Your Tasks
To further expand the OHB Telecom payload team, we are looking for a payload engineer with broadband experience in high-frequency technology and antenna technology for digital and analogue telecom payloads in a LEO, MEO and GEO orbit.
* Technical support in the creation of offers within the Telekom department
* Perform link budget analyses (utilizing 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
* Development of analogue and digital payloads based on customer-specification
* Carrying out and supporting all unit reviews of the telecom payload.
* Creation of all documentation in the course of a satellite project of phase 0, A, B, C/D and phase E
* Support of all subsystems related to payload interfaces (e.g. Harness, SRDB, MIB)
* Preparation and execution of customer payload PDRs and CDRs
* Preparation, implementation and support of environmental tests in TVAC and CATR.
* Calculation, preparation and execution of payload auto compatibility measurements
* Planning and execution of payload IOT (In Orbit Test) RF tests
* Creation, testing and implementation of payload RF settings
* Contact person for the payload during the satellite's lifetime
Your Qualifications
* Initial experience with digital payloads & digital beamforming would be excellent
* Knowledge of current standards (DVB-S, DVB-S2 RCS) and interest in future standards such as 5G/6G
* Master’s degree in RF- or communication engineering, antenna engineering, electrotechnic-engineering or equivalent qualification
* Understanding of high-frequency technology (TWTs, LNAs, filters, converters in the frequency bands of P- up to Q/V-Band)
* Skills in digital communications engineering, modern SDR technologies & in the field of digital antenna beamforming
* Experience in the field of optical communications technology (ISL terminals) may be advantageous
* Work experience in systems engineering is desirable
* Strong communication and teamwork skills
* Strong knowledge in English; German is a plus