Electronics engineer

About EDGX

EDGX is a fast-growing Belgian spacetech company defining the compute layer of the space economy. That future starts with edge computers onboard spacecraft and scales to data centre nodes in space. We're making the building blocks for compute services in space.

We started just three years ago, and we're moving fast. EDGX is backed by imec.istart, the imec.istart Future Fund, and the Flanders Future Tech Fund through a €2.3M seed round, plus several ongoing ESA contracts. Our first two satellite demonstration missions launched in March 2026 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, with more sure to come. If you want to help define the future of the space industry, you'll feel right at home at EDGX. 🚀

As an Embedded Hardware Engineer at EDGX, you’ll design and validate the electronic hardware that runs in orbit, where reliability is very important. You’ll work across the full hardware lifecycle: from schematic and PCB design through bring-up, integration, and space qualification. Alongside a sharp, multidisciplinary team, you’ll help push the boundaries of what compute hardware can do in the harshest environment known to engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate embedded hardware and PCB-based solutions for space-grade compute and electronics platforms.
• Perform schematic and PCB design reviews and component selection with a focus on reliability, manufacturability, and space qualification.
• Lead and support hardware bring-up, integration, and debugging activities across prototype and flight hardware.
• Execute and document functional, EMC testing, and system-level testing in line with applicable qualification standards.
• Collaborate closely with software, FPGA, mechanical, and thermal engineers to resolve cross-domain integration challenges
• Maintain traceable, review-ready technical documentation, including schematics, BOMs, test reports, and design rationale.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of hardware methodologies, tooling, and engineering practices within the team.

What You’re Bringing

Must haves

• 1 to 2 years of experience in embedded hardware design, PCB development, and electronic systems integration.
• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g. Altium, Kicad, Eagle).
• Experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, etc.).
• Ability to run circuit simulations (LTspice or similar) to support design analysis.

Nice to haves

• Experience with PCB industrialisation, EMC testing, and compliance trajectories such as CE certification.
• Knowledge of component selection practices, BOM management, and configuration control.
• Experience with or exposure to space, defence, or other high-reliability hardware engineering environments is a plus.

What’s In It For You

Joining EDGX means becoming part of an exciting journey to revolutionise the space industry. Here’s what you can expect:

Unique Opportunity

• Mission Impact: Work on hardware that will literally fly in space.
• Technical Ownership: Take real responsibility from day one in a lean team where your decisions shape the product.
• Shaping the Industry: Work at the forefront of a new generation of space companies. We’re redefining how the industry operates and setting the standard for the rest.

International Reach

• International Exposure: Work together with satellite manufacturers and operators across Europe, building hardware that powers their latest satellites.
• Startup Culture: Join a fast-growing spacetech startup with a young, driven team and a dynamic, hands-on culture.

Compensation & Perks

• Compensation & Benefits: Receive a competitive salary package with extra-legal benefits, including a company car or mobility budget.
• Team Life: Take part in monthly Wacky Fridays with team events, dinners, and team-building activities.
• Work-life balance: We value your time outside the office, including one work-from-home day a week.
• Travel opportunities: The chance to travel as part of the job (testing campaigns, satellite integration, international conferences,...).