Software Product Assurance Engineer

Akkodis; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis Aerospace is seeking a Software PA Support Engineer (E3) to join our team working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. The role focuses on ensuring software PA activities comply with ECSS standards and ESA policy, supporting complex aerospace projects.

The candidate will evaluate contractor plans, monitor analyses, and participate in reviews, leveraging experience in software assurance, configuration management, and advanced tooling to drive project decisions.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with space engineering background.
• At least 4 years of relevant professional work experience.
• Familiarity with space product assurance practices and working tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to establishing programmatic and technical software PA requirements within ESA policy.
• Evaluate contractors’ plans, specifications and efforts for the S/W PA programme.
• Monitor and evaluate software PA analyses, reports and notes.
• Participate in project reviews, Config Control Boards, NCRs and SW reviews.
• Prepare design trade-offs and analyses using metrics for project decisions.
• Participate in software product evaluations and process assessments.
• Maintain databases to track NCRs, RFWs, actions, etc.

Skills

Software PA

ECSS standards

Config management

Static analysis

CI/CD

Education

Master’s degree in software engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Job description

We are looking for a Software PA Support Engineer (E3) to join our Akkodis Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands.

Akkodis has proudly supported the Aerospace & Defence industry in the Netherlands for decades. Our partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) has been one of the many success stories allowing our people to expand their career horizons. Akkodis experts are contributing to some of the most important technical advances in Aerospace and Defence which impact the way we live our lives today, through specialised engineering expertise and other required skillsets. This could be your future. Become part of our successful team!

General tasks to be performed:

• Contribute to the establishing of the programmatic and technical software PA requirements within the framework of the ESA Software policy.
• Evaluate Contractors’ plans, technical specifications and efforts proposed for the execution of the S/W PA programme.
• Monitor and evaluate S/W PA analyses, reports and technical notes.
• Participate to project reviews, meetings, Configuration Control Boards, Non-conformance Review Boards and Software Review Boards.
• Prepare design trade-offs, analyses and reports using metrics to support project decisions.
• Participate to software product evaluations and process assessments.
• Establish and maintain databases to track NCRs, RFWs, action items etc. as required.

To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background / experience is required:

• Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with background on space engineering.
• At least 4 years of relevant professional work experience.
• Familiarity with space product assurance practices together with a good working knowledge of appropriate working tools.
• Practical experience in applying ECSS S/W standards.
• Knowledge and proven experience in the following areas:
• Configuration management of complex systems.
• Software engineering and PA in critical applications.
• Experience on (or knowledge of) the following areas would be considered as an asset for this position:
• Quality assurance for Machine Learning models.
• Big Data software architectures and life-cycles.
• Cyber-security assurance.
• Hands-on experience with static code analysis and tools.
• Alternative software development life-cycles, continuous integration and tools.

About ESA-ESTEC

The European Space Agency (ESA) has sites in several European countries.

The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has grown into ESA’s largest establishment and the technical and organizational hub of Europe’s space sector. Missions designed and tested at ESTEC are circling Earth, have landed on planetary bodies and have probed far into the Solar System.

The infrastructure and equipment assembled here, together with the expert knowhow of its 2800 personnel, make ESTEC a unique resource for Europe. The work done here by teams skilled in every aspect of engineering for space has enabled the creation of novel communication, navigation and information services, creating new jobs and growth while improving the lives of European and world citizens.