AOCS/GNC Sensor & Actuators Engineer

Telespazio; Noordwijk; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Telespazio Belgium seeks a highly skilled GNC-AOCS Sensors and Actuators Engineer to work at ESTEC in the Netherlands. You will deliver AOCS requirements analyses, perform performance budgeting, and support verification across project lifecycles for ESA missions.

The role requires experience with AOCS/GNC sensors and lab testing, proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and C/C++, and eligibility for EU security clearance. Relocation to the Netherlands is required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in control engineering and/or aerospace engineering and/or electrical engineering.
• Minimum 4 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 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.

Responsibilities

• AOCS and Pointing technical support engineering to Projects and Missions.
• Support definition of AOCS requirements and 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 Review of project documentation 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).
• Support the verification and validation process of AOCS systems throughout all project phases.
• Support provision of expertise in 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 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).

Skills

AOCS requirements

AOCS performance analysis

Spacecraft verification & validation

AOCS/GNC sensors & actuators

Lab testing

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Education

Master’s degree in control engineering or aerospace engineering or electrical engineering

Job description

Telespazio Belgium seeks a highly skilled GNC-AOCS Sensors and Actuators Engineer to work at ESTEC in the Netherlands. You will deliver AOCS requirements analyses, perform performance budgeting, and support verification across project lifecycles for ESA missions.

The role requires experience with AOCS/GNC sensors and lab testing, proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and C/C++, and eligibility for EU security clearance. Relocation to the Netherlands is required.