Product Assurance and Safety Engineer

TL;DR

Product Assurance and Safety Engineer: Supporting PA&S requirements baseline, documentation, and compliance across spacecraft project(s)/programme(s) with an accent on non-conformances, anomalies, failure analysis, and acceptance/review processes. Focus on monitoring manufacturing/integration/test activities through audits, inspections, and witnessing, including coordination across PA&S disciplines (e.g., RAMS, SW PA, EEE, cleanliness & contamination) and providing PA support to ESA R&D.

Company

International space services and human resources provider supporting the European space sector.

What you will do

• Establish PA&S requirements baseline and produce PA&S documentation (inputs/outputs/responsibilities/interfaces) in line with ESA policies and procedures.
• Review ESA contractor plans/specifications and support monitoring of PA&S status, including NCRs, anomalies, deviations, waivers, and tracking action items with reporting.
• Support assessment of PA&S requirements implementation by contractors and contribute to boards/disposition of non-conformances and failure reviews.
• Support quality assurance via process/system audits, mandatory/key inspection points, test witnessing, and configuration inspections; provide recommendations to ESA project.
• Contribute to formal acceptance requirements and Acceptance Reviews for contractual deliverables; support preparation and coordination of consolidated project/programme inputs.
• Support technology readiness assessments, launch campaign PA&S activities, and reporting/training/lessons-learned capture; provide PA support to ESA Technical Officer for R&D.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of space sector experience, including 5 years in Product and Quality Assurance.
• Proven experience in Product and Quality Assurance activities for spacecraft units.
• Experience with test campaigns at spacecraft level (asset).
• Fluency in English is mandatory; comfortable working in a diverse multinational team.
• Ability to support missions for MAIT activities and launch campaigns, including frequent and prolonged missions in and outside Europe (as applicable).

Culture & Benefits

• International, dynamic working environment across Europe.
• Inclusive and committed employer focused on gender diversity and respectful workplace practices.
• Opportunity to contribute to major European space programmes and knowledge capture/retention.

Hiring process

• Submit CV in English via the apply button.
• Selection based on qualifications and relevant space PA&S experience.

Location: Noordwijk, the Netherlands