Space Debris Officer (24130)

at  CS Group

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

HE Space is a successful international space company. For 40 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. HE Space has joined forces with CS Group to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Engineering;
• A high degree of independence;
• Understand the way the Space Safety Program works;
• Understand the way R&D and technology development programs work;
• Spacecraft Systems engineering expertise;
• Experience in different space project phases;
• Expertise in Space segment aspects of Space Debris Mitigation assessment and solutions (remediation, mitigation, risk assessment – reentry, successful disposal, break-up, etc.);
• Good knowledge of Space Debris Mitigation technologies state of the art;
• Good understanding of In-Orbit Servicing and Close Proximity Operations State of the Art;
• Good understanding of Life Cycle Assessment State of the Art;
• Support to Outreach activities;
• Negotiation skills;
• Communication skills;
• Good teamwork and work plan coordination skills;
• Fluency in English is mandatory;
• knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

As part of the Clean Space Engineering Services, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Systems Engineering support to activities of the Space Safety Programme and in particular S2P COSMIC activities initiated by the Clean Space Office;
• Systems Engineering support to Clean Space Office ADRIOS and COSMIC missions projects;
• Spacecraft Systems Engineering Support mission customers;
• SDM compliance verification analysis tasks in collaboration with the Space Debris Office;
• Close Proximity Operations and In-orbit Servicing related tasks;
• EcoDesign and Life Cycle Assessment compliance verification analysis tasks;
• Support mission customers with mission milestone reviews;
• Support the definition and implementation of activities and technical Roadmaps for TDE, GSTP, ARTES, and other ESA programs in the area of space debris mitigation, space debris remediation, and ecodesign;
• Follow up external research, as well as OSIP activities, and plan/adapt internal work accordingly;
• Support CDF studies in the Clean Space Office domains of expertise
• Contribute to the collection of best practices and elaboration of guidelines in the areas of EcoDesign, Space Debris Mitigation, and Close Proximity Operations;
• Contributions to technical working groups for the development of standards, and handbooks in the areas of EcoDesign, Space Debris Mitigation and Close Proximity Operations;
• Participate in the Office’s routine meetings;
• Provide Training on OPS-SC processes to internal and external trainees also in training sessions not organized by ESA;
• Present and promote ESA achievements, recent research, and work performed at the Clean Space at conferences (once per year), and support related public relations or outreach activities;
• Support organization and preparation of conferences, webinars, and workshops gathering various stakeholders (agencies, industry, operators, regulators, etc) as well as bilateral meetings with key partners;
• Provision of technical expertise to the ESA Technical Responsible in responding to TV, broadcast and newspaper interview requests on space debris