
Electronics System Engineer (all genders)
🚀 Challenge the Impossible
About Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leading provider of selected satellite products and constellation solutions in the New Space sector. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com
Your Crew
Join a fast-growing company undergoing an ambitious industrial transformation. You’ll be part of a close-knit team, united by a genuine passion for space and engineering. While everyone brings their own individual strengths and personality, the young and dynamic team shares a collegial mindset, strong connections at work and occasional optional gatherings outside the office. You'll thrive in a structured yet agile environment where precision, collaboration and continuous improvement are core values. Every contribution matters, and you'll play a key role in our collective performance.
Your Mission
As an Electronics Systems Engineer you'll be responsible for the technical understanding of the customer requirements and architechtural design of electronics products and sub-systems.
The System Engineer:
- Develops the overall architecture of an electronics product covering all related disciplines (HW, SW and FPGA) and de-composes the product into objects and sub-systems.
- Defines technical concepts, modularity, synergies across products and technology choices together with technical lead engineering.
- Breaks down and establishes requirements on included objects within the project/product, in collaboration with the (HW/SW/FPGA) teams.
- Performs analyses and documentation at system level supporting detailed design activities and test activities.
- Defines technical concept and calculates cost in proposals, as well as design descriptions, based on a customer’s perspective.
- Acts together with the development teams and closely collaborates with the project / product management.
- Participates in meetings with customers / sub-contractors and manages technical issues.
- Manages his/her own work and acts upon anomalies from this plan.
- Is responsible for his/her architecture, budget, timeline, and handovers which become evident from good planning, proactivity and maintaining of schedule and budget.
- Contributes to all projects and product development life cycle phases.
- Shall, in cooperation with the team that might be cross-functional, solve the committed tasks even though the tasks may reside outside his or her main competence area.
- Shall be able to act as a Project Engineer handling the technical interface towards the customer / sub-contractors.
Your Story
Musts:
General requirements:
- Experience in space system design and development of complex, reliable electronics.
- Very good knowledge about RUAG’s products, both from an overall perspective as well as details on an intrinsic level (HW, SW, FPGA). This knowledge includes the products future development and future technologies.
- Responsiveness, interest, and ability to understand the customer’s need, and to relay this information to the teams.
- Good knowledge in systemization, requirements handling / breakdown and architectural design, including HW, SW and FPGA.
- The ability to document and describe the products from a customer’s perspective.
- Be able to set up trade-off’s regarding cost, time, quality, performance, etc., based on the combination of the customer’s need and the projects budget.
- Knowledge in system verification, production, reliability and how to design for high volume production.
- Interdisciplinary understanding of electronics, mechanical, radiation, EMC, dependability.
- Experience of negotiation and to handle technical issues (HW, SW, FPGA/ASIC, verification, production) towards customers and sub-contractors.
- A master’s degree or similar experience.
Nice to have:
- Experience as team leader, presumably cross-functional, focusing on progress.
- Experience within agile methods or experience as leader for agile teams, e.g., Scrum master or Product Owner.
- Experience as design engineer in electronics, RF or as software / FPGA / ASIC engineer
Why Beyond Gravity?
You will be a part of an engaged team with the ambition to innovate space!
You will work in a growing high-tech company with career opportunities within the location or internationally.
In Austria we offer attractive benefits such as additional days off based on time worked in (bridge days and the period between Christmas and January 6), a cafeteria, health promotion programs, etc. We offer flexible hours to match your rhythm.
We are required to state a minimum gross salary for this position in accordance with the collective agreement: this amounts to EUR 4473 ,- per month. The actual compensation is based on your qualifications and experience and will exceed the collective agreement minimum.
🌌Are you ready for lift-off?
Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: Catarina Rio | | catarina.afonsorio@beyondgravity.com
Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.
Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.
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