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GNC-AOCS Sensors and Actuators Engineer

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Noordwijk-Binnen, Netherlands
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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 are looking for a highly skilled GNC-AOCS Sensors and Actuators Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration

What is expected from you:

AOCS and Pointing technical support engineering to Projects and Missions

  • Support definition of AOCS requirements and contribute to the elaboration of System/Mission Requirements related to AOCS domain.
  • Support analyses and trade-offs for AOCS systems, software, and hardware units.
  • Support execution of AOCS and Pointing performance analyses and performance budgeting
  • Support monitoring the industrial activities concerning design and development of AOCS systems, software, and hardware units for ESA projects.
  • Support the Review of the project documentation as produced throughout the project lifetime in the area of AOCS and Pointing engineering, as well as interface documented information from System and spacecraft subsystems
  • Develop and maintain the engineering support tools needed for the above AOCS and Pointing tasks and activities
  • Support the procurement of AOCS hardware units for AOCS subsystem (trade-off, requirements definition, participation to hardware reviews, keypoints,..)
  • Support the verification and validation process of AOCS systems throughout all project phases
  • Support provision of expertise in the AOCS and Pointing disciplines to the AIT and AIV processes and to in-flight activities (e.g. LEOP, commissioning, in-flight anomaly investigations)
  • Contribute to definition, analysis, and verification of AOCS-level and system-level Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery (FDIR)
  • Support provision of AOCS and Pointing expertise in feasibility studies and project reviews

Support engineering to the AOCS and GNC sensors and actuators facilities

  • Conduct tests (incl. writing test plan, procedures, reports) in the AOCS/GNC Sensors Laboratory facility to support independent characterization or investigations;
  • Develop and validate ground software (Ground Support Equipment) to interface with AOCS/GNC Sensors or Actuators to enable testing;
  • Develop and validate simulation tools for image sensors or cameras (image rendering,detector characterization);
  • Maintain laboratory facility inventory, Sharepoint structure and calibration status of equipment;
  • Provide support to maintain laboratory facilities and test benches (for safety, nominal operations, enhancements)

What you offer :

  • Master’s degree in control engineering and/or aerospace engineering and/or electrical engineering.
  • Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in the field.
  • Experience with AOCS requirements and performance analysis.
  • Knowledge of spacecraft verification and validation processes.
  • Experience with AOCS/GNC sensors, actuators, and laboratory testing.
  • Proficiency in tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or equivalent, with experience developing engineering analysis tools, simulation models, test scripts, or Ground Support Equipment software and interfaces.
  • Experience with space-system documentation, reviews, and FDIR

Nice to have:

  • Experience with ESA or European institutional space projects.
  • Familiarity with ECSS standards.
  • Knowledge of LEOP, commissioning, and in-flight anomaly investigation.
  • Experience with image sensors, cameras, image rendering, or detector characterisation.
  • Strong technical communication and stakeholder-management skills.

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: ASAP

Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC

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