Build your career at Orbint in Munich
Our Mission
Orbint is a spin-off from the SeRANIS program at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, funded by dtec.bw. Orbint is building a new layer of intelligence in orbit: a distributed satellite system that detects, identifies and geolocates radio-frequency emitters worldwide in near real time. Our technology provides defence and security customers with an up-to-date operational picture and actionable intelligence across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Permanent employee/Working student · Full-time · Munich / Hybrid · (m/f/d)
Your Role
As a Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for defining, integrating, and verifying the overall satellite payload and system architecture. You will translate mission and stakeholder needs into clear, testable system-level requirements and ensure their consistent implementation across hardware, software, and operational domains.
You will work at the intersection of RF payloads, onboard software, spacecraft subsystems, and mission operations. Your role is to maintain technical coherence across disciplines, manage interfaces and trade-offs, and guide the system from early concept through integration, test, launch, and on-orbit operations. Your work ensures that Orbint’s satellite systems meet performance, reliability, and mission objectives under real-world constraints.
Job Requirements – About You
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
Degree (BSc/MSc/PhD) in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field.
Strong experience in systems engineering for complex, high-reliability systems, ideally in space, defence, or similarly regulated domains.
Proven ability to translate mission objectives into system architectures, requirements, and verification concepts.
Experience with requirements engineering, including decomposition, traceability, and change management.
Solid understanding of spacecraft subsystems and payloads (structure, thermal, power, avionics, software, RF, ground segment) and how they interact at system level.
Familiarity with system-level analyses and budgets (mass, power, data rate, thermal, performance margins).
SIGINT / space / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience with one or more of the following is a strong advantage:
Small satellite (CubeSat / SmallSat) missions and payload integration.
RF payloads, SIGINT / COMINT / ELINT systems, or sensing missions.
Flight software, onboard computing, or payload data processing pipelines.
AIT/AIV campaigns, environmental testing, and system-level qualification flows.
Interface control documents (ICDs), system verification and validation (V&V), and acceptance testing.
Understanding of defence and security user needs and operational constraints.
General
Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
Ability to take ownership of system topics from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
Strong communication skills: you can explain complex system trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
Comfortable working across disciplines and acting as a technical integrator rather than a single-domain specialist.
Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Your Role
As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for the mechanical design, analysis, and qualification of Orbint’s satellite RF payload. You will translate system-level requirements into robust mechanical solutions covering structure, thermal management, and interfaces, and support the system through integration, test, and launch. Your work ensures that the payload and spacecraft survive launch, operate reliably in orbit, and meet all environmental and mission constraints.
Job Requirements – About you
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
- Degree (BSc/MSc/PhD) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Strong experience in mechanical design for space or high-reliability systems, including structural and thermal considerations.
- Proficiency with CAD tools (e.g. CATIA, SolidWorks, Creo, NX) and engineering drawings.
- Experience with structural and/or thermal analysis tools (e.g. ANSYS, NASTRAN, Abaqus, Thermal Desktop, ESATAN, COMSOL, or equivalents).
- Solid understanding of space environments: launch loads, vacuum, thermal cycling, radiation effects on materials, and outgassing.
SIGINT / space / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience with one or more of the following is a strong advantage:
- Small satellite (CubeSat / SmallSat) platforms and payload integration.
- AIT/AIV campaigns, environmental testing, and qualification flows.
- Mass, stiffness, and thermal budgeting at system level.
- Antenna mounting and alignment stability.
General
- Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
- Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
- Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
- Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Your Role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering Orbint’s satellite and payload development activities from concept through flight readiness. You will align engineering, management, and external partners around clear objectives, schedules, and interfaces, and ensure that cost, schedule, scope, and technical risks are actively managed. Your role is central to turning complex, multidisciplinary engineering efforts into predictable, on-time mission outcomes.
Job Requirements – About you
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
- Degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a comparable technical field; project management qualification is a plus.
- Proven experience managing technical development projects, ideally in aerospace, space systems, defence, or other high-reliability domains.
- Strong understanding of space system development lifecycles, including AIT/AIV, qualification, and launch preparation.
- Strong organizational skills with experience in schedule, cost, and risk management.
- Experience with hybrid project management methods (V-model, scrum, agile elements where appropriate).
- Proficiency with common PM tools
SIGINT / space / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
- COMINT / ELINT / SIGINT / EW systems, RF sensing
General
- Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
- Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
- Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
- Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Your Role
As a Embedded Software Developer (Payload/Satellite/System), you will design, implement, and operate the software that enables our satellite payload and system to reliably acquire RF data, execute onboard processing, and deliver actionable outputs to the overall mission. Your work will directly translate system and payload requirements into robust, testable software components.
You will work at the intersection of space systems engineering, onboard computing, RF payloads, and mission operations, collaborating closely with RF, signal processing, mission engineering, and ground segment teams.
Job Requirements – About you
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
- Bachelor’s/Master’s (or higher) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field with strong software development focus.
- Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python.
- Practical experience developing system-level software close to hardware (embedded Linux, drivers/interfaces, high-throughput I/O, performance tuning).
- Experience designing maintainable software architectures: modularity, clear interfaces, configuration management, observability, and lifecycle thinking.
- Comfortable with modern software engineering best practices: Git, testing, code review, CI/CD, documentation, and collaborative workflows.
