About this role
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 3,200 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 Bremen is looking for a
Mission Analysis and Flight Dynamics Engineer (m/f/d)
Your Tasks
- Perform Mission Analysis for Earth observation satellites in LEO and GEO.
- Analysis and derivation of Mission and System performance parameters
- Point of Contact to Subsystem designers for Mission-related requirements and constraints.
- Point of Contact to Payload designers and System Engineers (in particular, Operations preparation engineers) for the consolidation of an operational concept related to the payload commanding.
- Provide Subsystem designers with the required Mission-related analyses and profiles.
- Conception, design, development and validation of SW packages for Mission Analysis and Flight Dynamics purposes.
- Development of optimal / suboptimal Attitude Guidance profiles
- Computation of nominal mission profiles.
- Development of Orbit Control strategies and related SW
- Derivation of Mission-related requirements.
Your Qualifications
- Master’s or doctoral degree or equivalent in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics.
- Deep and hands-on knowledge on Orbital Dynamics problems and methods.
- Ability and experience to apply theoretical knowledge for the solution of technical problems in Space Flight Dynamics.
- Experience in the use of numerical methods for Orbit Determination and Control.
- Experience as FD engineer in operational context is a plus.
- Good knowledge of satellite Attitude Kinematics and Dynamics.
- Knowledge and experience in optimization theory is a plus.
- Ability to work in cooperation with Systems and Subsystems Engineers in multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent command in MATLAB and Python. C and System Tool Kit (STK) are a plus.
We offer
A complete overview of our benefits and more details can be found here on our website.
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
Questions regarding this posting? Christian Wolten is available under [email protected].
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