Navigation System Engineer

Telespazio Be; Noordwijk; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Relocation package

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Career development (Coursera)

Job summary

Telespazio Belgium is seeking a Navigation System Engineer to work at ESTEC, Netherlands, as contractor support. The role involves contributing to Galileo service requirements, system analysis, and collaboration with ESA and industry partners.

A hybrid work arrangement is offered with relocation support to the Netherlands. Applicants should hold a Master's in aerospace or related field, have GNSS/space systems experience, and be eligible for EU security clearance.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in aerospace or related field is required.
• Knowledge of GNSS and space system engineering is essential.
• Eligible for EU security clearance from national security administration.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to definition and consolidation of system requirements for Galileo services.
• Maintain segment requirements for Galileo Space and Ground Segments.
• Support simulator development to verify documentation against system concepts.
• Collaborate on system reviews with ESA and stakeholders throughout the lifecycle.
• Prepare technical and contractual documentation (DCN/DCP, RFW/RFD, DDF, DJF, IRDs).
• Plan and track tasks in coordination with managers and international team.

Skills

GNSS knowledge

System engineering

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in aerospace or related

Tools

Matlab

Python

C++

Capella

DOORS

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 Navigation System Engineer to work there.

Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration

What is expected from you:

• Contribute to the definition, analysis, and consolidation of system requirements and their flow down to segments, focussing on Galileo services (as Open Service, Open Service Authentication, Public Regulated Service, Search and Rescue, ...).
• Contribute to the definition and maintenance of segment requirements for both Galileo Space Segment and Galileo Ground Segment.
• Support the development and design of simulators (SW) aimed in verifying compliance of technical documentation with the system concept, and to perform trade-off analyses for sizing the Data Dissemination infrastructure of Galileo 2nd Generation system.
• Support system reviews through projects’ lifecycle on system engineering aspects, interfacing with other contractor companies, ESA and Galileo stakeholders.
• Elaboration of technical and contractual documentation (DCN/DCP, RFW/RFD, DDF, DJF, IRDs, etc) related to Galileo 2nd Generation.
• Plan and follow tasks in a structured and pre-agreed manner with managers and stakeholders.
• Work in an international team and in cooperation with system engineering and security experts

What you offer:

• Master's degree in aerospace, telecommunications, cybersecurity or other related engineering and science disciplines.
• Knowledge and experience in space system engineering applied to GNSS (preferably in Galileo).
• Good programming skills in Matlab, Python and/or C++.
• Basic Knowledge of requirements management processes and MBSE tools (e.g., Capella, DOORS).
• Eligible for EU security clearance from their national security administration

Additional requirements (nice to have)

• A Scaled Agile certification is considered an asset
• PhD in relevant topic is considered an asset
• Leadership and teamworking in a multi-industrial and multi-cultural environment

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
• 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
• Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)
• Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
• Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;
• A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;
• A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);
• Travel allowance;
• Extensive relocation package

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:

Please note that interviews will be held via Teams.