Avionics Engineer - Radio Frequency Systems (m/f/d)

Join isaraerospace as an Avionics Engineer specializing in Radio Frequency Systems. In this dynamic role, you will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge avionics solutions that enhance the safety and performance of aerospace systems. Collaborate with a talented team of engineers and contribute to innovative projects that redefine the future of aviat…

Mission Overview You will play a crucial role within the Avionics, Guidance, Navigation & Control (AGNC) department, leading the Avionics Hardware team at Isar Aerospace. Your leadership will drive the design, testing, and integration of Control Units that are pivotal to our vehicles. Your Contribution to Our Space Mission: Oversee the Control Units Team both programmatically and disciplinarily, while mentoring and nurturing the development of your electrical engineering team. Manage associated tasks and projects, track progress, and ensure timely completion within defined schedules. Uphold engineering excellence for avionic units through stringent requirements, regular reviews, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Plan and execute automated unit qualification and acceptance testing. Coordinate vehicle integration and testing for your products, both in Germany and at the launch site. Enhance and streamline the manufacturing, assembly, and coating processes of printed circuit boards, collaborating with both internal and external partners. Manage the ECAD environment at Isar Aerospace, continuously improving design rules and guidelines. Lead in-depth failure analysis of electrical units and systems.

Mission Overview Join our dynamic Launch Vehicle AIT team at isaraerospace as a Senior Avionics Test Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with all Launch Vehicle system owners to develop and implement a cohesive testing strategy that meets the demands of our innovative projects. You will be instrumental in ensuring the functionality of our test rigs, while also scaling existing facilities or designing new ones to anticipate future testing needs. Your expertise will contribute significantly to unit, system, and launch vehicle testing efforts. Your Contribution to Our Space Endeavors: Design and commission new test rigs for electronic equipment tailored to specific requirements in collaboration with system or unit owners. Upgrade and maintain existing test rigs to adapt to evolving specifications. Enhance automation processes across all testing rigs to improve efficiency. Identify and resolve bottlenecks in current testing workflows and test rig operations. Develop comprehensive test plans for units and systems, ensuring alignment with their requirements. Conduct functional testing at both unit and system levels before integration into the Spectrum. Perform functional testing at the system and launcher levels post-integration of avionics into the Spectrum. Guarantee the safe operation of all test rigs throughout and following the assembly of the Spectrum. Maintain high standards of reporting for all tests conducted within the launch vehicle AIT team.

Join isaraerospace as a Senior Production Engineer specializing in Avionics! In this pivotal role, you will spearhead the development, integration, and optimization of avionics systems for cutting-edge aerospace applications. Your expertise will guide our production processes, ensuring that our high-quality standards are met while driving innovation in technology.

Role Overview isaraerospace is seeking an Avionics Hardware Engineer focused on Power Distribution Units for its team in Ottobrunn, Bavaria. This engineer will design, develop, and test avionics hardware for aerospace vehicles, with an emphasis on power distribution systems. What You Will Do Create and refine designs for power distribution units in avionics applications Develop hardware that improves the safety and performance of aerospace vehicles Test and validate systems to ensure compliance with industry standards and customer needs Impact This role supports the delivery of reliable, high-performance avionics solutions that meet demanding aerospace requirements.

isaraerospace is looking for a Program Manager with expertise in avionics to guide projects from early planning through delivery. This position is based in Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany. Role overview The Program Manager will oversee avionics projects, making sure each meets technical requirements, stays within budget, and finishes on schedule. This role involves managing a multidisciplinary team and coordinating efforts across engineering, operations, and other stakeholders. Key responsibilities Lead and organize complex avionics projects from start to finish Monitor progress to ensure technical specifications, timelines, and budgets are met Facilitate clear communication among team members and stakeholders Drive teams toward successful project outcomes Requirements Experience managing avionics or similar technical projects Strong leadership and communication skills Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams

