About this role
Key Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle of spacecraft avionics hardware , from requirements definition and design through implementation, manufacturing, integration, verification, qualification, and flight support.
- Lead gate reviews and technical milestones, including coordinating required inputs across disciplines, developing review documentation and compliance evidence, presenting technical content, and driving review actions through closure.
- Lead technical execution for avionics products , making key design decisions, conducting trade-off studies, resolving complex technical issues, and ensuring performance, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance requirements are met.
- Collaborate across spacecraft disciplines , including flight software, communications, power, propulsion, GNC, payloads, and system engineering teams to coordinate technical interfaces, drive issue resolution, and achieve system-level review and delivery milestones.
- Support project execution , including planning, risk management, procurement activities, supplier coordination, and technical stakeholder engagement.
- Provide technical leadership across the avionics team, by supporting other avionics engineers in technical decision-making, design reviews, problem resolution, and the delivery of high-quality engineering products, while contributing to engineering best practices, knowledge sharing, and the development of other engineers.
Leadership Expectations
You are a hands-on technical leader who:
- Takes responsibility for technical outcomes, schedule commitments, and delivery of assigned avionics products.
- Balances performance, reliability, cost, and schedule in engineering decisions.
- Demonstrates strong technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Leads technical problem solving, root cause investigations, and issue resolution activities.
- Contributes to the growth, effectiveness, and success of the wider engineering team through technical leadership and guidance.
Required Qualifications
- University degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 7+ years of experience developing electronic hardware for aerospace, space, defense, automotive, industrial, or other high-reliability systems.
- Experience with the full hardware development lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, verification, testing, qualification, and production support.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical activities, take ownership of complex hardware developments, and work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Business level Japanese or English (preferable to have both)