Systems Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

OHB System AG –




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 3,200 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 Oberpfaffenhofen  is looking for a

Systems Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

In this position you shall become responsible for the technical management of the fully integrated development and realization of optical systems for space applications to meet the stakeholders’ expectations within performance, cost, schedule and risk constraints.

Your Tasks

Act as technical focal point between engineering and other
organizational functions (Customer, Project Management, AIT Management, Product
Assurance)

Coordinate the integrated technical effort and the engineering interfaces via
the Work Breakdown Structure, System Engineering Management Plan and
Engineering Work Plan

 Ensure that all necessary technical engineering tasks are defined, planned
and resourced

Establish and maintain the instrument-level technical baseline including
requirements, constraints, designs, assumptions, interfaces, resource
allocations and team responsibilities

Lead analysis of customer requirements and definition, evaluation, and verification of instrument-level requirements; decompose to subsystem level with traceability and exhaustiveness

Coordinate the assessment of the instrument-level compliance considering
lower level compliance status

Generate cost, schedule, and performance projections based on the top-level
system design

Act as the final decision authority on instrument-level design and
performance

Provide technical support to ensure the design integrity and convergence

Provide technical contributions to Project Management for balancing
technological needs versus non-technical, interests, for time- and
cost-planning or for coordination and support of subcontractors

Provide technical contributions to project risk management

Manage and lead project- or instrument-level technical reviews

Implement and ensure control of the System Engineering processes within the
project

Your Qualifications

University (TU), polytechnic degree or PhD in
Physics or Engineering, preferably with major focus on Optical Systems

Proven Systems Engineer or Technical Manager experience on scientific optical instruments (interferometers, spectrometers, telescopes)

Ideally, experience in the development logic of Space Instruments for Earth
Observation or Astronomy in Phases 0 to B2, as well as significant H/W
experience in the Phases C and D

Experience in engineering economic, scost/schedule projections, resource planning, risk analysis

Organised and structured task approach, experience in technical coordination
of a multidisciplinary engineering team

Skills & Competencies:

Team work, good conceptual, analytical and organizational skills

Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

Highly proficient in English (spoken and written); German language skills beneficial

We offer

Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & special
leave days Mobile Work: Hybrid work & mobile work abroad Structured on-boarding 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 space projects Additional benefits: 13.

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 .

Become part of our international team and take your professional and personal development to a new level.

Don't fulfil 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

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