
Software PA support Engineer
Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 3 days
Key Skills
Job Description
Telespazio Belgium can count on more than 45 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, EUSPA and other Telespazio Groups. 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.
Telespazio Belgium has an on‑site service at ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we are looking for a highly skilled Software PA support Engineer to work there.
What is expected from you:
- The following task shall be performed in support to the ESA Work package Technical Responsible of the service:
- Contribute to the establishing of the programmatic and technical software PA requirements within the framework of the ESA Software Product Assurance policy.
- Evaluate contractor’s plans, technical specifications and efforts proposed for the execution of the S/W PA programme, and their compliance with respect to the applicable baseline.
- Review of the project/mission PA plans and the compliance matrix w.r.t. the PA & Engineering Requirements.
- Monitor and evaluate the implementation of SW PA documentation, processes and procedures analyses, reports and technical notes.
- Monitoring of project/mission analysis activities in order to ensure proper implementation of the PA & Engineering Requirements, including attendance to project/mission reviews and meetings when requested.
- Participate to project reviews, meetings, Configuration Control Boards, Nonconformance Review Boards and Software Review Boards.
- Prepare design trade-offs, analyses and reports using metrics to support project decisions.
- Participate to software product evaluations and process assessments.
- Establish and maintain databases to track NCRs, RFWs, action items etc. as required.
What you offer:
- Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with background on space engineering.
- Relevant Software Product Assurance experience.
- Familiarity with space product assurance practices together with a good working knowledge of appropriate working tools.
- Practical experience in applying ECSS standards, more specifically [RD-01], and[RD-02].
- Agile practices.
- Quality assurance for Machine Learning models.
- Big Data software architectures and life-cycles.
- Configuration management of complex systems.
- Data quality assuranceHands-on experience with static code analysis and tools.
- Alternative software development life-cycles, continuous integration and tools.
- Security assurance and security best practices
- Software engineering and PA in critical applications.
- System security analysis, design and associated tools
- Security accreditation and certification methodologies and processes.
- Safety certification
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: ASAP
Please note that interviews will be held via Teams.
We look forward to receiving your application for this position!
Core Responsibilities
The Software PA support Engineer will contribute to establishing programmatic and technical software PA requirements and evaluate contractor plans for compliance. They will also monitor project analysis activities, participate in technical reviews, and maintain databases for tracking non-conformances and action items.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in software engineering or computer science with a background in space engineering. Practical experience with ECSS standards, software product assurance, and security assurance in critical applications is required.
Benefits
- Paid annual leave
- Hybrid working scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Health insurance
- Pension scheme
- Career development
- Training budget
- Travel allowance
- Relocation package
About Telespazio Belgium
Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Telespazio works to bring Space closer to Earth, benefitting citizens, institutions and companies in a variety of sectors ranging from design and development of space systems to management of launch services and in orbit satellite control; from Earth observation to integrated satellite communication, navigation and localisation services, and through to scientific programmes. Its open innovation approach, together with the cross-contamination of different operational domains and a constant focus on issues of environmental sustainability, allow Telespazio to operate in sectors that will become increasingly important in the years to come: from communication and positioning services for the Moon to management and monitoring of satellites and other orbiting objects (Space Domain Awareness), and creation of advanced in orbit services and satellite operation of drones and unmanned vehicles. Moreover, using innovations such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to process big data from satellites, Telespazio is in the front lines of development of space applications capable of improving people’s lives on our planet and helping to win the great challenges of our times, such as the effects of climate change. Telespazio is a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) and one of the world’s biggest suppliers of satellite solutions and services. The company teams up with Thales Alenia Space to form the parent companies’ Space Alliance, a strategic partnership which offers a complete range of space services. Founded in Italy in 1961, Telespazio is based in Rome and counts more than 3000 employees through its various subsidiaries and joint ventures.