Senior Avionics Systems Engineer
Pubblicato il 14-10-2026 - D Orbit in Como
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At D-Orbit, we're pioneering the future of space logistics and transportation. Established in 2011, our company has been at the forefront of helping businesses unlock the full potential of the final frontier—profitably and sustainably. As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside a diverse group of highly skilled individuals, all driven by a shared passion for innovation and excellence. So, if you are passionate about space and ready to take your ambition to new heights, join us in our global mission to push the boundaries of what's possible
Key Responsibilities
- Own and drive the end-to-end avionics platform architecture (functional, logical, physical), including HW/SW/FW partitioning, resource budgets, and scalability strategy across multiple satellite platforms and mission variants.
- Lead architectural trade studies, evaluate design options, and make authoritative technical decisions balancing performance, reliability, reuse, cost, and schedule.
- Define and enforce the onboard logical architecture:
functions, data flows, interfaces, operational modes, and FDIR concepts.
- Maintain radiation awareness at system level and guide subsystem teams in appropriate design margins and mitigation strategies.
- Lead system-level requirements definition and interface control for power generation, storage, distribution, and protection. Review PCDU/PDU design and manage power budgets and load profiles.
- Lead system-level requirements definition and interface control for Communication and RF domain, including review of Comm architecture and link budgets.
- Drive the internal development of Data Handling equipment, through demonstrated knowledge and several years of experience in such discipline, including definition of the internal electronic design of the related equipment in a space domain.
- Own OBC/OBDH architectural definition, data bus topology (SpaceWire, CAN-FD, MIL-STD-1553, etc.), onboard