Spaceflight Safety Intern - Quality & Compliance

European Space Agency - ESA; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites you to join the TEC-QI Independent Safety Office in Noordwijk for an internship in the Quality Department - Human Spaceflight Safety. You will work under supervision to learn safety requirements, certification processes for ISS, Lunar Gateway modules, and human spaceflight.

You'll help review safety aspects of system and payload hardware, define new safety requirements, compile safety guidelines for transport and operations on-board the ISS, and assist in

Qualifications

• Must be a university student in Master’s level and enrolled for the entire duration of the internship.

Responsibilities

• Familiarise yourself with updated safety requirements and certification processes for ISS and Lunar Gateway modules and human spaceflight exploration.
• Participate in ESA safety review activities for certification of system and payload hardware developed by European industry.
• Review already certified system and payload hardware for lessons learnt compilation.
• Assist in defining new safety requirements, their implementation and verification approach.
• Compile safety guidelines for transportation and operations of simple payloads/experiments on-board the ISS.
• Support the preparation of drafts, presentations and tools to improve the efficiency of the ESA Safety Review Panel.

Education

Master's student in a relevant field

Job description

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites you to join the TEC-QI Independent Safety Office in Noordwijk for an internship in the Quality Department - Human Spaceflight Safety. You will work under supervision to learn safety requirements, certification processes for ISS, Lunar Gateway modules, and human spaceflight.

You'll help review safety aspects of system and payload hardware, define new safety requirements, compile safety guidelines for transport and operations on-board the ISS, and assist in