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# Systems Engineering Manager

- **Company:** OHB SE
- **Location:** Bremen, Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Systems Analysis, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://career-ohb.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/8830?c=career-ohb

## About the Role

* Master's degree (or equivalent) in Aerospace Engineering or a related discipline
 * Several years of professional experience across multiple space projects and relevant project lifecycle phases
 * Strong expertise in systems engineering, including requirements analysis, specification development, and space system architecture definition
 * Proven knowledge of mission analysis, system analysis, task structuring, and end-to-end space system design
 * Experience defining and managing interfaces with payloads, launchers, and ground segments
 * Sound understanding of budgeting, performance assessment, quality assurance, risk management, and ECSS standards
 * Ability to develop development, verification, qualification, and integration plans (DDV/AIV), including TRL assessment and qualification strategies
 * Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication, and leadership skills, combined with a solution-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams

## Description

OHB System AG is a large system integrator for space-based solutions in Europe. In the field of defence systems, OHB leads several large-scale projects for strategic and tactical reconnaissance and early warning missions. To strengenth the team of lead system engineers for these large-scael projects OHB is looking for an experienced System Engineering Manager for a high motivated team of engineers to define a system of systems architecture together with the consortium partners, * Lead of technical projects team in a predevelopment phase for a space based early warning system

 * Technical lead and co-ordination of project teams for the development of system of space systems and -missions, including consortium partners and internal departments
 * Analysis of customer-, mission- and system requirements (specifications, SoW), including execution of a functional analysis, preparation of a requirements tree and identification of proposed adaptations
 * Technical lead and execution of trade-offs, analysis and definition of missionand system architecture
 * Definition and design and specification of system of systems including mission- and system design, analysis and design of entire system of systems and space system and their specifications
 * Partial responsibility for project success, including performance (schedule, cost, quality) as part of the entire project success
 * Definition and co-ordination of the technical interfaces between all space systems and external systems
 * Definition of a design, development and verification plan (DDV / AIV) for system of system in co-ordination with systems engineering and AIV / AIT
 * Implementation of the technical aspects of the company strategy
 * Possibly takeover of project management function
 * Temporarily or permanently other reasonable and equivalent activities according to existing knowledge and skills