6 days ago

Human Spaceflight Safety Support Engineer

Telespazio

Noordwijk-Binnen

6 days ago

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Telespazio Belgium is seeking a Human Spaceflight Safety Support Engineer to work on-site at ESTEC in the Netherlands. The role involves supporting safety requirements implementation, verification, and certification for human spaceflight missions, including crew safety assessments and probabilistic risk assessments. Candidates must have a Master's degree, experience in spaceflight safety certification, and knowledge of ECSS/NASA standards.

HybridFull-timeEntry LevelSpaceflight Safety CertificationDependability Engineering

Human Spaceflight Safety Support Engineer

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HybridFull-timeEntry LevelSpaceflight Safety Certification

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Noordwijk-Binnen, South Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid: 3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Not Applicable

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Spaceflight Safety CertificationDependability EngineeringECSSNASA Space StandardsProduct AssuranceProbabilistic Risk AssessmentHuman Error AnalysisCrew Task AnalysisHuman-In-The-Loop Testing

Key Responsibilities

•Support the implementation and verification of safety requirements in the preparation, development, operations and decommissioning of flight and ground segment hardware and software.
•Support the review of contractor's plans, specifications and effort proposed for the execution of the safety programme.
•Support major milestone design and safety reviews to assure that the product design allows for safe ground, launch and flight operations.
•Support mission operations during preparation and execution phases, such as Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR), hazardous command list identification, flight rules, anomaly response and resolution, sustaining engineering and mission control center activities.
•Support the safety assessment of ESA astronauts on crewed missions, including the safety evaluation of launch vehicles and spacecrafts safety.
•Support the certification process for rendezvous, docking and operation of existing institutional projects and future Commercial LEO Destinations (CLDs).
•Support the monitoring of project safety status through identification and systematically tracking of all relevant safety issues.
•Participate in progress meetings, as well as Boards and Panels established within each project.
•Support the formal acceptance of all contractual and Customer/Government deliverable items by reviewing the safety data pack.
•Support the investigation and reporting of accidents and incidents (i.e. mishaps) occurring during manufacturing, testing, handling, transportation, and operations.
•Support the safety assessment of the implementation of safety requirements by contractors, participating in safety audits.
•Support the performance of Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRAs) to verify Loss of Crew (LOC) and Loss of Mission (LOM) requirements.
•Support Crew Task Analysis and Human Error Analysis to identify potential human errors.
•Support integrated scenario-based Human-In-The-Loop (HITL) tests to verify design induced error and space flight procedures.
•Support dependability analyses and risk management processes established for each project.
•Support ground operations and launch campaigns as instructed by the ESA PA and Safety Manager.
•Support the capturing and dissemination of lessons learned, and the delivery of safety training to ground and flight personnel.
•Support the necessary liaison with international partners for the development and maintenance of multilateral and bilateral safety processes.
•Support the review and approval of operational changes affecting safety.
•Produce weekly reports of all activities performed.

Human SpaceflightSafety EngineeringSpace OperationsESTECESATelespazio BelgiumHybridFull-timeNetherlands

Key Responsibilities

•Support the implementation and verification of safety requirements in the preparation, development, operations and decommissioning of flight and ground segment hardware and software.

•Support the review of contractor's plans, specifications and effort proposed for the execution of the safety programme.

•Support major milestone design and safety reviews to assure that the product design allows for safe ground, launch and flight operations.

•Support mission operations during preparation and execution phases, such as Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR), hazardous command list identification, flight rules, anomaly response and resolution, sustaining engineering and mission control center activities.

•Support the safety assessment of ESA astronauts on crewed missions, including the safety evaluation of launch vehicles and spacecrafts safety.

•Support the certification process for rendezvous, docking and operation of existing institutional projects and future Commercial LEO Destinations (CLDs).

•Support the monitoring of project safety status through identification and systematically tracking of all relevant safety issues.

•Participate in progress meetings, as well as Boards and Panels established within each project.

•Support the formal acceptance of all contractual and Customer/Government deliverable items by reviewing the safety data pack.

•Support the investigation and reporting of accidents and incidents (i.e. mishaps) occurring during manufacturing, testing, handling, transportation, and operations.

•Support the safety assessment of the implementation of safety requirements by contractors, participating in safety audits.

•Support the performance of Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRAs) to verify Loss of Crew (LOC) and Loss of Mission (LOM) requirements.

•Support Crew Task Analysis and Human Error Analysis to identify potential human errors.

•Support integrated scenario-based Human-In-The-Loop (HITL) tests to verify design induced error and space flight procedures.

•Support dependability analyses and risk management processes established for each project.

•Support ground operations and launch campaigns as instructed by the ESA PA and Safety Manager.

•Support the capturing and dissemination of lessons learned, and the delivery of safety training to ground and flight personnel.

•Support the necessary liaison with international partners for the development and maintenance of multilateral and bilateral safety processes.

•Support the review and approval of operational changes affecting safety.

•Produce weekly reports of all activities performed.