Electrical Engineer, Space and Defence FSO Systems

Join an innovative and fast-growing technology company as an Electrical Engineer specializing in Space and Defence Free-Space Optical (FSO) systems. You will be responsible for the design and development of electronic systems, working closely with the Lead Electrical Architect and taking ownership of defined electronic subsystems. Your role will involve end-to-end board design, analogue and drive electronics development, digital and telecom electronics design, power conversion and distribution, signal integrity, power integrity, and EMC management, harness and electrical interfaces, component selection and reliability, manufacturing and supplier follow-up, prototype bring-up and testing, and cross-functional collaboration.

Contribuer à la conception et au développement de systèmes électroniques pour des produits de communication optique.

Responsibilities

• Prendre la responsabilité directe de sous-systèmes électroniques définis, de l'architecture à la validation.
• Collaborer avec des équipes interfonctionnelles pour assurer des interfaces cohérentes et des performances optimisées.

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree or Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Embedded Systems or a related discipline. Equivalent practical experience may also be considered.
• Professional Background: You have designed and delivered at least one electronic board from schematic through to functioning hardware. You are able to explain its architecture, design choices, measurements, limitations and the issues encountered during development.
• Proficiency with a professional schematic-capture and PCB-design toolchain such as Altium Designer, Cadence, KiCad or equivalent.
• Experience with multi-layer PCB design, controlled-impedance stack-ups and PCB layout review.
• Strong understanding of analogue electronics, including noise, stability, grounding, layout parasitics and low-noise signal conditioning.
• Experience in actuator-drive electronics, such as high-voltage drivers, motor drivers, current-control loops or precision bias circuits.
• Knowledge of high-speed digital and telecommunications interfaces, including serial links, clock distribution, optical transceiver modules, channel modelling and eye-diagram analysis.
• Practical experience with DC/DC conversion, power protection, inrush-current management, power-distribution architectures and thermal considerations.
• Good understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMC/EMI mitigation, grounding and shielding practices.
• Test & Laboratory Skills: Comfortable working hands-on in the lab with oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, network analysers, power analysers and other electronic measurement equipment. You rely on characterisation and measurement to validate design decisions.
• Additional Skills: Experience with firmware or board bring-up code is appreciated, though not required. Familiarity with circuit simulation, EMC pre-compliance testing, thermal analysis and reliability assessment of electronic assemblies would be a plus.
• Mindset: You are a practical, curious and rigorous hardware engineer. You enjoy taking ownership of real hardware, from the schematic to the bench, and are comfortable investigating issues methodically until the design performs as intended.
• English: Professional working proficiency in English, with the ability to write technical documentation and communicate effectively with international suppliers, partners and engineering teams.

Preferred

Technical Expertise

• Experience in detector readout or other low-noise analogue front-end design is highly valued.
• Relevant Industry Experience: Experience in space, defence, telecommunications, precision instrumentation, motion control or high-reliability industrial electronics is highly valued. Exposure to radiation constraints, derating rules, component control and space electrical or EMC standards would be a strong advantage.

Pay

EUR 40,000 - 60,000