Job Description

Define and analyze technical specifications and develop design concepts for demanding mechanisms and control systems to be operated in space environment

Coordinate design, development, integration and testing activities with other engineering disciplines and technical managers (Optics, Mechanical, Structural, Thermal and Electrical Engineering)

Be responsible for the flow-down of technical requirements and budgets from higher-level specifications to mechanism or mechatronic subsystems

Continuously monitor compliance to technical requirements, budgets and specifications throughout the development process

Lead and/or support internal and subcontractor meetings, offers, cost estimates and internal department development projects

Take part in planning of manufacturing, assembly and testing (MAIT) of mechanisms and mechatronic systems

As a key person of the department, anticipate and, if necessary, find solutions and remedy non-compliant disruptions or unexpected problems in all ongoing development projects of the department

Support the definition and specification of interfaces, generate interface control documents

Select and specify mechanical and mechatronic components (actuators, sensors, bearings, etc.)

Establish and maintain all mechanism specific trade-offs, analysis and simulations (e.g. motorization analysis, tribologic analysis, etc.) as well as mechanism specific documentation

Evaluate mechanism test results to ensure proper verification of the unit

Evaluate external subcontractor proposals and identify, select and monitor subcontractors as technical responsible. Act throughout the project as engineering single point of contact to the mechanism supplier and the OHB project internal engineering team, with the target to deliver a compliant and verified mechanism subsystem

Report concisely to the customer and to the project team

Your Qualifications

• University degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, aerospace engineering or comparable qualification
• Knowledge in the field of mechanisms technologies and tribology with optional expertise in conceptual mechanisms
• Modelling and simulation (e.g. via Matlab/Simulink or ADAMS)
• Capability and willingness for technical leadership of internal and external mechanism developments
• High sense of responsibility, determination and pro-active work attitude
• Well-structured way of working and systematic thinking
• Creativity and problem-solving skills
• Very good soft skills, especially communication and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work effectively in international and multidisciplinary teams
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken; German language skills are a plus