OHB System AG – We.Create.Space
OHB System AG is one of the leading space companies in Europe. The company is part of the listed high-tech group OHB SE, which has more than 3,200 employees working on pivotal European space programs. With two strong locations in Bremen and Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and more than 40 years of experience, OHB System AG specialises in high-tech solutions for space. These include low-orbiting and geostationary satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, science and space exploration as well as systems for human space flight and aerial reconnaissance. We owe our success to our employees’ passion for innovation, as well as their commitment and initiative.
For permanent employment OHB System AG in Bremen is looking for a
Cost Engineer (m/f/d)

Your Tasks

• Manage / Support cost engineering activities in different frames:
• from feasibility studies to implementation proposals from specific subsystems to E2E systems
• for very different domains, from Earth Observation to Telecommunication or Science Exploration
• for a variety of customers, but in particular ESA, EC, DLR
• Provide costing expertise to the project team supporting the collection and validation of cost input, from internal company sources (departments) and external team members and suppliers
• Coordinate the cost engineering activities ensuring the delivery of the required cost analyses (respecting the customer and the company internal requirements) in quality and in time
• Support the cost optimisation activities granting that the different constraints and requirements are properly reflected (technical, programmatic, financial, georeturn, etc etc)
• Ensure that the cost analyses is reviewed according to the internal policies and is aligned within all the internal stakeholders (management, BD, project team, departments, procurement, controlling, etc)
• Contribute to the definition of the internal processes associated to cost engineering
• Contribute to the definition of the set of tools and templates associated to cost engineering
• Contribute to the organization and execution of in-house trainings on cost engineering

Your Qualifications

Hard requirements:

• Completed studies (Diploma or Master) in aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification (i.e. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics)
• Experience in cost engineering (2 years +)
• Advanced knowledge of the MS suite, especially MS Excel (VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBI)
• Very good communication skills in oral / written English
• Experience in the space sector

Additional competences considered strong assets:

• Experience in the commercial space sector
• System Engineering or Project Management background (2 years +)
• Very good communication skills in oral / written German

We offer
Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & special leave days
Mobile Work: Hybrid work & mobile work abroad
Structured on-boarding process (incl. Assignment of a buddy in the first months)
Development: Extensive range of training courses, individual professional development, German language courses & annual employee dialogue
space projects
Additional benefits: 13. monthly salary, accident insurance & company pension plan
Catering: High standard company restaurant & generous meals subsidy
Active health promotion: Health management, E-GYM Wellpass & In-company sports groups
Family: Kindergarten subsidy / Kindergarten places, Childcare in the vacation period & paid child sickness days
Mobility: Subsidized Deutschland ticket, Job bike & parking lots
Company parties & events: Christmas party, Satellite launch events, NextGen Speakers Night
Innovation: Company suggestion system & free research and development
A complete overview of our benefits and more details can be found here on our website.
Become part of our international team and take your professional and personal development to a new level. Don’t fulfil all the requirements? No problem - we are happy to receive applications with partial matches! We are looking forward to your application in German or English via our online tool.
OHB System AG
Human Resources
Questions regarding this posting? Christian Wolten is available under career@ohb.de

• Manage / Support cost engineering activities in different frames:
• from feasibility studies to implementation proposals from specific subsystems to E2E systems
• for very different domains, from Earth Observation to Telecommunication or Science Exploration
• for a variety of customers, but in particular ESA, EC, DLR
• Provide costing expertise to the project team supporting the collection and validation of cost input, from internal company sources (departments) and external team members and suppliers
• Coordinate the cost engineering activities ensuring the delivery of the required cost analyses (respecting the customer and the company internal requirements) in quality and in time
• Support the cost optimisation activities granting that the different constraints and requirements are properly reflected (technical, programmatic, financial, georeturn, etc etc)
• Ensure that the cost analyses is reviewed according to the internal policies and is aligned within all the internal stakeholders (management, BD, project team, departments, procurement, controlling, etc)
• Contribute to the definition of the internal processes associated to cost engineering
• Contribute to the definition of the set of tools and templates associated to cost engineering
• Contribute to the organization and execution of in-house trainings on cost engineerin