Mission OverviewAs an Avionics Technician, you will play a pivotal role in the manufacturing and testing of avionics systems.Your responsibilities will include:Building and testing harnesses for our innovative micro launcher, Spectrum, or related testing applications.Assembling and testing avionics units to support the development of the Spectrum launcher.Assisting in the integration of harnesses and avionics units onto engines and launch vehicles.Conducting functional and environmental tests on avionics units, including thermal and vibration assessments.Documenting manufacturing and testing processes using MES/PLM software.Proactively suggesting improvements to engineering designs.Enhancing the efficiency of existing processes and implementing new methodologies as required.Providing support to the Production and Avionics teams in their daily operations.Managing tool procurement and maintaining inventory for harnessing and unit assemblies.Assisting in the organization and upkeep of the electronic lab.

Mission OverviewJoin our dynamic Avionics, Guidance, Navigation & Control (AGNC) department as a pivotal member of the Avionics Control Systems team, where you will be instrumental in designing, testing, and integrating cutting-edge electronic control units for the Spectrum launch vehicle.As the product owner for the Thrust Vector Control Actuator of the Spectrum Launch Vehicle, you will oversee its lifecycle, manage critical interfaces, and ensure timely, budget-compliant, and scope-oriented delivery. You thrive in a fast-paced R&D environment where interdisciplinary tasks are the norm.Your Role in Our Space Mission:Execute unit-level tasks, including design, qualification & acceptance testing, integration, and return analysis for your product.Lead the product ownership of the PCB, driving requirements definition, schematic capture, layout, and design verification.Manage all product interfaces throughout their lifecycle, from unit to system-level integration & testing, including all technical and programmatic aspects.Establish and enhance procedures for automated end-of-line testing of your hardware.Plan and conduct vehicle integration and testing for your products, both in Germany and on the launch pad.Develop and maintain an automated qualification & acceptance testing infrastructure.Play an active role in defining the Avionics architecture and contributing to associated technology roadmaps.

Mission Overview As a vital member of the Avionics, Guidance, Navigation & Control (AGNC) department, you will join the Avionics Hardware team tasked with the design and integration of avionics systems for our launch vehicle. Your daily responsibilities will involve working on the Power System of Spectrum and managing related power system interfaces. You will lead the development, integration, and testing of Spectrum’s Avionics Li-Ion Batteries. You thrive in a fast-paced R&D environment and enjoy tackling interdisciplinary challenges. Your Role in Our Space Mission: Act as the product owner for Spectrum’s Avionics Li-Ion Batteries. Oversee all interfaces of your product throughout its lifecycle, from design through manufacturing to verification and integration, including all technical and programmatic aspects. Engage in unit-level tasks including design, qualification & acceptance testing, as well as integration and return analysis. Support vehicle integration and testing activities, both in Germany and at the launch pad. Maintain, evaluate, and verify Power System requirements. Establish and maintain automated qualification & acceptance testing infrastructure for Power System and FTS components. Serve as the product owner of the battery test rig.

Mission Overview Join our dynamic Test Operations Germany Team as a (Senior) Avionics Test Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in the development, qualification, and acceptance testing of avionics units and subsystems for our cutting-edge launch vehicle. You will bridge the gap between environmental and functional testing, ensuring that our specialized electrical test rigs perform optimally throughout rigorous testing campaigns. Your Contribution to Our Space Endeavor: Design, prepare, and execute functional tests of avionics hardware during thermal, thermal-vacuum, and vibration test campaigns. Innovate, commission, and enhance electrical test rigs to meet evolving test requirements and hardware specifications. Diagnose and rectify issues with electrical cabinets, wiring harnesses, instrumentation, interfaces, and interactions between units and rigs. Develop and refine test procedures, automated sequences, and reporting standards in collaboration with system and unit owners. Analyze test data, document anomalies, and create comprehensive reports adhering to internal protocols. Maintain, calibrate, and upgrade test equipment to guarantee safe and reliable operations during testing phases. Identify and address workflow inefficiencies, contributing to increased test automation, repeatability, and throughput.

