Young Graduate Trainee for Human Spaceflight Safety Engineering
- Organization: ESA - European Space Agency
- Location:
- Grade: Junior level - F1 - Young Graduate Trainee
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Occupational Groups:
- Engineering
- Security and Safety
- Closing Date: Closed
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Young Graduate Traineeship Opportunity in the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. Applications from women are encouraged.
Post
Young Graduate Trainee for Human Spaceflight Safety Engineering
This post is classified F1.
Location
ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
The ESA Independent Safety Office is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of ESA policies, requirements and standards for:
- Space Debris Mitigation,
- Re-entry Safety,
- Nuclear Safety,
- Planetary Protection
- Human Spaceflight Safety
The Office is part of the Product Assurance & Safety Department.
Candidates interested are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int
Under the supervision of your assigned tutor within the Office, you will as YGT:
- familiarise yourself with recently-updated safety requirements and the safety certification process applicable to the International Space Station, the Lunar Gateway habitation modules and more generally human spaceflight exploration including crewed vehicles.
- participate in ESA safety review activities for certification of system and payload hardware developed by European industry.
- review already-certified system and payload hardware for lessons-learned compilation.
- participate in the definition of new safety requirements, their implementation and the verification approach.
- compile safety guidelines for the transportation and operations of simple payloads/experiments on-board the ISS.
You should have just completed, or be in the final year of a university course at Master’s level (or equivalent) in a technical or scientific discipline.
Aerospace/Space engineering background is desired and some knowledge of the safety domain is an asset.
The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.
You should demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the capacity to work both independently and as part of a team.
During the interview your motivation and overall professional perspective/career goals will also be explored.
Other information
For behavioural competencies expected from ESA staff in general, please refer to the ESA Competency Framework.
The closing date for applications is 15 December 2019.
If you require support with your application due to a disability, please email contact.human.resources@esa.int.
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Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Slovenia, as an Associate Member, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia as European Cooperating States (ECS).
Priority will first be given to candidates from under-represented Member States.
In accordance with the European Space Agency’s security procedures and as part of the selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before appointment
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