To support ESA’s Human Spaceflight Directorate at ESTEC we are looking for a: System Safety Technician

This position will support the ESA ISS Utilization Department, in particular by providing specialised support to the ESA ISS Payload Safety Review Panel (PSRP). The panel comprises specialists from various technical and functional areas (structures, power/avionics, laser, ISS operations etc). It reviews and approves flight safety certification to ESA ISS payloads under a co-ordination agreement with NASA.

Key tasks and Responsibilities:

• Scheduling of safety reviews and of follow-up activities in accordance with applicable process requirements and in coordination with the ESA-PSRP Executive Secretary;
• Take detailed minutes of formal safety meetings and ensure their receipt, approval and distribution internally and externally to ESA. (Note: such minutes are one of the main historical records of the technical discussion during safety review. They are frequently consulted by ESA and NASA safety managers and engineers);
• Tracking, collecting and reviewing status and when necessary, soliciting responses to Action Items assigned during safety reviews in coordination with nominated experts;
• Liaise with counterparts to ensure that safety data packages are received on time, and ensure their internal distribution to ESA PSRP members and technical support;
• Maintain the complete safety certification data file (paper/electronic) of each payload reviewed by the ESA-PSRP, including data entry into NASA/ESA on-line databases. [Note: the safety data file is audited every year by a NASA team];
• Tracking/archiving of formal safety documents released and approved by the ESA PSRP;
• Distribution to ESA-PSRP members of technical and process documents released by NASA (Reports, TN, CR, MoM etc.);
• Support payload safety engineers in the administration of the safety verifications closeout process;
• Ensure the proper set-up of the meeting rooms for formal safety meetings, in particular with reference to audio-visual equipment necessary to support teleconference with NASA via Webex;
• Maintain under configuration control the ESA-PSRP internal procedures and baseline documents;
• Keep the PA&S office website safety pages updated (safety baseline documents and master schedule of safety reviews).

Skills and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent;
• At least one year’s relevant experience;
• Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.

Starting date: April 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter

An exciting international working environment in a highly innovative and motivated team awaits you!

HE Space Operations is an international human resources company specialised in the space market. We have been providing consultancy services in space engineering and business administration for over 25 years. We generally work directly on-site with our principal customers such as the European Space Agency and EADS Astrium.