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In this role, you will design circuits and PCB layouts for space electronics, conduct prototyping and testing, and coordinate hardware qualification under extreme conditions.
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Your role in the team
- We are looking for a Hardware Engineer – Space Electronics (m/f/d) to serve as a key hands-on engineering professional in our hardware development team.
- You support SPRINT throughout the entire development cycle—from circuit design and PCB layout through prototyping, bring-up, and testing to qualification, series production, and flight hardware.
- You’ll work independently and hands-on, supported by experienced senior experts in space hardware, radiation hardness assurance, embedded software, and qualification.
- Development of analog and digital circuits.
- Independent circuit design, PCB design, and PCB layout.
- Component selection, BoM maintenance, and technical documentation.
- Prototyping, component assembly, soldering, rework, board bring-up, and debugging.
- Electrical testing, characterization, root-cause analysis, and acceptance testing.
- Planning, execution support, and evaluation of qualification and environmental tests, particularly vibration, thermal vacuum, EMC, and radiation testing.
- Quality control of assemblies and flight hardware, including traceability and acceptance.
- Contribute to DFM/DFT, industrialization, and series production.
- Technical coordination with manufacturing, testing, and qualification partners.
Our expectations of you
Education
- Technical education in electronics, electrical engineering, embedded systems, mechatronics, or a related field—at a technical college, university of applied sciences, or university.
Qualifications
- Very good understanding of analog and digital electronics.
- Confident use of oscilloscopes, multimeters, bench power supplies, and standard laboratory measurement equipment.
- Independent, structured, and hands-on approach to work.
- Good command of English.
Experience
- Practical experience in circuit design, PCB design, and PCB layout.
- Experience with hardware debugging and board bring-up.
- Practical experience with prototyping, soldering, and rework.
- Aerospace experience is not required. What matters is a solid knowledge of electronics, independence, and a passion for developing, building, and testing hardware yourself.
What we offer
- Part-time from 19.25 hours per week or full-time at 38.5 hours per week.
- The collective agreement for salaried employees in the metalworking industry, employment group IV, applies.
- The minimum gross monthly salary under the collective agreement for a full-time position is EUR 3,415.01 and increases depending on the years of service credited in the applicable employment group.
- Depending on your qualifications and experience, a correspondingly fair salary above the collective agreement rate is offered.
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About your employer
Confident Space Technology GmbH is an Austrian space technology spin-off from Seibersdorf Laboratories that develops radiation monitoring systems suitable for space. These systems provide satellite operators with real-time data and help to detect technical failures early. The company is headquartered at the TECH Campus Seibersdorf, with an additional location at the Space Factory at Vienna International Airport.
- Startup
- Onsite
- Aviation, Space Travel
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