Space Mission Concept Architect

PassFort; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Open Cosmos is seeking a Mission Concept Engineer to shape space missions from early discussions to fully developed proposals. You will translate customer needs into technically robust and commercially viable architectures, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to deliver end-to-end concepts.

You'll define concepts across space, ground, and launch, perform analyses, and contribute to bid writing.

Formación

• Understanding of space mission design principles including orbit mechanics and payload definition.
• Strong mathematical and analytical capability for power, delta‑V, coverage, and link budgets.
• Confidence in modelling and simulation tools (MATLAB, Python, STK).
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes and cross‑segment mission integration.
• Understanding of proposal development and technical writing; ability to structure complex ideas clearly.
• Knowledge of remote sensing, telecommunications, or in‑orbit services is desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Define and develop mission concepts for commercial and institutional opportunities, covering space, ground, and launch segments.
• Conduct orbital, power, and link budget analyses, performing trade-offs to assess technical feasibility and mission performance.
• Support proposal preparation and bid writing, ensuring technical accuracy, coherence, and compliance with customer needs.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, project management, and supply chain teams to validate assumptions and ensure deliverability.
• Develop and maintain tools, models, and analytical frameworks to support mission definition, cost estimation, risk assessment, and performance modelling.
• Gather and analyse technical and market intelligence, benchmarking comparable missions and technologies to inform concept design.
• Contribute to internal process improvement, standardising templates, tools, and analysis methods.
• Engage with customers, suppliers, and partners under guidance, contributing to technical discussions and reviews.

Conocimientos

Orbit mechanics

Power budgets

Link budgets

MATLAB

Python

Systems engineering

Technical writing

Remote sensing

Proposal development

Educación

Space engineering degree

Herramientas

STK

Descripción del empleo

Open Cosmos is seeking a Mission Concept Engineer to shape space missions from early discussions to fully developed proposals. You will translate customer needs into technically robust and commercially viable architectures, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to deliver end-to-end concepts.

You'll define concepts across space, ground, and launch, perform analyses, and contribute to bid writing.