Senior Satellite Systems Engineering Leader / Budapest, Hungary

Senior Satellite Systems Engineering Leader / Budapest, Hungary
Jobs > Senior Satellite Systems Engineering Leader / Budapest, Hungary / Budapest
Budapest
Satellite & NewSpace
Technical
November 28, 2025

About the Role:

You will serve in a senior technical position with oversight over multiple entities and projects, ranging from earth observation to telecoms and covering a full life cycle from design to in-orbit operation, within a growing company at the forefront of Hungarian space capability. You’ll coordinate teams while providing a high-level technical oversight as the company’s main point of convergence, and use your experience to define, validate and maintain system-level architecture.

The Company

A leading space systems manufacturer and operator, providing the country with a range of sovereign upstream and downstream space services. By providing the government with essential telecoms and earth observation solutions, this forward-thinking and highly flexible business is pioneering Hungary’s space sector and provides its partners and employees with the opportunity to help make industry history.

Benefits & Opportunities

  • Opportunity to become the technical authority for multiple projects, with end-to-end oversight.
  • Involvement in a variety of projects ranging from earth observation to telecoms.
  • Opportunity to be part of the team transforming Hungary’s space industry.

To be successful you’ll need to have…

  • 10+ years of experience in end-to-end satellite systems development.
  • Direct experience with either telecoms or earth observation missions (or both!)
  • Deep knowledge of satellite and space systems.
  • Strong leadership and coordination skills.

Interested to know more?

Interested? Contact me [email protected] or call me on +44 7537 162286 for an initial discussion.

Key words…if all these are resonating, this could be the job for you!!

Satellite, Earth Observation, Telecommunications, Systems Engineer

  • Satellite & NewSpace
  • Budapest
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