System Engineer

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System Engineer
Job Requisition ID: 18730
Date Posted: 6 June 2024
Closing Date: 27 June 2024 23:59 CET/CEST
Publication: Internal & External
Type of Contract: Permanent
Directorate: Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Progr
Workplace:Noordwijk, NL
Grade Band: A2 - A4

DESCRIPTION

System Engineer in the ExPeRT Team, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Programmes, assigned as integrated support from the Systems Engineering Division, Systems Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
The Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Programmes (D/HRE) is a Programme Directorate within the ESA matrix structure. Using a partnership between humans and robots, D/HRE is dedicated to exploring destinations in space where humans are already living and working – or will live and work in the future – for the purpose of scientific research, economic development, international cooperation and public inspiration.
The ExPeRT Team plans, and implements to schedule and budget, preparatory mission concepts, system studies and technology development activities funded by the E3P for all ESA exploration destinations, including LEO, cis-lunar space, the Moon, Mars and other exploration destinations as may be defined.
You will be assigned to one or more early phase mission concept studies. You will report to the Mars Exploration Study Lead, but you may also be assigned to exploration studies for LEO and Moon destinations.

EDUCATION

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

Your tasks and responsibilities will include the following:

• Study manager/technical officer duties for an advanced Mars lander concept study programme, which includes preparation, organisation and oversight of ESA internal study work, Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) studies and industrial pre-Phase A studies.
• Study manager/technical officer duties to assigned early phase studies for LEO and Moon destinations.
• Systems engineering support for early phase studies in which you are not the technical officer/study manager.
• Reporting on study status to the relevant Exploration Study Lead.
• Your specific technical officer/study manager duties will include the following:
• Management of the early phase exploration study definition process and reviews.
• Preparation and oversight of engineering and systems documentation of the ITT (e.g. SoW MRD, Mission Description Document, etc.) and all applicable and reference documentation.
• Management of inputs from and collaborations with supporting directorates.
• Supervision, provision of support and functional management of the tasks of junior systems engineers, YGTs, Payload Engineers and support engineers within the project.
• Management of the industrial contractors, ensuring the smooth running of the studies and timely delivery and completeness of all deliverables.
• Coordination with the HRE Science Offices and human exploration group on their provision of science inputs to studies, such as science traceability matrices and science requirements documentation for the definition of payloads.
• Acting as HRE interface with the manager of the technology development activities associated with the study.
• Your general systems engineering study support duties will include the following:
• Defining, analysing and maintaining spacecraft requirements and requirements documents.
• Supporting mission architecture trades.
• Supervising and providing support to the functional analysis process, including model-based systems engineering.
• Monitoring, supporting and liaising with the Study Scientist and Payload Engineer on their provision of the payload description document (PDD) and payload-related requirements documentation.
• Supervising and providing support to the RAMS and FDIR process, including maintenance of the space elements’ redundancy concepts.
• Monitoring and supporting all aspects of the mission analysis, ground segment and operations as related to the space elements.
• Monitoring and supporting all aspects of the environmental analysis as related to the space elements.
• Assisting the technology development team in defining, monitoring and controlling all critical technology development activities for a given study.
• Identifying and coordinating the required D/TEC and D/OPS support related to the above tasks, keeping in mind the cost constraints of the study.
• Monitoring industry’s provision of technical documentation to ESA and consolidating across parallel contracts.
• When performing these tasks, interfacing directly with the industrial study technical team according to the communication rules set out by the Study Manager.
• Providing support to internal and external reviews and meetings, leading technical meetings and workshops as agreed by the Study Manager.
• Supporting CDF studies, in the role of customer study manager or customer systems engineer.
• Supervising, supporting and handling the functional management of the tasks of junior systems engineers and support engineers within the project.

You will also

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