Full-Time

Avionics Technician

Hypersonica

Hypersonica

51-200 employees

Develops hypersonic aerospace and defense vehicles

Compensation Overview

€45k - €60k/yr

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Munich, Germany

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Category
Aerospace Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Assembly

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Requirements
  • Hands-on experience as an Avionics Technician in military or civil aviation environments.
  • Proven experience in avionics assembly, repair, and troubleshooting.
  • Skill in soldering, harness building, and electrical assembly.
  • Ability to work from drawings, wiring diagrams, and build instructions.
  • Strong understanding of electrostatic discharge controls and electronic workmanship standards.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced engineering and assembly, integration, and test environment.
Responsibilities
  • Execute the hands-on build, test, repair, and troubleshooting of avionics assemblies to support vehicle integration and test activities.
  • Assemble and integrate avionics hardware, including printed circuit boards, cable harnesses, and equipment assemblies.
  • Build, terminate, and route electrical harnesses, ensuring correct workmanship and configuration.
  • Perform soldering and rework on avionics assemblies to aerospace workmanship standards.
  • Test avionics units and assemblies, supporting functional checks and fault-finding during integration.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues arising during avionics build-up and integration.
  • Repair and rework avionics hardware as required to maintain build progress.
  • Follow and uphold electrostatic discharge, safety, and quality control procedures.
  • Support engineers during integration, test, and assembly, integration, and test activities with rapid, hands-on execution.

Hypersonica GmbH develops hypersonic technology for aerospace and defense in Europe, aiming for speeds of Mach 5 and above. Its focus is on hypersonic vehicles that require advanced propulsion, heat-resistant materials, and complex aerodynamics, developed in stealth mode for dual-use government and future civil high-speed transport. The company is backed by investors including General Catalyst, 201 Ventures, ESA BIC, and TUM Venture Labs, with involvement in European accelerator networks for early-stage support. Its goal is to strengthen Europe’s resilience and space sovereignty by building private-sector hypersonic capabilities for defense and potential civilian high-speed applications.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$25.6M

Headquarters

Weßling, Germany

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Plural led Hypersonica’s €23.3 million Series A on 9 February 2026.
  • The February 3, 2026 Andøya test validated systems above Mach 6 over 300 kilometers.
  • NATO demand for deep precision strike gives Hypersonica a funded customer path through 2027.

What critics are saying

  • €23.3 million funds a prototype, not serial hypersonic weapons development through 2029.
  • One Mach 6 test does not solve thermal protection, guidance, or repeatability.
  • German export controls and Norwegian test-range access can choke repeated launches and kill the program.

What makes Hypersonica unique

  • Feb. 2026 Mach 6 Andøya flight made Hypersonica Europe’s first privately funded hypersonic test.
  • Hypersonica combines German aerospace engineering with NATO-aligned strike capability and civilian high-speed ambitions.
  • SPRIND and General Catalyst back a sovereign European hypersonic stack, not a US clone.

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-4%
Hypersonica
Feb 10th, 2026
Hypersonica | Hypersonica raises €23.3 million Series A to deliver Europe’s first sovereign hypersonic strike capability

Hypersonica is the mission-driven Anglo-German defence and aerospace company developing next-generation hypersonic systems for military and civilian applications.

European Spaceflight
Feb 10th, 2026
Munich's Hypersonica raises €23.3M Series A, tests hypersonic missile at Mach 6

Munich-based hypersonic systems startup Hypersonica has emerged from stealth with a €23.3 million Series A funding round led by Plural and a successful test launch. Founded in December 2023, the company is developing Europe's first privately funded hypersonic strike capability. On 3 February, Hypersonica launched a missile prototype from Andøya Space in Norway, reaching speeds exceeding Mach 6 and a range over 300 kilometres. The company completed the vehicle's development in just nine months. The Series A round included participation from Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, General Catalyst and 201 Ventures. Hypersonica aims to deliver an initial short-range hypersonic strike capability by 2027 and fully operational hypersonic glide vehicles by 2029, targeting NATO member states' defence requirements.