Overview In this role you contribute to developing electrical and electronic systems for satellite platforms and payloads within a multidisciplinary team. You will define and maintain requirements, review digital hardware and FPGA designs, and help set data interfaces, testing and verification strategies. You collaborate with procurement, AIT and quality teams to mitigate risks and ensure on-cost, on-time, on-quality delivery.

This is an opportunity to contribute to space projects at Airbus Defence and Space.

Compensaciones / Incentivos vacation days plus additional days-off attractive salary hybrid work model collective transport service health insurance employee stock options or retirement plan or study grants

Responsabilidades

Coordinate with the System Electrical Architect to manage technical aspects of on-board DHS and related equipment

Elaborate and maintain technical requirements specifications for on-board sub-systems and digital boards

Review subcontractor hardware and FPGA designs and related documentation

Contribute to SW data bus protocols and processor/memory budgets from a hardware perspective

Design specific electrical circuits (digital) and review PCB layouts

Define system verification and validation strategy; prepare and maintain test specifications and verification documentation

Manage electrical interfaces (TM/TC,



data links, harness, power budget, EMC)

Support Procurement in technical follow-up, risk assessment, and RFD/RFW handling

Assist AIT in test systems and integration/test activities; review test reports

Support Quality in anomaly investigations and NRBs; provide technical input

Create technical documentation, deliver presentations, and contribute to proposals

Lead and support technical reviews with equipment/board suppliers

Collaborate with thermal, mechanical, and harness teams throughout the lifecycle

Requisitos principales Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

5+ years of space project experience

Space digital electronics detailed design and testing

Requirements management

Subcontractor technical management

English advanced level

Spanish advanced level

ESA standards experience (ECSS)

Desirable: space microprocessor/SoCs HW design, space FPGA design (VHDL, simulation, P&R;), DOORS requirements management, LT/PSPICE and/or MATLAB, ALTIUM, PYTHON, power electronics design and EMC engineering team collaboration clear communication problem solving space digital electronics design

FPGA design (specification, architecture, VHDL, simulation, place & route)

requirements management

📌 Space Systems Electrical Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Airbus Defence And Space
📍 Madrid