Head of The Aocs and Pointing Systems Section

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Noordwijk, Nederland European Space Agency Voltijd

Head of the AOCS and Pointing Systems Section

**Job Requisition ID**:18702**Date Posted**:16 May 2024**Closing Date**:6 June 2024 23:59 CET/CEST**Publication**:Internal & External**Type of Contract**:Permanent**Directorate**:Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality**Workplace**:Noordwijk, NL**Grade Band**:A2 - A4**Location**
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands**Description**
- Head of the AOCS and Pointing Systems Section in the GNC, AOCS and Pointing Division, Systems Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
You will report to the Head of the GNC, AOCS and Pointing Division, and be responsible for the management of the Section, its resources and activities. In addition, you will be required to carry out and contribute to operational activities in the technical domains within the Section’s areas of responsibility.
The Section is in charge of the following activities:

- Planning, initiating and managing R&D activities in the area of AOCS and pointing systems (including advanced control and estimation techniques, machine learning techniques, high accuracy and high stability pointing, AOCS development process and tools, AOCS systems digitalisation, AOCS FDIR, and AOCS integration in avionics systems);
- Contributing to R&D roadmap harmonisation, related working groups (e.g. SAVOIR and MB4SE) and other networking initiatives in the area of AOCS and pointing systems;
- Preparing, maintaining and promoting ECSS and other engineering standards and handbooks in the area of AOCS and pointing systems;
- Providing support for the evaluation of industrial proposals in the area of AOCS and pointing systems;
- Providing support to projects on the design and implementation of AOCS and pointing systems, including testing in the AOCS and pointing systems laboratory, when applicable;
- Contributing to functional avionics activities, including functional verification;
- Contributing to activities and support in the domain of in-orbit analyses, lessons learned and knowledge management;
- Developing and operating the AOCS and pointing systems facilities in order to support R&D activities and project investigations as well as external customers;
- Developing, integrating and maintaining all elements required to support end-to-end AOCS and pointing systems testing, including hardware, software and simulation models;
- Contributing to the development of the AOCS and pointing systems facilities in order to be able to provide a set of services to external customers in line with the Directorate’s strategy of outsourcing laboratory usage;
- Contributing to the definition of the AOCS and pointing systems facilities budget;
- Contributing to the maintenance of ISO certification.

**Duties**
- Ensuring a positive and motivating working environment for the Section;
- Managing the workforce of the Section with accountability for all resources and activities delegated to the Section;
- Maintaining and developing the expertise and technical competence of the Section’s members to meet current and future strategic needs, taking due account of their motivation, aspirations and professional development and mobility with appropriate opportunity for laboratory work;
- Distributing and assigning the tasks of the Section to its members, monitoring and managing their performance and providing timely and regular feedback;
- Anticipating and resolving sensitive or difficult situations, liaising with HR as required;
- Negotiating, organising and coordinating the specialist support provided by the Section to ESA projects throughout all phases;
- Preparing resource requirements based on needs originating from both inside and outside the Section and resolving conflicting demands on the use of the resources available to and within the Section;
- Establishing, developing and maintaining good working relationships and technical networks with users, project groups and other organisational bodies both inside and outside the Agency;
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of working procedures and to the reflection on the evolution of the Section’s role and activities.
In line with the terms of reference of the Section, you will be responsible for the following:

- Providing expert technical support and consultancy to all ESA projects, programmes and general studies in the technical domains for which the Section is responsible;
- Providing an independent technical assessment capability, at both project and Agency level, and supporting project reviews;
- Defining, promoting and implementing the technological research programmes;
- Coordinating, where applicable, the requirements of technology elements in your domain of competence with the overall requirements of systems being developed under the responsibility of other areas in the Directorate;
- In line with anticipated technology trends and project needs, defining, promoting and implementing the Section’s contributions to ESA technology programmes and R&D activities;

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