Senior RAMS Engineer, IRIS2 (Aerospace)

Location: Betzdorf, Luxembourg or Munich (Unterföhring), Germany; at least 60% onsite from the office. Travel may be required for project realization.

Company

SES is building and operating IRIS2, a European Union secure multi-orbit satellite constellation, with consortium partners and core members.

What you will do

• Define, manage, flow down, and maintain traceability of RAMS requirements across system, space-segment, ground-segment, subsystem, and equipment levels.
• Develop RAMS documentation and conduct or consolidate reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety analyses.
• Perform and review FMEA/FMECA, HSIA, contingency, fault-tree, common-cause, worst-case, parts-stress, FDIR, hazard, and dependability critical-item analyses.
• Review subcontractor and supplier RAMS deliverables, assess compliance, provide technical guidance, and consolidate lower-level documentation into system-level reports.
• Prepare RAMS plans, reports, safety data packages, hazard tracking, progress-report inputs, and contributions for PDR, CDR, and qualification reviews.
• Coordinate with Product Assurance, Engineering, Safety, industrial partners, and subcontractors throughout the system lifecycle.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of RAMS or Product Assurance experience in the space or aerospace sector.
• Strong knowledge of ECSS-Q-ST-30C Rev.1 and related ECSS dependability and safety standards.
• Experience with spacecraft, ground-segment, or system-level RAMS activities.
• Proven ability to perform and review dependability and safety analyses, including FMEA/FMECA, FTA, and CCA.
• Familiarity with ESA or ECSS-based programmes and their documentation practices.
• Strong analytical, documentation, stakeholder coordination, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently in complex project or matrix organizations.
• Eligibility for EU SECRET personnel security clearance is essential, and candidates must be prepared to undergo the clearance procedure.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills are required.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent position in an agile project organization with a flexible and adaptive working environment.
• Work at least 60% onsite from the office.
• Travel as required for project realization.
• Equal employment opportunities are provided in accordance with applicable protections.