About this job

The successful candidate will be based in our main office at Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (Brussels Area).The position is in the Systems Department, Flight Systems Division (comprises of 4 persons).The candidate will mainly report to the Flight System Division Manager.

Responsibilities

• Management of a project for development and qualification of a spaceflight system
• System requirements engineering and verification
• System design and interface control (mechanical, electrical, electronics, software)
• COTS subsystem selection, procurement and qualification
• Assessment of safety aspects in human spaceflight environment
• Management of a multidisciplinary team, suppliers and subcontractors
• Assembling, integrating, validating and testing payloads and flight hardware
• Manage design, manufacturing, assembling, integrating, testing ground support equipment, ground models and flight models
• Interface to customer.

Profile

• A Master Degree in Space Systems, Mechanical or Electrical/Electronics engineering
• At least 3 years of systems engineering experience
• Experience with full development cycle (from requirements engineering to campain testing).

The following will be considered as an asset:

• Experience with project management (scrum, agile)
• Experience with space system development and verification processes (i.e. NASA, ECSS, GPQ-010)
• Experience with flight system/payload hardware development for human spaceflight, involving mechanics and electronics
• Experience with space system testing, verification and qualification.

The successful candidate will have the following skills

• Strength to cope with schedules and deadlines
• Ability to synthesise, summarise and draw conclusions
• Ability to adhere to strict standards of confidentiality
• Ability to work in distributed international teams
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• A proactive approach, with initiative and ability to work independently
• A keen eye for detail and procedures
• Excellent written and spoken English.

What Do We Offer?

• Working in a growing company with Staff located in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
• A professional, pleasant atmosphere with motivated and passionate staff, where autonomy and initiatives are encouraged
• An interesting remuneration package with a relocation allowance, if applicable
• A full time position with an indefinite contract of employment and occasional travels within Europe.