We are looking for a Configuration Management Officer on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) for their location in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to join their Mars Project Control Team. The selected candidate should show integrity and professionalism. The deadline for submitting applications is 15 June 2023.
Please note, the successful candidate will be employed by ATG Europe (or one of its subsidiaries). Furthermore, upon selection, they will be subject to a general security screening performed by an external provider (further information will be provided at the interview stage).
The successful candidate will be tasked with, but not limited to:
- Establishing adequate processes for proper Product configuration control, including:
- Configuration management planning;
- Configuration items identification, technical requirements base lining, production, and maintenance of configuration item data list (CIDL);
- Management of configuration evolution, baselines verification, as-built control and inspections.
- Establishment of configuration control methods, procedures, and standards;
- Establishing and/or assuring that adequate configuration control methods, procedures and standards are established and/or maintained, consistent with applicable standards/requirements;
- Preparing formal requirements for inclusion in industrial contracts;
- Participating in Project Reviews;
- Conducting configuration audits and configuration inspections;
- Supervising the processing and disposition of Change Requests and/or Change Proposals;
- Providing status data and maintaining a well-structured record system; acting as secretary to appropriate Boards established for the processing of changes;
- Establishing and maintaining the approval system for all documents under formal ESA control and maintaining the associated DRLs and DRDs;
- Supporting the supervision and maintenance of the documentation library and archives;
- Proposing automated methods and tools required to increase performance of configuration and documentation control tasks.
- A Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or similar;
- At least 4 years of relevant work experience;
- Experience in controlling and/or management of activities and resources in aerospace industry;
- Proven experience in Configuration Management in Space Companies/Organizations;
- Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g., ESA-p) is an asset;
- Experience in fields like Product Assurance, System Engineering and Production Control is an asset;
- Experience with ESA in relevant activities is an asset;
- For some tasks knowledge of Finance/Accounting may be required;
- Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support tools/databases of standard office automation support software packages, including, in particular, advanced usage of Excel;
- Adequate knowledge and understanding of the applicable ESA Configuration Management requirements and standards, such as MS-ESA-RQ-100, MS-ESA RQ-108, ECSS-M40;
- Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment, including ESA corporate IT applications;
- Good knowledge of the specific activities and/or organisation, of the applicable configuration management working procedures and support tool(s) is an asset;
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken;
- Knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset.
Please submit your application in English via the apply button below. Applications submitted in other languages will not be considered.