Antenna-Engineer for Telecom Payloads (m/f/d)
OHB System AG – We.Create.Space is a leading space company in Europe. The company is part of the OHB SE group with more than 3,000 employees working on European space programs. We have locations in Bremen and Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and specialise in high-tech solutions for space, including satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, science and space exploration, as well as systems for human space flight and aerial reconnaissance.
For permanent employment, OHB System AG in Bremen is looking for an Antenna-Engineer for Telecom Payloads (m/f/d).
Your Tasks
Proposal phase:
- Technical support in the creation of offers within the Telekom department
- Perform link budget analyses (utilising OHB in-house tools) to determine system capacity i.e. overall aggregated data rates
- Elaboration and development of your own payload approaches for a telecom mission
- Calculation and creation of antenna patterns in the offer phase using standardized analysis software (e.g. Grasp, SatSoft)
- Technical consultation and negotiations with the respective antenna suppliers
- Development of own ideas in the area of intelligent antennas (multibeam missions)
Implementation phase:
- Development of analogue and digital antennas for Telecom payloads based on customer-specification
- Carrying out and supporting all antenna reviews of the telecom payload
- Support of all subsystems related to electrical and mechanical antenna interface on board a satellite
- Creation of all documentation in the course of a satellite project of phase 0, A, B, C/D and phase E
Operational phase:
- Planning and execution of payload IOT (In Orbit Test) RF tests with regard to antenna pattern measurements
- Contact person for the payload antennas during the satellite's lifetime
Your Qualifications
- Master’s degree in RF or communication engineering, or equivalent qualification
- Good understanding of all high-frequency technology and its components such as amplifiers, LNA, waveguides, converters
- Initial experience in measuring antennas in a CATR (antenna compact range) would be an advantage
- Experience in using antenna simulation tools such as Grasp, FeKo and Sat-Soft
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively within a team
- Very good knowledge of the English language
- German language skills would be an advantage
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: 13th 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 can be found 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 look forward to your application in German or English via our online tool.
OHB System AG
Human Resources
Questions regarding this posting? Sven Friedrich is available at career@ohb.de.