Data Handling Systems Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Data Handling Systems Engineer

• Domain: Onboard computers, mass storage, and data-handling systems for space missions

• Work style: Agile teams in an interdisciplinary network

• Employment: Permanent position (Professional level), with options for reduced weekly hours

Description

You will act as a central technical interface for the OBDH (On-Board Data Handling) subsystem, integrating electrical hardware, software, and complex protocols into a complete system. The work includes defining data-handling hardware architecture and specifications, managing TM/TC data flows with bus traffic and CPU load budgets, and supporting verification through tests plus launch and in-orbit activities. You will collaborate in an agile, interdisciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Run trade-off studies and define the data handling system hardware architecture (data rates, processor speeds, electrical interfaces)

• Create specifications for DH equipment to enable supplier co-engineering; lead design board reviews and acceptance reviews

• Define platform-to-payload data flows and housekeeping (TM/TC); develop and manage bus traffic and CPU load budgets

• Develop test specifications, support system integration (AIT), and accompany launch and in-orbit testing activities on-site or remotely

• Independently manage delivery, integration, and verification for an OTOCOQ scope

• Support the satellite project commercially with technical expertise and contribute to time and cost planning

Requirements

• Degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a comparable qualification

• Proven experience in architecture of data-handling hardware subsystems

• In-depth knowledge of space standards such as ECSS and CCSDS

• Long-standing professional experience in data handling or complex embedded systems

• Fluent English; German knowledge is a clear advantage

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and additional benefits

• 30 days annual vacation (35-hour work week)

• Flexible working models

• Training and company-wide development opportunities

• Health benefits, on-site canteen/cafeteria, and childcare facilities