations
- Experience as systems engineer working in multidisciplinary teams
- Experience leading new projects from scratch
- Proficiency with common industry mechanical and electronic design software