Product Assurance & Safety Engineer

Description

Product Assurance and Safety* Engineer in the Product Assurance and Safety Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.

You will be assigned as integrated support to ESOC, the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Operations Centre in the Directorate of Operations (D/OPS). You will liaise with the relevant ESOC services, and will report functionally to the Head of the OPS Product Assurance and Safety Office.

Regarding the maintenance of professional standards, the implementation of the ESA general product assurance policy and contributions to corporate tasks (such as reviews, standardisation, alerts and  lessons learned), you will report to the Head of the Product Assurance and Safety Department through and with the coordination of the OPS Product Assurance and Safety Office.

Training and familiarisation with the parent Department's mandate, processes and procedures will be provided at the start of this assignment.

*PA&S covers PA management, quality assurance, dependability and safety, EEE components (including radiation hardness),materials, processes and mechanical parts (including cleanliness and contamination control), and software product assurance.

Duties

Reporting to OSP-Q, your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• defining and documenting the product assurance tasks for each space mission you have been assigned to support, with reference to applicable requirements and the OPS Quality and Security Management System procedures;
• organising and supporting the anomaly and problem management process;
• ensuring effective configuration management implementation;
• organising and supporting the risk management process, taking information security threats into account;
• initiating and supporting the lessons-learned process;
• ensuring that the required quality tools are available and configured;
• providing training to OPS staff on implementation of the OPS Quality and Security Management System and on quality-related control methods and techniques;
• actively supporting the review of tasks and documentation relating to projects and activities from a product assurance and safety viewpoint;
• performing product assurance and safety tasks in coordination with the resources of the OPS Product Assurance and Safety Office;
• maintaining the OPS Quality and Security Management System procedures;
• promoting and improving the integration of quality and security aspects in OPS policies and processes;
• executing quality and information security audits as assigned by the OPS Product Assurance and Safety Office;
• monitoring applicable scientific and technological trends and maintaining a state-of-the-art expertise;
• participating in periodic meetings with the parent Section, contributing to the transfer of technical knowledge and lessons learned across the Agency.

Your duties may also include supporting other activities within your field of competence.

Technical competencies

Behavioural competencies

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

Education

A Master's degree in an engineering discipline is required for this post.

Additional requirements

Several years' experience in space-related developments is required, as well as a good knowledge of the PA&S domain and proven experience in interfacing with partners in an international environment, i.e. outside your home country. Knowledge of ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 standards will be an asset.
Experience in and/or exposure to spacecraft operations is considered an asset.