Flight Segment Product Assurance and Safety Support En…

We are looking for a Flight Segment PA and Safety Support Engineer (E3) to join our Akkodis Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands.

Akkodis has proudly supported the Aerospace & Defence industry in the Netherlands for decades. Our partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) has been one of the many success stories allowing our people to expand their career horizons. Akkodis experts are contributing to some of the most important technical advances in Aerospace and Defence which impact the way we live our lives today, through specialised engineering expertise and other required skillsets. This could be your future. Become part of our successful team!

In this role, you will be responsible for Product, Safety & Quality for ESA’s flight segment. You’ll work closely with engineering teams and international partners to ensure the highest standards of quality, risk management, and mission success, playing a key role in advancing Europe’s space capabilities and climate initiatives

Specific tasks to be performed:

• Contractor Monitoring & Compliance: ensure contractors meet ESA’s quality and safety standards for both hardware and software through design reviews, inspections, audits, and test activities.
• Problem Resolution & Management: support the handling of waivers, deviations, and non-conformances by participating in review boards and ensuring proper documentation and resolution.
• Software & Configuration Assurance: ensure the correct application of software PA and configuration management requirements within the system activities.
• Qualification & Acceptance: contribute to system qualification and acceptance by preparing the PA&S dossier and supporting the definition and review of acceptance requirements.
• Reliability & Safety Support: provide reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) input to support project trade-offs and decisions.
• The PA Engineer is expected to systematically attend all progress meetings at both payload and satellite level.

To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background / experience is required:

• PhD or MSc in Engineering or Technical Sciences from a recognized Institution of secondary studies (University, Ecole supérieure, etc.) or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10 years in the space sector, including at least 5 years in product assurance or quality assurance with a strong focus on spacecraft flight segment (hardware and associated software)
• Proven experience ( >5 years minimum) on large satellites as flight PA engineer is a mandatory requirement
• Familiarity with ESA standards for PA&S and experience working with contractors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills are needed, together with a high degree of organizational and communication abilities and comfortable with working in a diverse and multinational team environment.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Eligible for national security clearance.
• Knowledge of configuration management principles and tools.
• Experience applying PA within ISO 9001-certified quality systems

About ESA-ESTEC

The European Space Agency (ESA) has sites in several European countries.

The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has grown into ESA’s largest establishment and the technical and organizational hub of Europe’s space sector. Missions designed and tested at ESTEC are circling Earth, have landed on planetary bodies and have probed far into the Solar System.

The infrastructure and equipment assembled here, together with the expert knowhow of its 2800 personnel, make ESTEC a unique resource for Europe. The work done here by teams skilled in every aspect of engineering for space has enabled the creation of novel communication, navigation and information services, creating new jobs and growth while improving the lives of European and world citizens.

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