# Space Avionics Systems Architect (Friedrichshafen, Bremen, or Munich)

> Gramian Consulting Group · Germany (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-10

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Recruiting - S+

## Description

**About Us**  
**Gramian Consultancy** is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.

**About Client**

Our client operates in the aerospace and space technology sector, working on complex avionics systems, simulation environments, and engineering tools used across satellite and flight control development.

**Role Overview**

We are looking for a senior **Space Avionics Systems Architect** to lead the design and technical definition of spacecraft avionics architectures. The role focuses on **on-board computer systems, payload interfaces, high-speed networking, FDIR, system recovery concepts, and mission operations procedures**.

This position is suited for an experienced architect or senior consultant with deep background in spacecraft avionics, complex embedded systems, and distributed hardware architectures involving processors, FPGAs/SoCs, and high-speed interfaces.

**CONTRACT:** Contractor Agreement

**COMMITMENT:** Full-time (multi-year)

**LOCATIONS:** **ONSITE** Friedrichshafen, Bremen, or Munich, Germany; Relocation support

**NOTES: EU passport needed; English fluency is required; German is a plus.**

**Responsibilities**

-   Lead end-to-end **spacecraft avionics architecture** definition
-   Define system decomposition and interface strategy across on-board computers and payloads
-   Architect high-speed networking payloads, backplanes, and system boot/recovery concepts
-   Design robust **Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery** strategies, including safe-mode behavior and watchdog concepts
-   Document and maintain the technical baseline, including architecture diagrams and design justifications
-   Perform engineering analyses related to **radiation tolerance, EMI/EMC, signal integrity, and power distribution**
-   Collaborate with networking, GNC, RF, software, FPGA, and mechanical engineering teams
-   Support technical decision-making across architecture trade-offs and system constraints

## Requirements

-   Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or equivalent
-   10+ years of experience in spacecraft avionics, high-speed digital electronics, or complex embedded hardware systems
-   Proven experience architecting distributed systems using processors, FPGAs/SoCs, and high-speed interfaces
-   Expertise with **ATOP** and **MOIS**
-   Expertise with **EGS-CC operations procedure language / EAPL**
-   Knowledge of **ECSS PUS**
-   Knowledge of **ECSS-E-ST-70** guidance

## Apply

[Apply at Gramian Consulting Group](https://apply.workable.com/gramian/j/22DEF88240/apply)

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