System Engineer – Low LEO – IRIS2 [26064]
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Job Location:
Noordwijk - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The role is to provide System Engineering support in relation to ESA in-house activities for the Secure Connectivity Low LEO pre-operational development up to and including in-orbit testing.
You will perform system engineering activities in the following areas:
- Definition of Low LEO mission requirements and the related system architecture.
- Ground Segment Engineering for Low LEO
- Satellite and Constellation Engineering for Low LEO
- User Segment Engineering for Low LEO
- Support to security Engineering for Low LEO
- Communication Engineering for Low LEO
- Preparation of the procurement technical and programmatic specifications
- Technical evaluation on related proposals resulting from the procurement activities related to Low LEO so that contracts are launched.
- Follow the Low LEO activities once kicked-off ensuring coherency at system level with the IRIS2 system.
- Follow up of the technical reviews for Low LEO
- Support the coordination activities with EC and industrial consortium to ensure coherent developments and successful services implementation.
Activities may include:
- Requirements engineering and consolidation Functional and physical architecture definition Design trade-off analysis Interface definition and follow-up Verification and validation planning Technical schedule and risk assessment
Industrial Milestone Reviews
- The Contractor shall support ESA in the review of industrial contract technical milestones related to Low-LEO including but not limited to: Design key points during consolidation phase System Requirements Review (SRR) Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) Critical Design Reviews (CDR) Qualification Reviews (QR) In-Orbit Validation Review (IOVR) Service Declaration (SD)
- This support shall include: Technical assessment of industrial deliverables Preparation of review comments Participation in review meetings and collocations Technical discussions with industry to support resolution of review items.
Qualifications :
- Masters Degree in System Engineering Telecommunication or similar
- Strong proven experience with system engineering for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions
- Ability to define mission requirements and system architecture for space systems
- User segment engineering experience (user terminals communication interfaces)
- Communications engineering expertise including RF systems and link budgets
- Knowledge of ground segment engineering (mission control TT&C ground stations)
- Security engineering knowledge relevant to secure satellite communications
- Experience preparing technical and programmatic specifications for procurements and perform technical evaluation of industrial proposals
- Proficiency in requirements engineering traceability and consolidation
- Experience producing engineering models including MBSE
- Familiarity with coordinating multistakeholder technical activities (industry agencies EC)
- Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.
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) by clicking on the Apply Now button.
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Last apply date: 10/04/2026!
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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