System and Software Engineer

Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to ESA in the domain of TEC-SYS – Systems Technology And Concurrent Engineering.
Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service.

Specific Tasks

As part of the Small Satellites Unit in the In-Orbit Technology Demonstration and Validation Division, the holder of the position will:

• Provide technical support to the Unit’s activities and projects in system definition, design, development and validation, as well as for equipment procurements, from early definition phases to on-ground system qualification and verification and in-orbit commissioning phases.
• Maintain interfaces with the relevant Contractors and subsystems responsiebles (e.g. Industry, research institutes, etc.) for the assigned projects, as well as with the specialized engineering support at ESA (e.g.
  avionics, AOCS, OBSW, PA/QA, etc.).
• Support project and system reviews and will support the follow up of the associated development activities, contributing to the identification and resolution of the technical issues arising on in the frame of the assigned
  projects.

Qualification Requirements

The candidate shall have:

• Master degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or physics.
• Knowledge of System Engineering and more specifically of system behavior and functional models and simulators incl. mission, system and subsystem (in particular AOCS) aspects.
• Knowledge of Space Engineering Standards.
• Ability to work independently and to establish good working relations with ESA is essential.
• Proficient in the English language (spoken and written, knowledge of other languages is an asset).

Location

The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) at Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Contract

• The selected candidate will receive good remuneration in line with ESA Job Class.
• Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands.
• The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
• Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.
• Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially.
• Aurora contributes 15,4% of pensionable salary to a company pension scheme and employees can optionally make additional contributions.

To be considered for this Position

Prior to 28 July 2025, please apply via our Job Application form quoting TEC-SYS-1123 (RT-C/TEC-SIS/01123 ) as reference.

Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting them by 30 July 2025, 13.00 hours.

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