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 Harness Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

What is expected from you:

  • Support to definition and assessment of EMC design, performance, and verification.
  • Support to definition and assessment of harness design, performance, manufacturing, and verification requirements.
  • Support to harness reviews and assessments from early design to manufacturing, verification and integration.
  • Support to feasibility studies, project reviews and evaluation of procurement proposals.
  • Support to evaluation of harness test results, non-conformances including NCR review and request for waivers and deviations.
  • Support to resolution of critical harness development problems.
  • Support to inspection of harness manufacturing activities and facilities, also off site (mainly Europe).
  • Support technical officers in the planning, definition, initiation, and management of R&D activities.
  • Support to education and outreach activities.
  • Support to internal training of stagiaires, interns, and Young Graduate Trainees.
  • Support TEC-EPE laboratory and facility managers in harness-related laboratory activities.
  • Support to creation or tailoring of electronic CAD models of harness.
  • Support to technical officers for software maintenance, e.g.
    • Software updates
    • Bug-fixing in scripts and source codes.
  • Documentation of the work including applied methods and techniques.
  • Support to preparation of standards and handbooks with respect to harness.
  • Support to dissemination of results of the activities performed via:
    • Lessons Learned
    • EP Wiki
    • TEC DMS
    • Goldmine Shared Drive
    • SharePoint
    • Weekly EMC and Harness Team meetings
    • ESA-organized conferences and workshops related to electrical harness.

    What you offer:

    • A master's degree / Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Aerospace Engineering (or comparable).
    • Industrial or Agency experience in spacecraft EMC system and equipment engineering.
    • Acquaintance with industrial EMC practices and Agency review processes
    • Experience in assessing EMC specifications, EMC control plans, test and verification plans, EMC test results, and EMC analyses.
    • Successful EMC troubleshooting.
    • Expertise with analogue electronics design or electromagnetic simulation is considered an asset.
    • Profound expertise in harness electrical & mechanical engineering
    • Experience in assessing harness specifications, engineering & manufacturing documentation and test results.
    • Practical expertise in creating and/or evaluating harness CAD models
    • Successful Harness troubleshooting.
    • Acquaintance with relevant harness standards, e.g. ECSS and IPC.
    • Good understanding of harness manufacturing, assembly, integration and verification/testing activities and related processes considered an asset.
    • Experience of working on projects within industry is considered an asset
    • NEN3140 – Skilled Person / Installation Responsible (TBC).

      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: 28/04/2025

      /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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