Systems Engineer – Instrument Performance & Calibration (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 Oberpfaffenhofen is looking for a
Systems Engineer – Instrument Performance & Calibration (m/f/d)
In this position you will contribute to the development of advanced optical instruments in one of our large space projects. After a close collaboration period with experienced colleagues, you shall become responsible for the simulation of the instrument’s performances and datasets, for the derivation of requirements on subsystem level as well as for the maintenance of technical budgets.
Your Tasks
- Elaborate and model the performance of an electro-optical instrument considering of all possible contributors like, for example, optical design and detector characteristics or structural stability.
- Ensure proper flow-down of customer requirements to technical requirements and/or subsystem requirements. Allocate technical budgets accordingly.
- Development and analysis of instrument calibration concepts for on-ground and in-flight
- Regularly update the system’s technical budgets during the program lifetime.
- Perform or support instrument design trade-offs, identify and analyze mitigation options.
- Define work packages together with different internal specialists and with external sub-contractors in a multidiscipline engineering team (Optics, Mechanics, Thermal, Structure).
- Align the activities with the systems engineering work plan.
- Review of sub-contractor analysis results (e.g. analytical models) and documents, like technical proposals, technical reports, or specifications.
- Monitor the compliance to customer requirements.
- Support the definition of control loops (e.g. thermal control: development of plant models incl. system identification, physical modelling, parameter estimation).
- Support technical discussion with customer or supplier.
Your Qualifications
- University / polytechnic degree or PhD in in scientific or engineering subject (e.g., Physics, Aerospace Engineering)
- Proficient in at least one of the following categories:
- technical and physical optics, spectrometry and optical instruments
- hands-on experience in the application of control theory and detailed knowledge concerning the definition of control systems
- mathematical modelling and simulation
- Experience with the programming languages Python and/or MATLAB and data processing.
- Strong analytical skills, good communication and negotiation skills
- Fluent in English in reading and writing