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In this role, you will develop advanced collision avoidance algorithms, create tailored solutions for customer missions, and shape end-to-end mission design software while reviewing hardware designs and supporting launch preparations.
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Your role in the team
- Join us in safeguarding the sustainability of space operations through advanced space situational awareness (SSA) technologies.
- As part of our team, you will develop cutting-edge collision avoidance algorithms, enhance space situational awareness, and innovate tools for satellite operators.
- Your expertise in data science and physics will help us detect, predict, and mitigate orbital risks, ensuring safe and sustainable space exploration.
- Reviewing and coordinating reviews of the Product Assurance & Safety Plan (PASP) and Product Assurance Requirements Documents (PARD).
- Performing end-to-end mission design tailored to customer needs.
- Assessing customer mission requirements and designing tailored solutions.
- Identifying customer needs and ideating new solutions.
- Shape our end-to-end mission design software development.
- Reviewing hardware designs at the system and subsystem levels.
- Support launch preparation, environmental test campaign planning, and readiness reviews ahead of launch.
- Compute system budgets (link, power, data) and track margins against requirements throughout development.
Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- M.Sc. or higher in Aerospace/Space Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or another relevant technical field.
- Growth mindset and broadening your horizons.
- Willingness to travel and to work in concentrated review campaigns.
- English proficiency at C1 level or higher.
- Valid EU work authorization.
- Familiarity with ECSS product assurance practices (FMEA/FMECA, fault tree analysis, critical items lists, RAMS, ECSS-Q-ST-80C).
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in satellite systems engineering with responsibility for system-level engineering activities across major spacecraft development phases, including development, integration, verification, qualification, and launch preparation.
- 2+ years of experience working within ECSS-compliant development programmes, including technical documentation, formal reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, QR, AR), and certification activities.
- Experience contributing to at least one satellite mission that successfully entered operational service.
- Experience in Earth observation missions.
- Experience with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging.
What we offer
- With a lean hierarchy and small working groups, you define your own way of working, including flexible working hours.
- Work on groundbreaking space sustainability challenges with a team of top-tier engineers and scientists.
- After your onboarding period in Braunschweig, you can choose to work from our office (our preferred option), remotely (within Germany), or in a hybrid setup.
- Enjoy technical freedom.
- Influence system architecture, research methodologies, and data integration approaches.
- Grow continuously with access to training budgets, industry conferences, and networking opportunities.
- Be part of a strong engineering culture, with regular knowledge-sharing sessions, technical deep dives, and innovation sprints.
- Great team spirit, with company-wide events such as monthly all-hands lunches, and social activities like laser tag, dinners, and team-building outings.
Benefits
Work-Life-Integration
Health, fitness & fun
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About your employer
OKAPI:Orbits is a forward-thinking SaaS startup based in Braunschweig, Germany, focused on enhancing the safety and sustainability of satellite missions. The company offers AI-driven platforms and consulting services for space traffic management, supporting satellite operators throughout the entire lifecycle of their missions. With solutions for collision avoidance and mission design optimization, OKAPI:Orbits contributes to making the space environment safer.
- Startup
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Aviation, Space Travel
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