System Performance Engineer (m/f/d)

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 3,000 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 the Systems Engineering Satellites department at OHB System AG in Bremen is looking for a

System Performance Engineer (m/f/d)

Your Tasks

As part of the Satellite Systems Engineering department, the System Performance team is responsible for controlling the system performance of our spacecraft from study phases until commissioning in-orbit. As part of our team, you will work in an inter-disciplinary environment in which you can contribute to the overall system architecture of our space missions, coordinate design and development activities related to space system performance and verify the performance requirements by analyses and tests.

Tasks

In this position, you will work in collaboration with architects and subsystem engineers on tasks like:

• Establish and maintain the mission performance budgets, including geometric performance.
• Coordination of performance analyses at satellite level
• Analysis of some geometric performances & development of associated software tools.
• Flow-down of the performance requirements from system level to satellite and subsystem level
• Planning and implementation of the performance calibration.
• Technical management of data processing and simulation chain at system level, including responsibility for processing aspects at satellite level.
• Contributions to technical management of payloads and platform units relevant for system performances.

Your Qualifications

• University degree in physics, aerospace engineering, remote sensing, or similar
• Professional experience in one or more of the following categories is advantageous
• Satellite design, in particular optical and/or radar missions
• Design & simulation of control systems, multibody systems, mechanisms or similar
• Geometric performances of Earth observation space missions
• Technical management of payload and/or unit development for space missions
• End-to-End Simulation of Earth-Observation and/or Science Data.
• Experience in programming (e.g. MATLAB, Python)
• Self-managed, solution-oriented and pro-active working style
• Ability to work in a team
• Working level proficiency in written and spoken English and German. Other language skills advantageous
  

We offer

OHB System AG – Human Resources

Questions regarding this posting? Christian Wolten is available under career@ohb.de.

Become part of our international team and take your professional and personal development to a new level. We are looking forward to your application (german or english) via our online tool.