OHB Italia is seeking for its Satellite and Missions Department in Rome/Torino/ Milano an

AOCS & GNC Architect m/f Ref. Sat_AOCS_2026

As an AOCS & GNC architect, you will lead and drive the AOCS & GNC activities along the whole project lifecycle, including design, development, integration, verification, launch and in-orbit operations. This is applicable both for subsystems developed in OHB-I and subsystems contracted to a subcontractor. You will be actively involved with other projects of the same product line, acting both as a keeper and an innovator of the product technical baseline, by proposing disruptive approaches to optimize the processes, reduce the Total Cost of Ownership and improve the schedule.

Tasks

- Technical Lead of AOCS/GNC subsystems
- Develop AOCS/GNC architectures and perform related trade-offs
- Lead the Design and Development of AOCS/GNC subsystems
- Technical management of AOCS/GNC subsystem subcontractor
- Technical Support to Procurement of AOCS/GNC equipment
- Lead the Verification and Validation of AOCS/GNC subsystems
- Support satellite AIT (hands‑on) and verification activities




- Support to satellite proposals and system studies for AOCS/GNC topics
- Preparation of technical documentation
- Participation to Launch campaign

Qualifications

- Engineering or doctoral degree in aerospace engineering or comparable qualifications and professional experience
- Experience in the space business, especially with AOCS/GNC architectures, procurement, design and verification and validation processes
- Strong knowledge of attitude and orbit dynamics, missions, SW, and AOCS/GNC equipment
- Experience in satellite verification, including participation to AIT campaigns

- Good knowledge of Matlab/Simulink, Office Tools and DOORS
- Excellent sense of responsibility

- Structured hands‑on work‑approach
- Highly self‑motivated and able to work autonomously
- Excellent problem‑solving skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Customer oriented thinking‑approach
- Ability to work in international teams
- Fluency in spoken and written English

Assets

- Experience with Deep Space missions
- Knowledge of Autocoding

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📌 AOCS & GNC Architect m/f Ref. Sat_AOCS_2026 (Roma)
🏢 Ohb Italia
📍 Roma