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
Senior Navigation Payload Systems Engineer (m/f/d)

Your Tasks

• Coordinate the design and development of next generation payload architectures including architecture tradeoffs and verification planning
• Contribute to the internal training, knowledge, and tools database
• Coordinate requirements flow-down and specification writing for subsystems and units
• Review and assess supplier proposals
• Model and assess the RF Power, Signal performance, clock frequency stability, and other payload performance parameters
• Support test campaigns by analyzing measured payload performance and assessing/troubleshooting anomalies/non conformances
• Analyze any non-conformances for impact and gain approval from customer
• Review and assess supplier documentation and participate in review meetings (design, qualification, test-readiness, post-test, acceptance, etc.) as customer
• Assess on-orbit performance and anomaly reports
• Travel regularly to supplier/customer sites supporting testing and technical meetings

Your Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications, Signal Processing, or comparable discipline
• First experience in leading a team of technical experts and interaction with subcontractors
• Experience in technical negotiations with the customer
• Professional experience as a Systems Engineer (m/f/d) of at least 5 years
• Professional experience in satellite projects, preferably in phases C/D/E
• Self-managed and pro-active working style
• Working level proficiency in written and spoken English. German or other language skills advantageous

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? Danielle Diedrichs is available under career@ohb.de

• Coordinate the design and development of next generation payload architectures including architecture tradeoffs and verification planning
• Contribute to the internal training, knowledge, and tools database
• Coordinate requirements flow-down and specification writing for subsystems and units
• Review and assess supplier proposals
• Model and assess the RF Power, Signal performance, clock frequency stability, and other payload performance parameters
• Support test campaigns by analyzing measured payload performance and assessing/troubleshooting anomalies/non conformances
• Analyze any non-conformances for impact and gain approval from customer
• Review and assess supplier documentation and participate in review meetings (design, qualification, test-readiness, post-test, acceptance, etc.) as customer
• Assess on-orbit performance and anomaly reports
• Travel regularly to supplier/customer sites supporting testing and technical meeting