Telespazio Belgium is looking for a Systems Engineer to provide space segment systems engineering support and consultancy to ESA projects, programmes, and studies throughout all project phases. You will be based at ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands.
What You'll Do
- Provide space segment systems engineering support and consultancy to ESA projects, programmes and studies throughout all the project phases.
- Provide support for project reviews.
- Assist in requirement management including support reviewing requirements flow-down from Space Segment System to subsystems/units, including interfaces, and help maintain requirement traceability and the requirements database / VCD (Verification Control Document).
- Support identification of main system drivers for design, evaluation, and trade studies, and assist project design trade-off discussions.
- Contribute to the consolidation and tracking of system budgets across the project lifecycle to support compliance checks.
- Provide support to verification activities at mission/ground level, including support to handle non-conformances, deviations, and waivers.
- Assist with maintaining and updating space segment system interfaces with the other segment elements (like ground).
- Contribute to operations concept discussions and support FDIR (Failure, Detection, Isolation and Recovery) definition.
- Provide inputs for project reporting, highlight possible risk areas, and support implementation of agreed improvements or mitigation measures.
- Collaborate with operations, ground segment, and (when needed) End-toEnd/Mission system teams.
- Provide support during launch preparation, in-flight commissioning, and verification activities with project and ground teams.
- Contribute to the implementation of the Zero Debris Policy.
- Participate in CDF studies as Systems Engineering support.
- Support the Section’s activities related to ESA technology programmes and R&D initiatives.
- Support Agency Projects and Studies as required throughout all project phases.
- Support the inclusion and traceability of FDIR aspects across all system elements and throughout all project lifecycle phases.
- Support ESA project teams in the preparation, review, and consolidation of FDIR documentation for all mission phases, ensuring consistency with internal processes and engineering standards.
- Contribute to the definition and refinement of the FDIR concept in alignment with the overall system design and engineering constraints within projects.
- Assist in applying a rigorous and traceable engineering process for demonstrating the adequacy and fitness-for-purpose of FDIR solutions within projects.
- Support the collection, organisation, verification, and dissemination of FDIR related information within the project team and to ensure consistency across design artefacts.
- Provide technical support to the project team in internal discussions regarding the identification of residual risks and the evaluation of FDIR strategies.
- Support the collection and analysis of operational data and lessons learned from missions, contributing to the continuous improvement of FDIR concepts, methods, and documentation for future projects.
- Contribute to FDIR-related activities within the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), including the preparation of technical inputs and participation in internal sessions.
- Assist in the development, review, and maintenance of FDIR-related internal standards, guidelines, and best practices.
- Support the maintenance and regular update of the ESA FDIR Handbook, including the collection, documentation, and integration of lessons learned and current engineering practices to promote reuse and continuous improvement.
- Assist with internal R&D activities focused on advancing FDIR methodologies, tools, and techniques, including the exploration and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital twin technologies.
- Assist in the preparation and delivery of internal FDIR training materials, presentations, and documentation.
- Support the activities of the FDIR Competence Centre in terms knowledge consolidation, tool harmonisation, and internal process alignment.
- Assist in the identification and promotion of synergies across projects in order to strengthen FDIR engineering practices within the ESA directorates.
What We're Looking For
- Master's Degree in Physics or Engineering.
- Experience in participating to reviews.
- Experience with procurement and technical monitoring of industrial activities.
- Experience with Space Engineering Standards and their preparation and implementation.
- Knowledge of Space Missions and Spacecraft Systems Design.
- Understanding of space systems architectures.
- Systems Engineering in the early project phases (trade-offs, budgets, identification of critical technology developments, etc).
- Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration.
Team & Environment
You will support the activities of the section in space segment systems engineering.
Benefits & Compensation
- A competitive salary.
- 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week.
- Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands).
- Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours.
- Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme.
- A good pension scheme with no personal contribution.
- A career development (Coursera membership + training budget).
- Travel allowance.
- Extensive relocation package.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based at ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands.
Telespazio Belgium is an equal opportunity employer.
