Digital Payload Systems Engineer (Satellite Communications)

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland. The role is based in an international R&D environment and requires Swiss or EU (27) citizenship or a valid Swiss working permit.

Company

hirify.global is an engineering consulting company specializing in systems engineering and industrial processes, with around 100 employees across offices in Switzerland and France.

What you will do

• Define and develop digital and regenerative satellite telecommunications payload architectures.
• Contribute to on-board processing, digital processing, modem, routing, switching, and channelization architectures.
• Translate mission and system needs into payload and subsystem requirements and manage hardware/software interfaces.
• Perform system-level trade-offs and contribute to SWaP-C analyses.
• Support payload design, integration, verification, qualification, testing, launch preparation, and in-orbit commissioning.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, external partners, and equipment suppliers while contributing to technical reviews and documentation.

Requirements

• Experienced engineer with ideally 8+ years of relevant experience in satellite telecommunications and digital payload systems.
• Strong background in satellite payload architecture, digital or regenerative payloads, on-board processing, and digital signal processing.
• Experience with satellite systems engineering, requirements management, payload equipment development, integration, verification, and space qualification.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Space Systems, or a related discipline.
• Swiss or EU (27) citizenship or a valid Swiss working permit required.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams across hardware, software, digital communications, and satellite systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with RF communication chains, antennas, TT&C, FPGA/SoC technologies, orbital tools, or satellite operations.
• Experience with payload testing or in-orbit commissioning.

Culture & Benefits

• International and multidisciplinary R&D environment in Lausanne.
• Involvement in technical decisions and next-generation SatCom developments.
• Work spanning early architecture definition through validation and deployment.
• Professional environment focused on long-term relationships, diversity, inclusion, and professional equality.