Systems Engineer (Electrical) in München

Your Role

As a Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for defining, integrating, and verifying the overall satellite payload and system architecture. You will translate mission and stakeholder needs into clear, testable system-level requirements and ensure their consistent implementation across hardware, software, and operational domains.

You will work at the intersection of RF payloads, onboard software, spacecraft subsystems, and mission operations. Your role is to maintain technical coherence across disciplines, manage interfaces and trade-offs, with a particular focus on the electrical architecture of the payload, and guide the system from early concept through integration, test, launch, and on-orbit operations. Your work ensures that Orbint's satellite systems meet performance, reliability, and mission objectives under real-world constraints.

About You

We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.

Core Technical Profile

• Degree (BSc/MSc/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field.
• Strong experience in systems engineering for complex, high-reliability systems, ideally in space, defence, or similarly regulated domains.
• Proven ability to translate mission objectives into system architectures, requirements, and verification concepts.
• Experience with requirements engineering, including decomposition, traceability, and change management.
• Solid electrical engineering background: power distribution, electrical interfaces, harness design, grounding concepts, and EMC.
• Solid understanding of spacecraft subsystems and payloads (structure, thermal, power, avionics, software, RF, ground segment) and how they interact at system level.
• Familiarity with system-level analyses and budgets (mass, power, data rate, thermal, performance margins).

SIGINT / Space / Defence Domain (Strong Plus)

• Small satellite (CubeSat / SmallSat) missions and payload integration.
• RF payloads, SIGINT / COMINT / ELINT systems, or sensing missions.
• Flight software, onboard computing, or payload data processing pipelines.
• Electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and electrical integration and testing of space hardware.
• AIT/AIV campaigns, environmental testing, and system-level qualification flows.
• Interface control documents (ICDs), system verification and validation (V&V), and acceptance testing.
• Understanding of defence and security user needs and operational constraints.

General

• Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
• Ability to take ownership of system topics from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
• Strong communication skills: you can explain complex system trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
• Comfortable working across disciplines and acting as a technical integrator rather than a single-domain specialist.
• Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
• Eligibility for security clearance.

Why Orbint

At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security. From designing advanced RF payloads to developing the onboard and ground software that power our satellites — our team is shaping the future of space-based RF sensing.

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