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

This position provides 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:

• Providing technical support for interpretation of safety requirements and for impact evaluation of new/revised requirements;
• Reviewing flight and ground safety analyses and safety compliance data packages prepared by industrial contractors, experimenters, agencies, and commercial companies and provide detailed written assessments;
• Providing written technical assessment of payload/cargo design and operation respect to special problem areas and possible suitable alternate solutions;
• Producing, when required, complete Safety Data Packages, including summary technical description, safety analyses, and hazard reports;
• Tracking implementation of safety verifications identified in Hazard Reports;
• Preparing and support payloads and cargos safety reviews, including consolidation of initial findings from technical discipline experts and functional areas representatives;
• Providing safety engineering support to Acceptance Reviews, Test Reviews, and late-access verification activities at launch site, as required;
• Providing safety-engineering support during mission preparation and execution;
• Providing integrated Safety/RAM assessment of on-orbit anomalies;
• Verifying flight and ground procedures that include procedural hazard controls, for compliance with relevant baselined hazard reports;
• Processing cargo safety certificates and attached supporting documentation prepared by cargo providers.

Skills and Experience:

• A university degree in aerospace engineering or equivalent;
• At least 4 – 5 years’ experience in a similar position;
• 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.