Job Description:
Description of the job
A vacancy for a Space Systems Electrical Architect has arisen within Airbus Defence & Space in Madrid (Getafe). The successful applicant will join the Electrical Systems Engineering Departmen.
The Electrical Architect will contribute to specifying, decomposing, developing and integrating electrical and electronic systems and sub-systems for satellite platforms and payloads (including active antennas), and for applications including Telecommunications, Earth Observation, Science and Navigation. He/she will work in a multi-disciplinary engineering team and will contribute to the on-cost, on-time and on-quality product delivery to customer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Under the coordination of the System Engineering Manager, manage all technical aspects related to electrical sub-systems and equipment, including electrical power and Data Handling sub-systems.
- Perform an electrical system architecture breakdown, define technical requirements for the composing equipment,



elaborate and maintain requirement specifications for on-board sub-systems and equipment.
- Define system verification and validation strategy, prepare system test specifications and maintain the verification control documentation.
- Manage the detailed electrical aspects, such as electrical interfaces, harness, power budget, power distribution, grounding and EMC.
- Support the Procurement Team in performing the technical follow-up of the subcontracted equipment development, including their embedded HW/SW sub-developments (FPGA, ASIC, SW), and in the assessment of technical risks and RFD/RFW.
- Support the AIT Team in the definition and technical follow-up of the required test systems, in the preparation of system integration and test activities, and in the review of test reports, with especial focus on electrical power, thermal and EMC tests.
- Support the Quality Team in the investigation of anomalies and non-conformance

📌 Space Systems Electrical System Architect (Getafe)
🏢 Airbus
📍 Getafe