Key Tasks and Responsibilities

As part of the AIV team at ESTEC, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Review the element and segment test procedures to ensure completeness;
• Ensure that the GCS functional and design requirements are adequately verified; Ensure that the GCS compliance to the applicable requirements is correctly verified by the Prime Contractor during planned test campaigns either at element or system level;
• Ensure that verification performed is compatible with any test requirements at system level;
• Attend to the AIV meetings, test campaign dry-runs and formal runs onsite;
• Review and closely monitor the requirements verification matrix and confirm allocation of requirements verification to milestones;
• Review the Segment Verification Control Documents to ensure accuracy and correctness;
• Organize the ESA level VCBs to endorse the verification performed by industry;
• Assist other AIV related activities, including schedule reviews, anomaly assessments, Waiver assessments, documentation reviews and configuration
• control;
• Participate in GCS review milestones.

Skills & Experience

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• University degree in a relevant discipline;
• Several years of practical experience in the development, integration, verification and testing of satellite monitoring and control infrastructure;
• Good knowledge of applicable ECSS as well as Galileo applicable standards;
• Good knowledge of the Galileo system design, Galileo Control Segment design and of satellite control infrastructures (e.g. ESOC, DLR, EUMETSAT, etc.);
• Knowledge and experience of the concept of AIV and Qualification implemented in the Ground Control Segment; Willingness to travel;
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

This job is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Kalina Traykova, by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-24137.