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Elevate your engineering career by joining ESA's quest for space safety and reliability as a RAMS Engineer
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Salary No salary declared 😔
Location Noordwijk, NL
Expires Expires at anytime
At the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality, you'll be part of an essential team dedicated to shaping the future of space exploration. We're at the forefront of developing and maintaining standards for dependability and safety, ensuring the success and longevity of ESA's cutting-edge space projects. Join us in a pivotal role that contributes to the safety and reliability of missions expanding humanity's reach into the cosmos.
- Provide RAMS technical expertise across all project phases.
- Engage in technical risk assessments during conceptual design phases.
- Contribute to spacecraft safety submissions for launch campaigns.
- Master's degree in engineering with a specialization in RAMS.
- Proven experience in RAMS analyses, including FMEA, FTA, and hazard analysis.
- Valuable: Experience with spacecraft safety data in launch campaigns and knowledge of Space Centre Safety Regulations.
We cherish diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage women to apply and strive to provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Join us in this unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on space exploration and safety.
We are looking for a RAMS Engineer to join our team at the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. Our organization is exciting as we are responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of dependability and safety expertise and standards. We provide dependability support to all ESA projects, as well as safety support to ESA projects outside the domains of Human Space Applications, Space Debris Mitigation, Nuclear Power and Re-entry Safety.
The role entails providing technical expertise to ESA projects in the field of reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) throughout all project phases. You will be participating in technical risk assessments of ESA missions during the conceptual design phase within the Concurrent Design Facility and actively contributing to the spacecraft safety submissions process in launch campaigns.
Job requirements include a master’s degree in engineering and a specialisation in RAMS discipline. Experience in performing RAMS analyses: reliability and availability predictions, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA) and hazard analysis is required. Experience with the preparation or review of spacecraft safety data packages in the safety submission process of launch campaigns, and knowledge of Space Centre Safety Regulations would be an asset.
We offer an inclusive working environment and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics. Applications from women are encouraged. We value diversity, and we welcome people with disabilities. We seek to accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing the necessary support at the workplace.
Please note that applicants must be eligible to access technology and hardware which is subject to European and US export control regulations & security clearance by their national security administrations.
