Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer

ESA; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ESA in Noordwijk, Netherlands, seeks a Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer for the SAGA mission within the Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity Directorate. The role reports to the SAGA Project Manager and focuses on developing and deploying an end-to-end space mission for Quantum Key Distribution.

The SAGA project aims to mature critical QKD technologies with European industry up to preliminary service validation, contributing to the EuroQCI 1st Generation component and preparing for an

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end system performance of the SAGA mission and define mission and system requirements, including external and internal interfaces.

Job description

Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer

Location: ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Directorate: Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity

Type of Appointment (learn more):4 years, extendable to indefinite

Description

Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer, reporting to SAGA Project Manager within the RNC Projects Department in the Directorate of Resiliance, Navigation and Connectivity.

The SAGA Project aims to develop and deploy an end-to-end space mission for Quantum Key Distribution. The project focuses on the development of critical QKD technologies by European industry up to preliminary service validation, which will become the EuroQCI 1st Generation component (space and related ground/user segment) and shall help to prepare for a EuroQCI operational system definition.

Duties

• manage the overall end-to-end system performance of the SAGA mission in close co-operation with industry; lead the definition of all mission and system requirements, including external and internal (between segments) interface requirements, and allocating…