Software Product Assurance Support Engineer

Telespazio BeNeLux

Noordwijk
Full-time
5-10 years experience
Hybrid

Work Arrangement

Office Days per Week: 3 days

Key Skills

Software Product Assurance
ECSS standards
Agile practices
SAFe
Data quality assurance
Static code analysis
Continuous integration
Security assurance
System security analysis
Security accreditation
Security audits
Machine Learning
Big Data
Configuration management
Space engineering
Software engineering

Job Description

Telespazio BeNeLux 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 BeNeLux 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.

Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration

What is expected from you:

  • Contribute to the establishing and/or maintaining 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, Anomaly Review Boards (ARB), Configuration Control Boards, Nonconformance Review Boards, Maintenance Release Approval Board(MRAB) and Software Review Board.
  • 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, ARs and EVOs, 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 (preferably SAFe)
  • Data quality assurance Hands-on experience with static code analysis and tools to review what industry is delivering.
  • 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 to perform security audits.
  • Good to have;
    • Quality assurance for Machine Learning models.
    • Big Data software architectures and life-cycles.
    • Configuration management of complex systems.

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 BeNeLux. 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 engineer will contribute to establishing and maintaining software product assurance requirements and evaluate contractor plans for compliance with ESA policies. They will also participate in project reviews, monitor documentation, and manage databases for anomalies and non-conformances.

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, security assurance, and software development life-cycles is required, along with eligibility for an EU security clearance.

Benefits

  • Paid annual leave
  • Health insurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Career development
  • Training budget
  • Travel allowance
  • Relocation package
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