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

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