Mission OverviewThe Senior Fluid System Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and management of intricate subsystems within fluid systems, guiding them from initial conception through to production and operational readiness. This role encompasses requirement management, design calculations, simulations, CAD modeling, drawing creation, manufacturing organization, as well as planning and executing acceptance and qualification tests. The position also involves hands-on testing and occasional travel.Your Role in Our Space Mission:Take full ownership of complex fluidic subsystems throughout the engineering timeline.Define and oversee the requirements for fluid systems and their components.Conduct calculations and simulations for components and systems.Engage in the iterative development of flight-proven hardware.Collaborate with various engineering departments to enhance shared systems.Provide engineering support and mentorship to junior team members.Participate in integrated, stage, and flight testing operations.

Mission Overview As a Senior Thermal Engineer at isaraerospace, you will play a pivotal role in defining the thermal environment and architecture of our advanced vehicles. Your responsibilities will encompass detailed thermal modeling, system-level coupled loads analyses, and designing both active and passive thermal control systems. You'll be tasked with the development, execution, and correlation of thermal models utilizing FEM/FDM/FVM tools alongside test data. Your decisions will directly influence hardware qualification, test planning, and system design choices, significantly enhancing the thermal robustness, performance, and reliability of our vehicles throughout their missions. Your Role in Our Space Mission: Lead the vehicle-level thermal architecture, focusing on both active and passive thermal control designs for avionics components and payloads. Conduct Thermal Coupled Loads Analysis and develop intricate thermal models using FEM and/or FVM, FDM methods. Execute, correlate, and refine thermal models with tools like SIMCenter, STAR-CCM+, and Thermal Desktop, supported by component tests and flight data. Review, assess, and validate component and assembly-level designs to ensure thermal flight readiness. Create and maintain essential specifications and design documentation, including Fluid Plans, Test Plans and Procedures, Test and Analysis Reports, Instrumentation Plans, and Work Instructions. Develop tools, workflows, and standards to enhance efficiency, consistency, and repeatability across thermal engineering tasks. Serve as a subject-matter expert on system thermal performance during integration, testing, and launch-site operations. Provide expert support to other technical departments as needed.

Mission Overview As a Senior Structures Dynamics Engineer at isaraerospace, you will take on a pivotal role in defining the vibroacoustic environment for our cutting-edge rocket systems. Your responsibilities will encompass analytical predictions, advanced simulations, instrumentation planning, and rigorous testing. Your expert analysis and decision-making will directly influence the qualification processes of flight hardware, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of our aerospace solutions. Your Role in Our Space Mission: Conduct comprehensive vibroacoustic analyses during the vehicle's launch and ascent phases to generate vibroacoustic environments for components and payload compartments. Oversee the vibroacoustic instrumentation process, including sensor selection, positioning, and thorough documentation. Process and analyze vibroacoustic data from tests or flight scenarios, creating detailed environmental test specifications. Assist in ground shock tests, modal testing, and vibration tests through meticulous test planning and instrumentation selection. Responsibility for selecting vibration and shock isolators, as well as other vibration reduction methods, while supporting validation tests of these designs. Manage the qualification status of various units for vibration and shock, tailoring tests for avionics and propulsion equipment and overseeing mechanical load documentation to support environmental compliance analysis. Perform normal modes, frequency response, random response, shock response, and coupled load analyses using finite element codes (such as Optistruct, Nastran, or similar) while constructing finite element models using Hypermesh or Simcenter.

Join isaraerospace as the Manager of Mechanical Ground Systems (m/f/d) and lead innovative projects that push the boundaries of aerospace technology. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and integration of mechanical systems within our ground operations. Your leadership will ensure that our projects are executed with precision and align with our strategic objectives.

Mission Brief Become a part of our Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) team and contribute to the efficiency of complex space hardware operations. In this exciting role, you will create automation tools and data systems that enhance test activities, operational planning, and engineering metrics. Your contributions will significantly optimize data collection, processing, and utilization across AIT. If you have a passion for tackling practical engineering challenges through software development, this is your launchpad. Your Role in Our Space Mission Develop innovative software tools and internal applications to boost efficiency within the AIT team.Assist in integrating these tools into the company’s IT environment.Interface developed tools with internal APIs, databases, and various data systems.Design and maintain information systems that support AIT engineering workflows.Enhance data accessibility and operational capabilities for the team.

