Netherlands Job Openings
European Space Agency
System Engineer
Noordwijk
September 4, 2024
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
- study manager/technical officer duties for assigned early phase studies for small missions to the Moon (surface and orbiters), including preparation, organisation and oversight of both ESA internal study work, Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) studies and industrial pre-Phase A or Phase A/B1 studies;
- systems engineering support to early phase studies in which you are not the technical officer/study manager;
- reporting on study status to the relevant exploration study lead.
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Specific technical officer/study manager duties include:
- management of the early phase exploration study definition process and reviews;
- preparation and oversight of the engineering and systems documentation of the ITT, such as the statement of work MRD and the mission description document, and all applicable and reference documentation;
- management of inputs from and collaboration with supporting directorates;
- supervision, provision of support and functional management of the tasks of junior systems engineers, young graduate trainees, payload engineers and support engineers within the project;
- management of the industrial contractors, ensuring the smooth running of the studies and the timely delivery and completeness of all deliverables;
- coordination with the D/HRE Science Offices and Human Exploration Group on their provision of science inputs for studies, such as science traceability matrices and science requirements documentation for the definition of payloads;
- acting as the D/HRE interface to the manager of technology development activities associated with the study.
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General systems engineering study support duties include:
- defining, analysing and maintaining spacecraft requirements and requirements documents;
- support of mission architecture trades;
- supervision and provision of support to the functional analysis process, including model-based systems engineering;
- monitoring, supporting and liaising with the study scientist and payload engineer on their provision of the payload description document (PDD) and payload-related requirements documentation;
- supervision and provision of support to the RAMS and FDIR process, including maintenance of the space elements’ redundancy concepts;
- monitoring and supporting all aspects of the mission analysis, ground segment and operations as they relate to the space elements;
- monitoring and supporting all aspects of the environmental analysis as it relates to the space elements;
- assisting the technology development team in defining, monitoring and controlling all critical technology development activities for a given study;
- identifying and coordinating the required D/TEC and D/OPS support relating to the above tasks, keeping in mind the cost constraints of the study;
- monitoring industry’s provision of technical documentation to ESA and consolidating across parallel contracts;
- in the execution of these tasks, interfacing directly with the industrial study technical team in accordance with the communication rules set out by the study manager;
- provision of support to internal and external reviews and meetings, leading technical meetings and workshops as agreed by the study manager;
- support of CDF studies in the role of customer study manager or customer systems engineer;
- supervision, support and functional management of the tasks of junior systems engineers and support engineers within the project.
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
- Exploration missions;
- Moon and LEO missions;
- Mission implementation/project development phases (B2/C/D);
- Technology development and maturation.
ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics. Applications from women are encouraged.
Important Information and Disclaimer
In principle, recruitment will be within the advertised grade band (A2-A4). However, if the selected candidate has less than four years of relevant professional experience following the completion of the master’s degree, the position may be filled at A1 level.
Please note that applications can only be considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
- Member States, Associate Members or Cooperating States.
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