Dependability and Safety Support Engineer

Telespazio; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Great benefits

Job summary

Telespazio Belgium is seeking a Dependability and Safety Support Engineer to join our ESTEC-based team in the Netherlands as a contractor for ESA programs. You will contribute to RAMS requirements, perform risk assessments, support CDF studies, and help ensure dependability and safety across ground systems.

A relocation to the Netherlands is required; some on‑site presence and Teams interviews are expected.

Qualifications

• RAMS engineering experience on space programs.
• Experience in safety-critical system design.
• Hands-on RAMS analyses for hardware and software.
• Familiarity with ECSS dependability and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to project RAMS requirements within ESA baseline.
• Support evaluation of contractor plans and risk reduction actions.
• Perform risk assessments and safety analyses for CDF studies.
• Evaluate dependability analyses and accept/reject recommendations.
• Support safety data package preparation for authorities.

Skills

RAMS engineering

Safety analyses

ECSS standards

Hazard analysis

Ground safety

Education

Master's degree in relevant field

Tools

RAMS methods (hardware & software)

Job description

Telespazio Belgium can count on more than 45 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, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. 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.

Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled Dependability and Safety Support Engineer to work there.

What is expected from you:

• Contribute to establishing project specific programmatic and technical dependability and safety requirements within the framework of the ESA Product Assurance & Safety baseline.
• Support to projects in the evaluation and monitoring of Contractor’s plans, technical specifications and efforts proposed for the execution of the dependability and safety programs.
• Support to the concurrent design facility (CDF) studies by performing technical risk assessment and relevant dependability and safety analyses.
• Evaluation of dependability and safety analyses, technical notes, technical risk assessments, risk reduction processes and the associated preventive or corrective actions.
• Defining and controlling the implementation of the applicable dependability and safety related acceptance requirements including risk acceptance criteria.
• Support dependability and safety verification activities, including hazard close‑out and disposition of related NCR, RFW and Critical Items.
• Participating in project reviews to assess compliance with the applicable RAMS requirements and to formulate accept/reject recommendations.
• Support collection and exploitation of In‑orbit data.
• Contribute to continual improvement of the RAMS methods and tools
• Support preparation of training courses and materials
• Support organisation of conferences and workshops
• Participate in collaborative activities with universities, research institutes and industry (Research Fellowship, OSIP...)
• Support preparation and assessment of Safety Data Package for Safety Authority approval

What you offer:

• Master's degree in the relevant field.
• Relevant experience of application of RAMS engineering to space programs, including in ground and/or ground based systems and operations.
• Experience in design and engineering of safety critical systems.
• A hands‑on knowledge of the RAMS analyses and methodologies (Hardware and Software), preparation of relevant RAMS documentation during the overall project life‑cycle and application of ECSS dependability and safety standards.
• Experience in dependability and safety engineering management processes and objectives and experience during operations is an advantage.
• Experience in the field of ground safety and projects assistance in obtaining the relevant launch centre safety certification is an advantage.

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 via Teams.

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!