About this job

We are recruiting a Mechanisms Engineer for Sapienza to work on our Customers Site (ESA-ESTEC).

Responsibilities

• Mechanisms support to all ESA project directorates with respect to the implementation of space mechanism technologies in current and future missions, including configuration assessments and mission performance evaluation
• Establishment of Statement of Work and Preliminary Requirement Specifications for Mechanism Systems, Individual Mechanisms or Mechanism components dedicated to Technology and Research & Development.
• Perform and support in the role of Mechanism engineer, System Level Mission Definition studies and system conceptual design activities in support of the ESA long term/future mission plans.
• Identification of enabling mechanism and tribological technologies for future ESA
• Support investigations of mechanisms being out of performance, including malfunctions and contingency scenarios.
• Support and contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the Space Mechanisms ECSS Engineering Standards.
• Generation and set-up of appropriate space mechanisms analysis and simulation models using analysis tools based on technical documentation of space mechanisms. Back up and archiving of analysis models for later retrieval.

Profile

• Master or PhD in Mechanical Engineering
• At least 04 years of relevant work experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Space mechanisms development would be an asset
• Fluent in English; knowledge of another ESA member-state language is an asset

Contact:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 23/06/2021 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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