Systems Engineering Manager (m/f/d) Space System Studies

OHB SE; Bremen; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OHB SE in Bremen seeks a Lead of technical projects team in predevelopment for space-based early warning systems. You will steer cross-disciplinary teams across missions and systems, define requirements, and drive architecture choices.

The role requires a Master in Aerospace Engineering, several years of space project experience, and strong systems engineering, interfaces with payloads, launchers, and ground segments, plus ECSS knowledge.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in Aerospace Engineering or related discipline.
• Several years of professional experience across multiple space projects.
• Strong systems engineering expertise including requirements analysis and architecture definition.
• Experience with mission analysis, system analysis, and end-to-end space system design.
• Experience defining interfaces with payloads, launchers and ground segments.
• Knowledge of budgeting, quality assurance, risk management and ECSS standards.
• Ability to develop DDV/AIV plans and TRL assessment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical projects team in a predevelopment phase for a space-based early warning system.
• Coordinate project teams including consortium partners and internal departments.
• Analyse customer, mission and system requirements and create a requirements tree.
• Define mission and system architectures and perform trade-offs.
• Design and specify system of systems and ensure alignment with DDV/AIV plans.
• Manage interfaces between space systems and external systems.
• Contribute to company strategy and potentially take on project management.
• Support budget, schedule, quality, and risk management.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Space system architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Education

Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Job description

• Lead of technical projects team in a predevelopment phase for a space based early warning system
• Technical lead and co-ordination of project teams for the development of system of space systems and –missions, including consortium partners and internal departments
• Analysis of customer-, mission- and system requirements (specifications, SoW), including execution of a functional analysis, preparation of a requirements tree and identification of proposed adaptations
• Technical lead and execution of trade-offs, analysis and definition of missionand system architecture
• Definition and design and specification of system of systems including mission- and system design, analysis and design of entire system of systems and space system and their specifications
• Partial responsibility for project success, including performance (schedule, cost, quality) as part of the entire project success
• Definition and co-ordination of the technical interfaces between all space systems and external systems
• Definition of a design, development and verification plan (DDV / AIV) for system of system in co-ordination with systems engineering and AIV / AIT
• Implementation of the technical aspects of the company strategy
• Possibly takeover of project management function
• Temporarily or permanently other reasonable and equivalent activities according to existing knowledge and skills

Your Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Aerospace Engineering or a related discipline
• Several years of professional experience across multiple space projects and relevant project lifecycle phases
• Strong expertise in systems engineering, including requirements analysis, specification development, and space system architecture definition
• Proven knowledge of mission analysis, system analysis, task structuring, and end-to-end space system design
• Experience defining and managing interfaces with payloads, launchers, and ground segments
• Sound understanding of budgeting, performance assessment, quality assurance, risk management, and ECSS standards
• Ability to develop development, verification, qualification, and integration plans (DDV/AIV), including TRL assessment and qualification strategies
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and leadership skills, combined with a solution-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams