Satellite Verification & Validation Manager (M/F) REF. V&V_2025

OHB Italia is seeking for its Satellite and Missions Department in Rome or Milano a

Satellite Verification & Validation Manager (M/F)  REF. V&V_2025

You will join a team of system engineers, bringing your experience in leading and driving the satellite activities along the whole project lifecycle, including design, development, integration, verification, launch and in-orbit operations.

As a V&V manager, you will drive all the activities relevant with the specification, verification and validation of the project, while respecting the satellite schedule and budget.

Tasks:

• Lead the Verification and Validation of small satellites.
• Coordination, monitoring and ensuring the timely implementation of all relevant V&V activities.
• Contribution to preparation of Design, Development and Verification Plans.
• Confident handling of development processes (e.g., V-model).
• Definition and management of Model Philosophy and HW matrix.
• Management of the requirement specification process, from customer to Equipment level.
• Contribution to definition of verification methods and stages.
• Contribution to the definition of the testing infrastructure (e.g., Flatsat, SCOEs etc.).
• Support satellite verification and AIT activities.
• Preparation and execution of system and acceptance tests with customers.
• Evaluation, logging, and evaluation of test results as well as the documentation of deviations.

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of satellite systems engineering, including requirements engineering, functional analysis, verification control.
• Experience in satellite verification, including participation to AIT campaigns.
• Excellent sense of responsibility.
• 5+ years of hands-on working experience.
• Structured hands-on work-approach.
• Highly self-motivated and able to work autonomously.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English.
• University degree (Master/PhD) or equivalent education plus relevant proven work experience in industry.

Assets:

• Requirements management tools (Doors, etc.).
• Model Based System Engineering.
• Concurrent engineering tools (Confluence, Jira, etc.).
• Italian language.