In support to the ECSS Secretariat at ESA/ ESTEC we are looking for a: Standardization Production Engineer

Key tasks and Responsibilities:

• Contributing to the definition, implementation, following, monitoring and reporting of the ESA and EpSDO document production standardization Workplans;
• Contributing to the definition and maintenance of the ESA and EpSDO standardization processes, and to the corresponding standardization manuals and procedures;
• Implementing, following, coordinating, monitoring and reporting the standardization process, from the initiation of a document/task (NWI proposal), until its publication/finalization;
• Verifying adequacy of the technical content of the standardization documents (standards, handbooks and technical memoranda) to their scope, and checking consistency internally and among the different documents, disciplines and branches;
• Assisting WGs until document publication, to ensure that the standardization documents are compliant with the writing rules;
• Assessing standards of interest from EpSDO for technical and editorial suitability, by commenting them, analyzing WG dispositions to the comments, and checking proper incorporation of the dispositions into the documents;
• Supporting the preparation of Standardization and Divisional reports and their presentations;
• Supporting development and maintenance of the ESA and ECSS standardization websites organization and content;
• Acting as Secretary of the ESA and EpSDO Standardization boards, task forces and working groups where requested;
• Supporting the preparation of events (e.g. meetings reviews, conferences and workshops), and the recording of associated minutes and actions and their follow-up.

In addition, to the tasks to be performed, also include as requested:

• Contributing to the establishment of an ESA standards implementation procedure, its training and application in ESA projects, and supporting the validation of transfer of standards into a requirement database (e.g. DOORS);
• Participating in the maintenance of published standards by generating/analysing CRs, and assessing feedback and lessons learnt from application of standards;
• Contributing to the definition, implementation and maintenance of the document configuration process.

Skills and Experience:

• Degree in engineering, with specialization in an aerospace related field;
• Min 5 years of experience as engineer, with at least 3 years in the aerospace field;
• Good knowledge of office automation tools, and particularly in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio) and e-mail client (e.g. LotusNotes);
• Fluent in English.

The following qualifications and skills are an asset:

• Experience in standardization activities, and in drafting requirements documents in projects;
• Familiarization with Requirement Management Tools (e.g. DOORS) and database management systems (e.g. Oracle, MySQL or Access);Knowledge of OpenOffice and Microsoft;
• Good organization, presentation and communication skills;
• Constancy, rigour and initiative in the execution of the assigned work;
• Open minded and ability to adapt to new situations, with the capacity and attitude for learning;
• Ability to work autonomously, as well as part of a team and able to handle occasional high work load situations;
• Capability to lead a team;
• Ability to acquire, co-ordinate and synthesize data and provide timely output;
• Ability to work in an international team environment and to interface at various levels, within and outside D/TEC.

Starting date: May 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.