Chief Systems Architect (space and ground segment) – Systems Engineering Space (m/f/d)

• Design authority for the system level architecture baseline
• Define, maintain and pilot data-driven systems architectures and CONOPS
• Ensure coherence between the mission objectives and user services
• Ensure coherence with the data lifecycle design between data pipeline architecture, processing chains, storage and cloud infrastructure, APIs and user dissemination platforms
• Perform system level trade-offs and system performance budgets
• Oversee and support interfaces definition, ensuring interoperability with external systems
• Define validation and quality assurance strategy
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver a consistent and scalable mission solution
• Technical leadership of R&D/R&T projects
• Supporting project management for projects implementation from the system to component development, if necessary

• Successfully completed university degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or comparable
• Several years of experience in system-of-systems architecture design for space projects (space and ground segment)
• Several years of experience in space systems end-to-end performance analysis and simulations, constellations design, mission analysis
• Experience in space systems design for defence customers (classified environments)
• Very good understanding of several space sensing domains (SAR, electro-optical, RF)
• Technical leadership and accountability
• Very good German and good English skills, both written and spoken
• Willingness to travel occasionally

• Company pension scheme
• Share purchase programme
• 30 days of holiday
• Access to corporate benefits
• Deutschlandticket
• Relocation support
• Mobile working
• VIVA family service
• Individual and diverse internal and external development opportunities, including at the Rheinmetall Academy
• Professional induction process supported by digital onboarding

Contact Person: Nina Adams 

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