Mission & Performance Manager

1 maand geleden

Noordwijk, Nederland European Space Agency Voltijd

Mission & Performance Manager

**Job Requisition ID**:19110**Date Posted**:6 November 2024**Closing Date**:27 November 2024 23:59 CET/CEST**Publication**:Internal & External**Type of Contract**:Permanent**Directorate**:Science**Workplace**:Noordwijk, NL**Grade Band**:A2 - A4

**Location**
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands**Description**
EnVision was selected by ESA’s Science Programme Committee as the fifth Medium-class mission in the Agency’s Cosmic Vision plan, with a launch in the early 2030s from ESA’s Spaceport in Kourou. EnVision will be the first mission to investigate Venus from its inner core to its upper atmosphere, characterising the interaction between its different envelopes: its atmosphere, surface/subsurface and interior. It aims to provide a holistic view of Venus, studying the planet’s history, activity, and climate. EnVision is an ESA-led mission in partnership with NASA, with NASA providing the Synthetic Aperture Radar (VenSAR) and Deep Space Network support for critical mission phases.

EnVision’s science payload consists of VenSAR, a dual polarisation S-band radar also operating as microwave radiometer and altimeter, which will map the surface of Venus; three optical spectrometers (VenSpec-M, VenSpec-U and VenSpec-H) designed to observe the surface and atmosphere of Venus; and the Subsurface Radar Sounder (SRS), a High Frequency (HF) sounding radar to probe the top kilometres of subsurface. These are complemented by a Radio Science investigation exploiting the spacecraft Telemetry Tracking and Command (TT&C) system to map the planet’s gravity field and constrain its internal structure, and to measure the composition and structure of Venus’ atmosphere.

You will report directly to the EnVision Project Manager in the Projects Department, within the Directorate of Science.

**Duties**
Your tasks and responsibilities will include:

- supporting the Project Manager in establishing the Mission Requirement Document (MRD) and in designing the mission to meet agreed scientific and technical requirements;
- ensuring MRD requirements flow-down to each mission segment is properly defined, justified, implemented and verified; flow-down and verification, down to each segment (spacecraft, instruments, launcher, ground segment);
- ensuring all project segments with their technical and programmatic interfaces are correctly defined, implemented and verified;
- developing and maintaining the EnVision mission performance simulator;
- interfacing with ESOC regarding the mission trajectory analyses and their impacts on overall mission performance;
- defining, supervising and implementing the interface between the space segment and the Science Operations Centre (SOC) based at ESAC;
- planning and implementing the mission-level reviews;
- coordinating transverse engineering activities (e.g. Aerobraking studies, EMC ) in close cooperation with the Spacecraft Engineering Manager and Payload Manager;
- supporting the Project Manager in the technical assessment of project risks;
- ensuring that lessons learnt from previous projects are taken into account, and collecting new lessons learnt along the course of the Project;
- identifying, assessing, managing and reporting the health and safety risks in your area of responsibility;
- leading the Mission and Performance team, consisting of at least one engineer from the SCI Directorate and coordinating specialists from the Directorate of Technology, Engineering & Quality;
- participating in other Project and Department tasks where your experience is relevant.

**Technical competencies**
Broad background in the various technical disciplines involved in space systems
System thinking with solid knowledge and understanding of interrelations, requirements engineering, maintenance and verification
Management and review of complex system performance budgets
Risk management

**Behavioural competencies**
Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking

For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook

**Education**
A master's degree in engineering or applied physics is required for this post.

**Additional requirements**
You should be:

- self-motivated, system-oriented and able to effectively interact with ESA stakeholders, scientific institutions and industry by building positive relationships;
- solution-oriented, pragmatic and timely decisions of high standard and integrity;
- preferably have knowledge and experience of verification practices tools, notably DOORS.

As this is a managerial post, you should further have:

- the potential to manage individuals in a project setting; with the ability to organise their activities and ensure a motivating work environment;
- strong leadership capabilities, with proven relationship management and communication skills, both orally and in writing;
- the ability to drive your team’s performance, developing your p

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