Description

System Engineer in the Sustaining Engineering & Integration Team, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Programmes (D/HRE), assigned as integrated support from the Systems Engineering Division, Systems Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.

You will be part of a team responsible for maintaining the ESA infrastructure (on-orbit and ground-based) of the International Space Station (ISS). You will also assume engineering integration responsibilities towards the variety of utilisation customers in support of achieving their science objectives.  The Engineering Team supports other missions, such as the Gateway programme, and you may also support activities relating to existing or future D/HRE programmes in coordination with the Directorate’s management and experts.  

Your tasks will relate to the planning, execution and oversight of the engineering activities concerning the operations of the ESA ISS flight and ground-based infrastructure, systems, payloads, technology demonstrators and barter items. 
 

Duties

Your tasks and responsibilities will include:

•    acting as Technical Officer, placing and managing external and internal contracts and work packages;

•    fulfilling the role of Engineering Lead for dedicated facilities and ISS increments and taking on additional related technical tasks as required; 

•    delivering integration and sustaining engineering expertise to associated utilisation customers; 

•    reinforcing mission definition with engineering assessments, directly and through industry/utilisation partners; 

•    reinforcing mission implementation through the definition and implementation of requirements and for troubleshooting, anomaly resolution and maintenance activities;  

•    assimilating end-to-end activities for new developments, system evolutions and updates, including their transition to operations;  

•    bolstering increment integration activities and participating in and representing ESA Engineering as required for increment integration and payload mission integration matters up to final mission readiness meetings; 

•    monitoring industry’s provision of services to ESA and partners and, as required, 

•    evaluating new science requirements and new ISS payloads from an ISS infrastructure and engineering integration feasibility as well as affordability  point of view (technical, economically including schedule perspective) .

You are expected to be flexible, with the ability to prioritise and adapt tasks and responsibilities as engineering activities naturally evolve and handle sudden urgent situations that may arise. 

In the execution of your tasks, you will coordinate and work with industry, other teams within D/HRE and other ESA directorates, as well as external partners. 

You will also participate in periodic meetings with parent Division contributing to the transfer of technical knowledge and lessons learned across the Agency.
 

Technical competencies

Behavioural competencies

Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking

Education

A master’s degree in a relevant domain is required for this post.

Additional requirements

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the work, you will be expected to establish and maintain good working relationships and networks with a wide range of people within ESA, as well as industry, government agencies and partners. You must, therefore, have excellent interpersonal skills,customer service attitude and the ability to work in a multicultural team.