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