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Systems Engineer Exploration, Space Safety and Space Transportation (m/f/d)

OHB logoOHBBremen, GermanyPosted 2mo ago

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## 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 ## Your Tasks - Analysis of customer-, mission- and system requirements, including support of a functional analysis, definition of a specification tree and identification of proposed adaptations - Flowdown of requirements to subsystem and equipment level using DOORS - Support to trade-offs, analysis and definition of mission- and system architecture - Contribution to the definition and design of space systems including mission- and system design, analyses and design of entire space systems, subsystems and their specifications - Contribution to interface and budget management of respective domain - Technical coordination of subsystems and internal projects (e.g. impact investigation for requirements changes) - Technical coordination of subcontractors by order of the Project Chief Engineer and / or the Project Manager - Direct reporting to Project Chief Engineer and, on request, to Project Management - Technical coordination with counterparts on industry and/or ESA side - Support the corresponding system design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and the verification planning - Monitor the compliance to requirements.

Coordination with the Project Chief Engineer and Project Management and to initiate suitable measures - Support implementation of agreed changes to the design and deliverables, e.g. for RFWs (Request for Waiver) or RFDs (Request for Deviation) or NCRs (Non-Compliance Reports) - Contribute to system and subsystem level verification in the definition of test plans, test procedures and review of test results - Write test specifications, support procedure generation and execution and evaluate test results for requirements verification - Contribution to the elaboration of proposals for exploration missions ## Your Qualifications - Completed studies (Diploma or Master) in aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification. - At least 4-5 years of relevant experience - General knowledge of system engineering - Knowledge of requirements analysis - Knowledge of preparation of specifications - Knowledge of the definition of space system architectures - Knowledge of interface management - Ideally already practical experiences in the domains of Exploration, Space Safety and/or Space Transportation - Good communication skills - Ability to work in a team and communicate in complex international collaboration in line with established rules and needed conduct - Creativity - Solution orientation - Good English skills, ideally good German skills ## 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 .

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