Telespazio Belgium

Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 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. 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.

On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a highly skilled Power Systems Architecture Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

What is expected from you:

  • Provide technical support on behalf of ESA in some specific type of missions. In particular:
    • Support small and fast track Science missions.
    • Support Earth Explorers and Small EOP missions
    • Support Telecom missions
    • Support Class Beta, Gamma, Delta missions, with high technical risk or fast schedule
    • The candidate shall also support the ESA TO and TRs in specific missions when required.
  • Support ESA Power Systems Architecture personnel in specific tasks for generic missions, providing services related to:
    • Calculations
    • Simulations related to the mission
    • Review specific documents in unit or system reviews
    • Provide feedback to ESA Power Systems Architecture about the findings.
  • Provide power system related technical support in the development of European launchers
  • Provide technical support in the development of cubesats for all ESA applications
  • Provide support to the ESA TO in R&D activities. Support shall be provided to specific tasks related to:
    • Calculations
    • Simulations related to the activity
    • Review specific documents for the activity
    • Provide feedback to ESA personnel about the findings.
  • Support the ESA TR in R&D activities where the SoW is written by industry:
    • Perform the daily work in the development of the activity
    • Organise the monthly meetings
    • Organise and coordinate the activity reviews
    • Provide feedback to ESA TR about the activity development.
  • Support the development of Hands-On activities in the ESA Power Systems Architecture facilities of the ESA Space Power Laboratory. The support shall include specific tasks defined by the ESA TO like:
    • PCB development
    • PCB integration
    • PCB test.
  • Provide technical support in specific CDF studies not related to ESA large missions in the application directories
  • Perform simulations at system level using PEPS/EcosimPro and build new models as needed for the studies
  • Provide feedback to ESA about the CDF study
  • Power Systems Architecture laboratory management, Specifically, perform the following tasks:
    • Equipment procurement
    • EEE parts procurement
    • Organise lab inspections
    • Lab maintenance.

What you offer:

  • A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar degree is required;
  • General background and specific experience in the technical domains covered by the position;
  • Project support experience in a relevant domain;
  • Spacecraft systems knowledge;
  • Experience in the management and monitoring of industrial activities, including participation in reviews;
  • Hands-on hardware experience;
  • Experience with laboratory or field testing of relevant technical equipment;
  • Experience in the design of power systems at early phase stages of space missions, and the use of relevant tools;
  • Experience in power system analysis, including power and energy budget assessment;
  • Knowledge of analysis and verification for the distribution system and secondary power system;
  • Experience in DC/DC converter design and verification;
  • Experience in power converter control;
  • Experience in the use of electrical simulation tools;
  • Experience in power system support for the launch and early operations phase (LEOP) of space missions.

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: 14/04/2025

Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!

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