Human Spaceflight Safety Support Engineer
Telespazio Belgium can count on more than 45 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, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. 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. Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled Human Spaceflight Safety Support Engineer to work there.
Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration What is expected from you: Support the implementation and verification of the safety requirements in the preparation, development, operations and decommissioning of flight and ground segment hardware and software; Support the review of contractor’s plans, specifications and effort proposed for the execution of the safety programme; Support major milestone design and safety reviews to assure that the product design allows for safe ground, launch and flight operations, and to ensure that safety data is provided to development and operations teams; Support mission operations during preparation and execution phases, such as Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR), hazardous command list identification, flight rules, anomaly response and resolution, sustaining engineering and mission control center activities Support the safety assessment of ESA astronauts on crewed missions, including the safety evaluation of launch vehicles and spacecrafts safety, in coordination with other ESA internal and external stakeholders; Support the certification process for rendezvous, docking and operation of existing institutional projects and future Commercial LEO Destinations (CLDs); Support the monitoring of project safety status through identification and systematically tracking of all relevant safety issues, including deviations, waivers, non-conformance, failure tolerance exemptions, and safety critical items; Participate in progress meetings, as well as Boards and Panels established within each project for the disposition of non-conformance, failure reviews, safety working groups, configuration control.
e. g. data pack reviewed, inspections, checks, visits), including conclusions and recommendations.
What you offer
Master's degree in the relevant field A sound and proven knowledge, experience, and background in spaceflight safety certification Dependability engineering within the human spaceflight domain Knowledge of ECSS and/or NASA Space Standards and their implementation The application of product assurance tools and methods 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 . int/About_Us/ESTEC When Deadline to apply: ASAP Please note that interviews will be held via Teams. We look forward to receiving your application for this position!