MBSE Lead

OHB System AG – We.Create.Space

OHB System AG is one of the leading space companies in Europe. The company is part of the listed high-tech group OHB SE, which has more than 3,200 employees working on pivotal European space programs. With two strong locations in Bremen and Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and more than 40 years of experience, OHB System AG specialises in high-tech solutions for space. These include low-orbiting and geostationary satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, science and space exploration as well as systems for human space flight and aerial reconnaissance. We owe our success to our employees' passion for innovation, as well as their commitment and initiative.

For permanent employment OHB System AG in Oberpfaffenhofen or Bremen is looking for a

MBSE Lead (m/f/d)

In close collaboration with the Technical Design Authority team, and in liaison with the Predevelopment Directorate as well as with the systems engineering departments (satellites and instruments), you will be the key point of contact concerning MBSE, as a systems engineering enabling methodology at service of the projects. Under a specific development plan you will grow in technical and management competences in order to pave the way for the generation of a team of MBSE experts/modellers to be allocated to different projects according to the needs. The capability to consolidate the OHB System AG MBSE approach, considering the ESA MBSE roadmap as just one of the stakeholder roadmaps among many, is considered crucial. You will liaise on behalf of the TDA also with the CTO workstream, specifically in the context of the digitalization of engineering, AIT and production (Tech Hub). Your MBSE lead role will not prevent your allocation to a running study or a running project compatibly with the workload forecast.

Your Tasks

• Consolidate (identification, validation) the MBSE solutions at service of the systems engineering business processes;
• Consolidate the deployment and maintenance/evolution of the MBSE solutions in line with the systems engineering business processes;
• Pave the way to generate an MBSE centre of competences in terms of a team of experts and modellers at support of the projects;
• Foster the growth of know-why and know-how within the MBSE context via use cases, conferences, pilot projects, R&D (FFE) projects compatibly with the budget and the strategy at company level and at group level;
• Participate in the representation of the TDA as liaison to the CTO of the Group, specifically in the area of the digitalization of engineering and AIT and production;
• Contribute to the harmonization and the maturity of technologies and methodologies at service to the systems engineering processes (enablers);
• Keep the MBSE portfolio up-to-date (including visibility of conferences, participation to symposia/conferences, working group, trainings);
• Maintain the MBSE channels of communication (confluence page, one.OHB link);

Your Qualifications

• University degree (preferably Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering) with majors in systems engineering for space systems. A PhD in Systems Engineering and/or related MBSE topics would be seen as an advantage;
• Proven experience in MBSE (regardless of methods/tools/languages);
• Proven experience with multi-disciplinary tasks related to digital threads (e.g. MBSE, digital twins, multi-disciplinary simulation);
• Proven experience in engineering multi-disciplinary domains, preferably in a systems engineering context;

Your Skills

• Capability to recognize organization's overall goals and constraints leveraging the critical and analytical thinking you possess;
• Verbal and written synthesis skills with adoption of proper level of depth depending on the audience;
• Structured way of organizing personal tasks as well as others' tasks in a frame consistent to the overall picture;
• Self curious and innovative mindset, still capable of encouraging a culture of curiosity and innovation in others and simultaneously willing to listen to internal customer needs;
• Strong ethical principles;
• Management skills are desirable, yet not seen as a pre-requisite as subject to potential training in a dedicated development plan.

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: 13. 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 here 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 are looking forward to your application in German or English via our online tool.

OHB System AG

Human Resources

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