Key Tasks and Responsibilities              

You will have the following responsibilities, supporting the Galileo Programme:

• Follow up and coordinate the development of required System AIV documentation, test campaign organization notes, test plans, RVMs/VCDs, and test cases/procedures;
• Participation to RVM Workshops, Test Cases Workshops and Qualification Campaign definition;
• Completion of Test Campaign organization notes, Completion of SI&V plan coordinated and agreed with the ground segment;
• Follow up system qualification activities reviewing the evidence contributed by the SIV contractor;
• Follow up the System Level qualification campaigns;
• System test witnessing;
• Support SIV performance testing including INT negative tests, and the day-to-day follow up of the SIV testing activities and maintenance of SIV/IVQ activities planning;
• Follow up qualification at segment level especially when contributing to system qualification;
• Track segment delivery schedules and in particular when they will be installed on segment platforms;
• Ensure follow-up of segment qualification regarding the delivery of required segment level credits;
• Follow-up of critical segment NCRs in particular when they affect system qualification;
• Review of test procedures and scenarios, attend TRRs, PTRs, TRBs, review qualification test results, approve the corresponding qualification evidence captured in the system verification control documentation;
• Participation to TRRs/TRMs/PTRs/TRBs for the qualification test activities;
• Act as ESA witness for the qualification test activities while following the Requirements Qualification Status;
• Follow up the verification of system and OPS non-conformances (NCRs, Ars), ensuring that critical issues are solved with maximum priority and maintaining the overall Galileo G1 qualification status;
• Support the weekly System Non-conformance Review Board;
• Ensure that NCRs solved at segment level are included in a qualification and/or non-regression test;
• Support the configuration control and planning process for the Galileo system under development, when needed the ARB discussions for OPS anomalies;
• SIV representative in ESA System Exploitation CCB, weekly GSOP CCB, and MTP (mid-term plan) meetings;
• Participate, as requested, in Galileo-related reviews and technical evaluation boards;
• Ensure the success of Galileo system qualification reviews by supporting the preparation the review, the review of the DP delivered by Industry and the associated discussions in the corresponding panel/board meetings;
• Support other qualification reviews (segment/external/element) as required.

Skills & Experience

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, physics or Computer science;
• Knowledge and experience of Galileo navigation system, and in particular of the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) including its operations, architecture and implementation;
• Experience with ESA Space systems development, verification and review processes and standards is an advantage;
• Knowledge and experience in system engineering and verification of complex, large-scale secure systems;
• Design, development, deployment and testing of complex secure systems;
• Management and monitoring of industrial activities (interfaces with industry, reviews, etc.);
• Availability and willingness to travel for missions inside or outside Europe;
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

This job is located in Noordwijk. We welcome applicants who are available from October 2022 (or as soon as possible thereafter).

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV together with a letter of motivation (both in English and in Word or PDF) to Viktoria Panicharova, by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-4875 before 02-Sep-22.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!