SIGINT / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
- COMINT / ELINT / SIGINT / EW systems, RF sensing
- Flight software, satellite avionics, or payload software development.
- Understanding of defence and security user needs.
General
- Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
- Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
- Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
- Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Your Role
As a Software Developer (Ground system), you will design, implement, and operate the ground software that enables tasking of our satellite constellation and turns processed signal data into accessible, and actionable information for users.
Your work will directly translate mission, operations, and customer requirements into robust backend services, while also contributing to a functional and usable frontend for tasking and visualization.
You will work at the intersection of space mission operations, RF payloads, data infrastructure, and user-facing applications, collaborating closely with payload software, signal processing, mission engineering, and ground segment teams.
Job Requirements – About you
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
- Bachelor’s/Master’s (or higher) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related field with strong software development focus.
- Strong programming skills in Python. JavaScript and C++ are a plus.
- Experience designing and owning software architectures.
- Experience building systems from scratch, taking products from early concepts or prototypes to operational, maintainable software.
- Experience operating software in cloud or containerized environments, including deployment, monitoring, and debugging of distributed systems.
- Experience designing maintainable software architectures: modularity, clear interfaces, configuration management, observability, and lifecycle thinking.
- Comfortable with modern software engineering best practices: Git, testing, code review, CI/CD, documentation, and collaborative workflows.
SIGINT / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
- COMINT / ELINT / SIGINT / EW systems, RF sensing
- Flight software, satellite avionics, or ground software development.
- Understanding of defence and security user needs.
General
- Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
- Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
- Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
- Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Your Role
As a Signal Processing Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and operating the core simulation frameworks that underpin our system and payload design. You will evaluate these frameworks using real signals to ensure our performance guarantees and, ultimately, to enhance the value we deliver to our users.
You will work at the intersection of signal processing, RF systems, and mission engineering:
- Design, implement and maintain high-fidelity simulation environments for RF signal environments, receivers and processing chains on LEO satellites.
- Model a wide range of signals of interest, realistic propagation and interference conditions.
- Develop and evaluate algorithms for detection, classification, parameter estimation and geolocation.
- Run large-scale simulations and translate them into operationally meaningful insights.
- Build clean, reusable APIs and tooling so that other teams can easily run scenarios.
- Integrate real mission data to validate your models
Job Requirements – About you
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
- Master’s or PhD in Electrical / Communications Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or a related field with strong emphasis on digital signal processing and RF systems.
- Solid understanding of estimation theory, signal processing, and modern communication / signal structures.
- Practical experience building simulation frameworks for RF systems
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++; experience with MATLAB or C++ is a plus.
- Comfortable with software engineering best practices: Git, testing, code review, CI/CD, documentation, and collaborative workflows.
SIGINT / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
- COMINT / ELINT / SIGINT / EW systems, RF sensing
- Multi-satellite geolocation.
- Understanding of defence and security user needs.
General
- Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
- Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
- Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
- Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Your Role
As an FPGA Engineer, you will design, implement, and verify the FPGA-based building blocks that enable our RF payload to reliably acquire, time-tag, condition, and pre-process high-rate signals in orbit. You will translate payload and system requirements into robust digital architectures, integrate with onboard compute and RF front-ends, and ensure deterministic performance under tight constraints (throughput, latency, power, etc.).
Job Requirements – About you
We do not expect a perfect match to every bullet point, but you should recognize yourself in most of the profile below.
Core technical profile
- Degree (BSc/MSc/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or similar with strong digital design emphasis.
- Strong hands-on experience with FPGA development using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog (HLS optional), including modular design and IP integration.
- Proven ability with timing closure, constraints, CDC, pipelining, and fixed-point arithmetic.
- Experience with vendor toolchains (examples): Xilinx Vivado/Vitis, Intel Quartus, simulation tools (ModelSim/Questa/etc.).
- Proficiency in Python/MATLAB (or similar) for modeling, test automation, data analysis, and verification infrastructure.
- Comfortable with engineering best practices: Git, code review, CI-style regressions for HDL, documentation, and collaborative workflows.
SIGINT / space / defence domain (strong plus)
Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
- COMINT / ELINT / SIGINT / EW systems, RF sensing
- FPGA work in space or other high-reliability contexts; familiarity with radiation effects and mitigation strategies (as applicable).
- Experience with high-speed ADC/DAC/SDR integration and clocking/synchronization concepts.
- Familiarity with systems engineering constraints (power, thermal, mass, link budgets as they affect onboard data handling).
General
- Structured, analytical working style with strong problem-solving skills and a high bar for technical quality.
- Ability to take ownership from concept through implementation to internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills: you can explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers, management, and customers.
- Very good command of English (spoken and written); German is an asset.
- Eligibility for security clearance.
Why Orbint
At Orbint, you will be joining an ambitious team where your work directly shapes a new space-based SIGINT capability for European defence and security.
Benefits
How to apply
Please send the following to info@orbint.de:
- CV
- A brief motivation letter explaining:
- How you became aware of Orbint.
- Why working on space-based SIGINT for defence and security users is motivating for you.
- How your previous experience would strengthen the Orbint team.
- References to prior technical work (e.g. thesis, papers, talks, code or simulation repositories, technical reports, internal tools you can describe, etc.), if permissible.
- Your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
From designing advanced RF payloads to developing the onboard and ground software that power our satellites, our team is shaping the future of space-based RF sensing.
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