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Exploration Business Development Engineer [25128]

Noordwijk, NL

Closing: September 18, 2025

Engineering
Leandros Foteinias
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Company description

HE Space is a successful international space company. For 40 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration. HE Space has joined forces with CS Group to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.

Job description

The Contractor shall support the Commercialisation and Innovation Team Leader in the management of industrial utilisation of human and automated infrastructures in Low Earth Orbit.

  • 1. Industrial Utilisation Management Support;
    • a. support implementation of industrially driven and co-funded utilisation projects using ISS and/ or future human or automated LEO infrastructures and services.
    • b. provide technical evaluations for commercial activity proposals (ProCeCA) reports for outcomes to the Utilisation Implementation Board.
    • c. support the management of activities for established and new commercial partnerships related to focused science for exploration and utilisation of human and automated LEO infrastructures and developing new exploration capabilities in fields such as crew health and performance or habitation.
    • d. provide technical support for the utilisation of ESA services provided in support of industrial utilisation of human and automated LEO infrastructures.
    • e. provide technical support for the implementation of selected requests for information, call for ideas and invitation to tenders related to industrial LEO services and utilisation.
    • f. develop and produce regular internal progress and technical status reporting including inputs for the Annual Report on E3P Commercial Activities for the ESA Programme Board for Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration (PB-HME).
  • 2. Business Development Support;
    • a. support for selected assessment of markets enabled by the utilisation of automated and human LEO infrastructures.
    • b. support the promotion of industrial utilisation opportunities by maintaining the ESA Business in Space Growth Network Web Portal, developing content for digital marketing campaigns and supporting the delivery of community engagement events.
    • c. support and handle the delivery of innovation challenges aimed at stimulating industrial utilisation of human and automated LEO infrastructures and services.
    • d. support for the development of new industrial utilisation capabilities and services on human and automated LEO platform and managing contracts and acceleration initiatives aimed at demonstrating new capabilities/ services in close coordination with the ESA Directorates of (TEC) and (STS).
    • e. support the commercial scaling of industrial utilisation in close coordination with relevant experts from the Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness (CIC).
    • f. support for the implementation of selected requests for information, call for ideas and invitation to tenders related to industrial LEO services and utilisation.
    • g. support the assessment of business models and plans of industrially driven projects.

Our benefits in The Netherlands!

We offer competitive compensation and our benefits packages are customized per location to better match local needs. Here in the spotlight are 3 of them for our employees located in the Netherlands at our industry customers.

HE Space will support your relocation to another country.

Relocation Support

Financial Support for your relocation expenses and the company contributes up to 1500 euros for your accommodation during the first month of employment.

Contribution to health insurance

Contribution to health insurance

HE Space contributes a monthly amount to the statutory health insurance premium covering basic healthcare.

HE Space supports training.

Training & Professional Development

Your individual training needs are important to us, and we support your attendance at conferences, e-learning, conventional group and individual classes.

Qualifications

Education:

  • A Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline is required.
  • A degree level qualification in economics and/ or business administration discipline is considered an asset.

Technical Competencies:

  • Ability to manage and deliver small scale projects within costs and schedule.
  • Ability to develop and manage partnerships.
  • Experience in organising and managing the delivery of technical and programmatic reviews.
  • Experience in managing the end-to-end implementation of Requests for Information, Call for Ideas and Invitation to Tenders.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of industrial utilisation interests in human and automated LEO infrastructures and services and related markets.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of management processes applicable to human and robotic LEO infrastructures and services.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the European Space Exploration Envelope Programmes and the international programme framework or Space exploration.

Additional information

This job is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Adriana Camacho, by clicking on the button “I´m interested” quoting job NL-HP-25128.

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Inclusive and committed employer, our company works every day to combat all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful working environment. That's why, committed to gender diversity and overall inclusivity, we encourage all applications and profiles.

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