Software Product Assurance Support Engineer

Telespazio Belgium; Noordwijk; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Hybrid work scheme

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Coursera training budget

Travel allowance

Extensive relocation package

Job summary

Telespazio Belgium is seeking a Software PA support Engineer to work onsite at ESTEC in the Netherlands, supporting ESA work packages and PA activities. The role requires experience with ECSS standards, software product assurance, and agile practices to ensure reliable software for critical space missions.

The position offers a hybrid work model in the Netherlands, a relocation package, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits including health insurance and pension.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with background on space engineering.
• Experience in Software Product Assurance and ECSS standards.
• Familiarity with space product assurance practices and working tools.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to establishing PA requirements within ESA Software Product Assurance policy.
• Evaluate contractor plans and ensure compliance with baseline PA requirements.
• Review PA plans and compliance matrices for PA & Engineering requirements.

Skills

Software PA

ECSS standards

Agile practices

ML QA

Big Data

Configuration mgmt

Static code analysis

Security assurance

Critical systems

Safety certification

Education

Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science

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 Software PA support Engineer to work there.

What is expected from you:

• The following task shall be performed in support to the ESA Work package Technical Responsible of the service:
• Contribute to the establishing of the programmatic and technical software PA requirements within the framework of the ESA Software Product Assurance policy.
• Evaluate contractor’s plans, technical specifications and efforts proposed for the execution of the S/W PA programme, and their compliance with respect to the applicable baseline.
• Review of the project/mission PA plans and the compliance matrix w.r.t. the PA & Engineering Requirements.
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of SW PA documentation, processes and procedures analyses, reports and technical notes.
• Monitoring of project/mission analysis activities in order to ensure proper implementation of the PA & Engineering Requirements, including attendance to project/mission reviews and meetings when requested.
• Participate to project reviews, meetings, Configuration Control Boards, Nonconformance 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.

What you offer:

• Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with background on space engineering.
  
• Relevant Software Product Assurance experience.
• Familiarity with space product assurance practices together with a good working knowledge of appropriate working tools.
• Practical experience in applying ECSS standards, more specifically [RD-01], and[RD-02].
  
• Agile practices.
• Quality assurance for Machine Learning models.
• Big Data software architectures and life-cycles.
• Configuration management of complex systems.
• Data quality assuranceHands-on experience with static code analysis and tools.
• Alternative software development life-cycles, continuous integration and tools.
• Security assurance and security best practices
• Software engineering and PA in critical applications.
• System security analysis, design and associated tools
• Security accreditation and certification methodologies and processes.
• Safety certification
  

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: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC

When

Deadline to apply: ASAP

Please note that interviews will be held via Teams.