Systems & Electrical Engineer - Human Spaceflight & Microgravity (m/f/d)

• 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