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In this role, you will monitor satellite performance, model imaging geometries, and analyze geometric and pointing performance, while collaborating closely with other engineers in a dynamic environment.
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Your role in the team
- As part of the Satellite Systems Engineering department, the System Performance team is responsible for monitoring the performance of our spacecraft from the study phase through to in-orbit commissioning.
- As part of our team, you will work in an interdisciplinary environment where you can contribute to the overall system architecture of our space missions, coordinate design and development activities related to space system performance, and verify performance requirements through analyses and tests.
- In this position, you will work in collaboration with architects and subsystem engineers on tasks like:
- Modelling of the satellite’s imaging geometry and analysis of its geometric performance.
- Pointing performance engineering on topics such as microvibration, thermoelastic deformation, and others.
- Implementation of the performance calibration and development of the associated software tools.
- Performance testing at various levels (satellite, platform, units), including test evaluation.
- Algorithm development for data processing and simulation focused on satellite-level aspects such as geometry.
- Implementation and maintenance of the satellite characterization and calibration database used for on-ground data processing.
Our expectations of you
Education
- University degree in physics, aerospace engineering, remote sensing, or a related field.
Qualifications
- Satellite design, in particular optical and/or radar missions.
- Design and simulation of control systems, multibody systems, mechanisms, or similar.
- Geometric performance of Earth observation space missions.
- End-to-end simulation of Earth observation and/or science data.
- Self-managed, solution-oriented and proactive working style.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Working-level proficiency in written and spoken English and German. Additional language skills are an advantage.
Experience
- Professional experience in one or more of the following categories is advantageous:
- Experience in programming (e.g. MATLAB, Python).
What we offer
- Work-life balance: Flexible working hours, sabbaticals, 30 days of vacation, and special leave days.
- Mobile work: Hybrid work & working remotely from abroad.
- Structured onboarding process (including assignment of a buddy during the first few months).
- Development: Extensive range of training courses, individual professional development, German language courses & annual employee dialogue.
- Additional benefits: 13th-month salary, accident insurance & company pension plan.
- Catering: High-standard company restaurant and generous meal subsidy.
- Active health promotion: Health management, EGYM Wellpass & company sports groups.
- Family: Kindergarten subsidy / Kindergarten places, childcare during school holidays & paid child sick days.
- Mobility: Subsidized Deutschlandticket, company bike & parking spaces.
- Company parties & events: Christmas party, satellite launch events, NextGen Speakers Night.
- Innovation: Company suggestion system & free research and development.
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About your employer
For more than 40 years, OHB System AG has been developing high-tech solutions for the aerospace industry and other fields.
- 1981
- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Aviation, Space Travel
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