Systems Engineer (Operations) (m/f/d) - Navigation Satellites

Location: Bremen, Germany; flexible working arrangement balancing remote and on-site work.

Company

OHB System AG, part of the listed hirify.global high-tech group, develops and supports high-tech space systems including navigation satellites and satellite operations.

What you will do

• Coordinate and implement operations-related systems engineering, including processing mission operational requirements and providing operations inputs to payload, platform, software, FDIR, ground-segment, and programmatic domains.
• Develop operations documentation such as user manuals and concepts of operations.
• Develop and validate operational products, including scripting and testing flight-control procedures.
• Participate in Project Support Teams for LEOP and IOT campaigns and provide off-site, in-orbit engineering support for active satellites, including maintenance and anomaly resolution.
• Support system-level activities across phases A–E, including proposals, requirements engineering, verification, and management of satellite functional and performance requirements.
• Prepare design-review documentation and solve technical problems with subsystem engineers, system engineers, suppliers, and customers.

Requirements

• Diploma or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, Physics, or an equivalent qualification.
• General knowledge of satellite subsystems and/or systems engineering.
• Experience with space-segment operations, such as active satellite operations campaigns, routine operations, operational product development, scripting, testing, or automation.
• Experience with operational tools or languages.
• Strong communication skills, initiative, and proactivity.
• Ability to work independently and in diverse teams, with a creative and solution-oriented mindset.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of or interest in PNT systems and services.
• Partial matches to the requirements are welcome.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with flexible working hours, mobile work, sabbatical options, 30 days of vacation, and special leave days.
• Structured onboarding with a buddy, extensive training, individual professional development, German language courses, and annual employee dialogue.
• Additional benefits include a 13th monthly salary, accident insurance, company pension plan, health promotion, and subsidized meals.
• Family and mobility benefits include kindergarten support, vacation childcare, paid child sickness days, a subsidized Deutschland ticket, job bike, and parking.
• Company events, satellite launch events, an innovation system, and opportunities for research and development.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted in German or English through the online application tool.