Description

As part of the ESA team you will have the following responsibilities:

• Assist in providing systems engineering support and consultancy to ESA projects, programmes and studies, with focus on – but not limited to - early project phases;
• Support project reviews and the evaluation of proposals;
• Aid developing and promoting the digitalisation of systems engineering, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), and infuse them into projects;
• Participate in feasibility studies conducted in the CDF;
• Contribute to the development and improvement of tools and methods for systems and concurrent engineering;
• Propose, develop and encourage new applications of the concurrent engineering approach, fostering multidisciplinary activities, with the emphasis on innovative concepts, cutting-edge technologies and systems architectures;
• Provide inputs to the definition and implementation of the ESA technology strategy;
• Support the definition of R&D work plans and the procurement and execution of industrial activities;
• Aid the definition, initiation and management of R&D activities under ESA's technology programmes;
• Monitor scientific and technological trends for systems and concurrent engineering and MBSE and maintaining corresponding state-of-the-art expertise;
• Contribute to the improvement of standardisation in systems and concurrent engineering, via ESA internal processes and lessons learned, and by liaising with the ECSS Authority;
• Contribute to the promotion of concurrent, collaborative and model-based systems, engineering across the Agency and its partners;
• Support the capture and dissemination of knowledge and lessons learned across the Agency.

Qualifications

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering;
• Minimum of 4 years experience with Concurrent Engineering methodology, tools, and applications;
• Knowledge of the space systems domains, including Mission Analysis;
• Knowledge of digitalisation, data-driven engineering methods, and MBSE tools;
• Technical Authoring and Documentation Management, including preparation, editing, and quality control of technical reports, project documentation, and web-based content;
• Production and Maintenance of Communication Material, including websites, multimedia content, graphics, and knowledge dissemination tools.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

Additional Information

This job is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Kristina Lysyk, by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-25179.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

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Last apply date: 30/11/2025

Company Description

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.
We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.
HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.
We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry.