Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.
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 will be soon looking for a highly skilled
AIT/AIV support to projects Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.
What Is Expected From You
- Support the activities of the section and Agency Projects, activities and studies in the area of AIT/AIV engineering as required throughout all project phases, but without assuming direct responsibility:
- Support the Satellite Engineering and AIV Manager (or equivalent management figure on project side) with respect to Assembly, Integration, Verification and Test tasks, including monitoring of activities at industrial premises.
- Contribute to environmental testing and launch campaigns as requested by the assigned Project.
- Provide inputs to internal and external meetings, supporting them as requested by the assigned Project.
- Review the project documentation as produced throughout the project lifetime in the area of AIT and AIV, providing inputs and comments.
- Support the Satellite Engineering and AIV Manager (or equivalent management figure on project side) in monitoring the evolution of the identified Project risks.
- Support iterations with project engineering disciplines for AIT and AIV related tasks.
- Active participation to Section-internal meetings, info exchanges and iterations under nomination of the Service Manager.
- Support feasibility assessments of future missions at Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) in the domain of AIT, AIV and Programmatics.
What You Offer
- 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)
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: 13/11/2025
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
