Digital Payload System Engineer (m/f/d)

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 3,000 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

Digital Payload System Engineer (m/f/d)

To further expand the OHB Telecom payload team, we are looking for a payload engineer with broadband experience in high-frequency technology and antenna technology for digital and analogue Telecom payloads in a LEO, MEO and GEO orbit. Initial experience with digital payloads in combination with digital beamforming would be excellent. It would be desirable to have a good overview of the current standards such as DVB-S, DVB-S2 RCS and familiarization with future standards such as 5G/6G. This role demands a high level of interdisciplinary collaboration with other technical Subsystems, project management and business development.

Your Tasks

Proposal phase:

• Technical support in the creation of offers within the Telekom department
• Perform link budget analyses (utilizing OHB in-house tools) to determine system capacity i.e. overall aggregated data rates
• Elaboration and development of your own payload approaches for a telecom mission

Implementation phase:

• Development of analogue and digital payloads based on customer specification
• Carrying out and supporting all unit reviews of the telecom payload
• Creation of all documentation in the course of a satellite project of phase 0, A, B, C/D and phase E
• Support of all subsystems related to payload interfaces (e.g. Harness, SRDB, MIB)
• Preparation and execution of customer payload PDRs and CDRs
• Preparation, implementation and support of environmental tests in TVAC and CATR
• Calculation, preparation and execution of payload auto compatibility measurements

Operational phase:

• Planning and execution of payload IOT (In Orbit Test) RF tests
• Creation, testing and implementation of payload RF settings
• Contact person for the payload during the satellite's lifetime

Your Qualifications

• Master’s degree in RF or communication engineering, or equivalent qualification
• Interest and good understanding in the field of high-frequency technology and its assemblies such as TWTs, LNAs, filters, converters
• Knowledge of current standards (e.g. DVB-S2X, RCS) and emerging standards (e.g. 5G/6G NTN) for satellite communications
• Work experience in systems engineering is desirable
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively within a team
• Very good knowledge of the English language
• German language skills would be an advantage

We offer

• Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & special leave days
• Mobile Work: Hybrid work & mobile work abroad
• Structured onboarding 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
• Additional benefits: 13th 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 fulfill 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? Malin Ollenschläger is available under career@ohb.de.