Satellite Systems Engineer (m/f/d) - Navigation

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.

Satellite Systems Engineer (m/f/d) - Navigation

Your Tasks

• Coordinate engineering activities between suppliers, subsystem engineers, and the system team
• Manage requirement flow-down, implementation, and verification
• Perform system-level assessments, trade-offs, and analyses
• Maintain technical system budgets
• Solve technical challenges within the project team and with the customer
• Define and document autonomous and ground-based FDIR implementation
• Prepare satellite-level test specifications, procedures, and scripts
• Support and review satellite-level testing
• Generate and validate operational procedures
• Participate in environmental tests, launch, and commissioning/campaigns

Your Qualifications

• You hold a degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• You bring experience in satellite projects, ideally in subsystem or system engineering and phases C/D/E
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, are proactive, and enjoy solving complex challenges
• You can work independently while coordinating effectively within a team
• You communicate confidently in English (written and spoken); German or other languages are a plus
• You are curious, solution-oriented, and eager to contribute to next-generation navigation systems

We offer

• Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & specialleave 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

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