In support of the ISS increment Operations Services at ESA’s Directorate of Human Spaceflight we are looking for: Payload Integration Engineer

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Supporting Strategic and Tactical Planning (development/update of IDRD main book and annexes) and increment definition (Feasibility Assessments, ESA IRD establishment)
• Supporting review, submittal and maintenance of increment integration specific products as PTP, MR-loaders and CEF;
• Supporting development/review/implementation of payload end-to-end scenarios, integration and operations concepts and implementation plans;
• Supporting the integration management function of the payloads/experiments pre-selected for the ISS;
• Supporting establishment and maintenance of requirements, plans and procedures for the preparation and implementation of relevant activities;
• Supporting coordination, reviewing, and accepting payloads/experiments data products, equipment and flight packages, including safety and ESR reviews;
• Providing relevant support to equipment acceptance and Certification of Flight Readiness activities;
• Supporting Analytical Integration activities and Columbus element level analyses (e.g. topology, payload compatibility, engineering feasibility assessments)
• Reviewing Increment and stage Planning products
• Supporting anomaly and SPR resolution
• Provision of Payload integration interface to external entities
• Supporting preparation of contractual documentation, such as Statements of Work
• Supporting various ESA Boards, Working Groups and Teams, such as Payload Control Board or Increment Integration Team

Skills and Experience:

• Several years of experience in production, review, maintenance and implementation of integration related systems and products for the ISS programme;
• University Degree in Aerospace Engineering or equivalent Excellent English;
• Ability to work on her/his own initiative and to tight deadlines;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

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.