We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.
The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.
On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a highly skilled EO System Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.
What is expected from you:
- Provision of system engineering support to the Future Missions and Instruments Division (EOP-FM) for Mission and System Studies, which mainly consists of the following:
- Support work in the area of modelling and system engineering tools for future ESA Earth Observation (EO) missions with emphasis on definition of end-to-end performance simulators.
- Support the definition and monitoring of activities for the preparation of future ESA Earth Observation (EO) missions, in particular for Copernicus Sentinels, new Earth Explorer/Earth Watch missions, Opportunity Missions, F-sats and Scout missions and operational meteorology missions;
- Provide system engineering support to InCubed missions;
- Review Technical Notes and actively participate to progress meetings and reviews related to EO future mission and system studies;
- Support elaboration of SoWs, system requirements documents (SRD) and other applicable and reference documents for future mission and system studies;
- Contributing to ensure the technical coherency of the system design of future EO missions, including, as needed, functional analysis and design, overall system concept, system level budgets, system performance, analyses, definition of spacecraft and/or payload subsystems and related data processing, and interfaces between payload/platform and launcher and ground segment;
- Perform internal studies for future EO missions, in particular to assess the results of external activities or to prepare the formulation of new mission concepts, including preliminary sizing of platform/payload, first estimation of the system engineering and performance budgets, with a focus on the space segment and its interfaces with the launcher and the
- ground segment;
- Perform internal studies to evaluate the complementarity between ESA EO future missions and other missions (existing or planned by other space organizations), including mission analysis and assessment of potential synergy or overlap of mission capabilities.
What you offer:
- At least Master level (or equivalent) in a relevant technical or scientific discipline (e.g. Space system engineering)
- Good general knowledge of ESA Earth Observation missions
- Strong and demonstrated background in space system engineering and mission analysis, in particular for Earth Observation missions
- Experience in space projects, preferably in the Earth Observation field and/or in preparatory activities (phase 0 and A)
- Experience with simulation tools: Matlab or Python, MS Excel with VBA
- Teamwork
- Good communication and technical writing skills with capabilities to synthesize
- Good organization skills
- Methodical and proactive, with initiative and capability to work autonomously
- Problem-solving and creativity-oriented attitude
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Additional requirements:
- Experience in space system design, mission analysis and small platform sizing is an asset
- Knowledge of Earth Observation remote sensing techniques is an asset
- Experience with STK is an asset
What we offer
- 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
Where:
You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.
Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC
When
Deadline to apply: 21/02/2025
Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC
- We look forward to receiving your application for this position!
