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Rocket Factory Augsburg · Augsburg, Germany · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-16
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About Rocket Factory Augsburg

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) builds small launch vehicles to deploy satellites into Low Earth Orbit and beyond. Our goal is to create low-cost, flexible, and reliable access to space and help drive the New Space movement in Europe.

The Team and Your Role

Our international Avionics team designs every avionics device on the vehicle: engine control units, actuators, power distribution, and onboard cameras. As Group Lead Avionics Hardware Design, you will combine technical and people leadership. You will guide avionics architecture and design standards while supervising, mentoring, and growing a team of design engineers. You will set standards for how we design, review, and release hardware and ensure your team has what it needs to succeed.

Your Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of avionics design engineers: plan work, coach growth, keep them unblocked and motivated
  • Own avionics architecture and interoperability between devices, ensuring coherent system-level hardware integration
  • Own the team's design process, standards, documentation, configuration control, and change management
  • Chair hardware design reviews, maintaining design quality across schematics, PCB layout, and system-level decisions
  • Bridge Systems Engineering and hardware, translating system-level requirements into hardware direction
  • Drive cross-disciplinary design trade-offs with software, mechanical, and production teams
  • Steer designs to meet applicable environmental standards (DO-160, MIL-STD-810) for reliable performance in extreme conditions
  • Stay technically hands-on: support engineers on tough design problems and contribute directly to design tasks in Altium when needed
  • Help recruit, onboard, and scale the team
  • Keep engineering leadership informed on progress, technical risks, and resourcing needs

Your Qualifications

  • Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years designing complex mixed-signal electronics with deep knowledge of PCB layout, signal integrity, and power integrity
  • Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium preferred) and circuit simulation tools (LTspice, PSpice, etc.)
  • Track record of leading, mentoring, or coaching engineers with technical authority to set standards and run rigorous design reviews
  • Seniority to think at architecture and process level for a whole hardware group, not just individual designs
  • Background designing for aerospace environments (DO-160, MIL-STD-810); equivalent experience from high-reliability industries (automotive, medical, defense) also valued
  • Experience with design for manufacturing (DFM), taking hardware from prototype to production
  • Exposure to mechanical integration, thermal design, and actuators is a plus
  • Self-driven, accountable working style with high personal standards
  • Fluent English; day-to-day work is in English

What We Offer

  • Atmosphere: experience life in an international and dynamic New Space start-up
  • Flexibility: flexible working hours to fit your schedule
  • Home Office: one day per week home office for full-time employees
  • Health: EGYM Wellpass for fitness and wellness
  • Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave plus special leave days
  • Team Culture: regular company and team events
  • Parking: free parking for cars and bikes

Join RFA and help build one of Europe's most efficient launch systems. Work alongside 300+ colleagues from over 40 countries and take ownership from day one.