Cost Engineer (m/f/d)

OHB SE; Bremen; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

OHB SE in Bremen invites a Cost Engineer to shape cost analyses from feasibility to delivery across aerospace domains. You will ensure timely, high-quality costing aligned with internal requirements and drive optimization with cross-functional teams. Strong MS Excel and English communication are essential, space sector experience highly valued.

Qualifikationen

• Diploma or Master in aerospace engineering or equivalent.
• Advanced MS Excel skills (VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBI).
• Fluent English, strong written and oral communication.
• Experience in the space sector.

Aufgaben

• Lead cost engineering activities from feasibility through proposals and delivery.
• Ensure timely, high-quality cost analyses aligned with internal policies.
• Support cost optimization reflecting technical, programmatic and financial constraints.
• Review cost analyses with management, BD, project teams and procurement.
• Contribute to defining internal cost engineering processes and governance.
• Develop tools and templates for cost engineering and train teams.

Kenntnisse

Space sector experience

English communication

Ausbildung

Aerospace engineering degree

Tools

MS Excel

SQL

Power BI

Jobbeschreibung

• from feasibility studies to implementation proposals


• from specific subsystems to E2E systems


• for all domains, from Earth Observation to Telecommunication or Science Exploration


• for a variety of customers, but in particular ESA, EC, DLR, BW


• Provide costing expertise to the project team supporting the collection and validation of cost input, from internal company sources (departments) and external team members and suppliers


• Coordinate the cost engineering activities ensuring the delivery of the required cost analyses (respecting the customer and the company internal requirements) in quality and in time


• Support the cost optimisation activities granting that the different constraints and requirements are properly reflected (technical, programmatic, financial, georeturn, etc etc)


• Ensure that the cost analyses is reviewed according to the internal policies and is aligned within all the internal stakeholders (management, BD, project team, departments, procurement, controlling, etc)


• Contribute to the definition of the internal processes associated to cost engineering


• Contribute to the definition of the set of tools and templates associated to cost engineering


• Contribute to the organization and execution of in-house trainings on cost engineering

• Manage / Support cost engineering activities in different frames:
  
  
  • from feasibility studies to implementation proposals
  
  
  • from specific subsystems to E2E systems
  
  
  • for all domains, from Earth Observation to Telecommunication or Science Exploration
  
  
  • for a variety of customers, but in particular ESA, EC, DLR, BW
  
  
  
  


• Provide costing expertise to the project team supporting the collection and validation of cost input, from internal company sources (departments) and external team members and suppliers


• Coordinate the cost engineering activities ensuring the delivery of the required cost analyses (respecting the customer and the company internal requirements) in quality and in time


• Support the cost optimisation activities granting that the different constraints and requirements are properly reflected (technical, programmatic, financial, georeturn, etc etc)


• Ensure that the cost analyses is reviewed according to the internal policies and is aligned within all the internal stakeholders (management, BD, project team, departments, procurement, controlling, etc)


• Contribute to the definition of the internal processes associated to cost engineering


• Contribute to the definition of the set of tools and templates associated to cost engineering


• Contribute to the organization and execution of in-house trainings on cost engineering

Your Qualifications

Hard requirements:

• Completed studies (Diploma or Master) in aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification (i.e. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics)


• Advanced knowledge of the MS suite, especially MS Excel (VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBI)


• Very good communication skills in oral / written English


• Experience in the space sector

Additional competences considered strong assets:

• Experience in the commercial space sector


• Knowledge of SQL language


• System engineering or Project Management background (2 years +)


• Cost engineering experience


• Very good communication skills in oral / written German


• Security Clearance