Electrical Architect (m/f/d) - Harness

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 Bremen is looking for a
Electrical Architect (m/f/d) - Harness

As Electrical Architect (m/f/d), you will define and own the satellite electrical harness architecture, from early concept through to qualified, flight-ready hardware. This role sits at a critical intersection: Your architecture enables the integration of avionics, payloads, power distribution, and communication systems across the spacecraft.You will work closely with Mechanical and AIT teams to ensure routing, integration, and installation are efficient and robust. Together with system engineers and customers, you will shape interfaces, electrical budgets, and design trade-offs to meet mission, cost, and schedule constraints. You will also collaborate with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure designs are producible, reliable, and compliant with space standards.Your technical leadership will be key in driving coherent architectural decisions, leading design reviews, and delivering scalable, high-quality harness solutions that directly contribute to mission success.
Your Tasks

• Definition of satellite harness architecture, including bracket, in close cooperation with Mechanical and AIT areas
• Creation of preliminary harness design, allocation ICDs, IO budgets and trade-offs in order to determine optimal solutions in terms of mass, integration effort and cost, while respecting basic electrical, EMC and charging compatibility aspects
• Definition of subsystem level requirements
• Coordination of the project harness engineering team
• Lead the harness engineering process from preliminary phase until harness manufacturing and acceptance, considering satellite need dates and constraints
• Support system level design reviews
• Interface to customers and subcontractor
• Set up & develop a top down engineering process
• Allow an overview of the whole electrical architecture from early phases until AIT
• Allow a sub-assembly based, and model based definition
• Allow automatized process for change control, ICD and end2end verification
• Further development of strategic competences / technologies

Your Qualifications

• A degree in engineering with a major in electrical engineering or compatible qualification
• More than 5 years of professional experience in the field of harness engineering in space
• Excellent communication skills, flexibility and ability to work independently
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• German is an asset

We offer

Work Life Balance: Flexible working hours, sabbatical, 30 days vacation & specialleave 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

Questions regarding this posting? Danielle Diedrichs is available under [email protected].