Mission Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mechanisms Engineer to join our dynamic team at isaraerospace. You will play a pivotal role in the development of stage separation mechanisms, fairing separation mechanisms, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, and umbilical systems. The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills, enabling effective communication with both direct reports and leadership across various departments. Your extensive experience in mechanical and integrated design will be invaluable in driving successful collaborative projects to completion. You will utilize your design, analysis, and manufacturing expertise to influence key mechanism design trades and the development of our Spectrum Launch Vehicle. Your Role in Our Space Mission: Design vehicle mechanisms through various design phases until qualification and acceptance. Define requirements for vehicle mechanisms. Lead trade studies, optimize manufacturing processes, and ensure adherence to project timelines. Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to achieve project objectives.

Join isaraerospace as a Vibration Test Engineer (m/f/d) and contribute to innovative aerospace technologies! In this dynamic role, you'll be responsible for designing and conducting vibration tests to ensure the reliability and performance of aerospace components.

Mission Overview As a Flight Safety Engineer, you will be a vital member of our Flight Safety team, engaging in comprehensive risk assessments and playing a key role in enhancing our flight safety toolset. Your contributions will be essential during the licensing process and launch operations. Your Contribution to Our Space Endeavors Lead simulation and analysis initiatives for upcoming Spectrum missions and future projects. Conduct sensitivity analyses on flight safety topics to refine the mission analysis process. Integrate and oversee Flight Safety Tools within the mission analysis framework. Develop and maintain documentation pertinent to flight safety evaluations. Continuously enhance and update the Flight Safety Tools used for operational analysis. Manage the documentation and verification & validation (V&V) processes for Flight Safety Tools. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure comprehensive mission analysis.

About the Role Isar Aerospace is seeking a Mission Analysis Engineer (m/f/d) to join the Reusability Program in Ottobrunn, Bavaria. This position focuses on modeling and optimizing ascent, reentry, and recovery strategies for next-generation launcher systems. Early work will center on supporting European Space Agency (ESA) reusability studies, translating findings from Spectrum test campaigns into detailed mission-level performance assessments and constraints. What You Will Do Model and optimize end-to-end mission trajectories for ascent, reentry, and recovery, breaking down complex problems for multidisciplinary analysis and providing actionable insights for system-level decisions. Conduct trajectory analyses and run Monte Carlo simulations to assess sensitivity to dispersions, environmental changes, and vehicle uncertainties. Contribute to mission planning and performance assessments for upcoming demonstrators and future Heavy-Lift Vehicle (HLV) designs. Lead multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) studies, integrating propulsion, aerodynamics, structures, mass properties, thermal constraints, and GNC effects to compare mission outcomes across different vehicle and recovery concepts. Maintain and improve mission analysis models and workflows, ensuring consistency, traceability, reproducibility, and scalability for clean analysis outputs. Prepare clear and thorough mission analysis documentation for internal reviews and ESA deliverables. Coordinate mission-related assumptions and data with specialists in propulsion, structures, fluids, GNC, and systems to maintain technical consistency. Support program-level decision-making by delivering structured results, scenario comparisons, and data-driven recommendations. Location This role is based in Ottobrunn, Bavaria, Germany.

Mission OverviewYou will take charge of the structural analysis for the complete assemblies of our rocket's primary and secondary structures. Your responsibilities will include evaluating design concepts, determining sizes, validating design iterations, and assessing the effects of manufacturing deviations. Your expertise will be pivotal in steering design decisions and enhancing the performance and reliability of our structures.As a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer, you will significantly contribute to refining our analysis and verification processes by establishing standards, disseminating technical knowledge, and reviewing your colleagues’ outputs while identifying areas for improvement.