Satellite Optical Communication Terminal Engineer (m/f/d)

Your Tasks

• OHB Technical point of contact to the OCT supplier, and any other optical payload suppliers.
• Management, monitoring and controlling of all OCT activities, i.e. design, development and testing, conducted by the Payload supplier
• Support co-engineering activities and design trade-offs with the Payload supplier for the correct implementation of the applicable requirements
• Elaboration of Optical Communications Terminals (OCT) specifications based on mission requirements, as well as for other optical Payloads.
• Provision of inputs to the Statement of Work (SOW) with the supplier
• Compliance assessment to applicable Payload requirements and SOW and discussion coordination
• On-site participation at supplier facilities during program milestones and test campaigns.
• Perform technical coordination between the suppliers and other satellite subsystems within the OHB for the embarkation of the equipment on the spacecraft (thermal, mechanical, electrical, SW, etc).
• Reporting to the Project Payload lead engineer on the status of the equipment development and to provide inputs to the Satellite Level documentation.
• Perform reviews of OCT documentation during the OCT project milestones (EQSR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TRB)
• Support System level reviews requiring OCT inputs
• Contribution to Progress Reports on OCT topics
• Review and discussions coordination with the OCT supplier for AIT approach, at equipment, Payload and Satellite level.
• Report OCT NCRs, RFDs/RFWs and support OCT related NRBs (when applicable)
• Collection of OCT related information and distribution to the system (budgets, ICD, step files, and other documentation)
• Elaboration of test specifications, test procedures and reports for Satellite level testing.
• Payload schedule supervision and reporting of details and critical dependencies into the Master schedule

Your Qualifications

• Degree in Physics, Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Proven experience working with Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) for space applications
• Strong understanding of: OCT architecture and design
• Optical communication protocols
• Performance analysis and optical link budgets

• Good knowledge of SDA and ESTOL protocols
• Experience with satellite development lifecycle (Phase B-D), supplier management and milestone reviews
• Strong interface management and cross-disciplinary coordination skills
• Structured, analytical and solution-oriented mindset

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