Head of The Space Systems Section

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Noordwijk, Nederland European Space Agency Voltijd

Head of the Space Systems Section

**Job Requisition ID**:19219

**Date Posted**:19 December 2024

**Closing Date**:23 January 2025 23:59 CET/CEST

**Publication**:Internal & External

**Type of Contract**:Permanent

**Directorate**:Technology, Engineering and Quality

**Workplace**:Noordwijk, NL

**Grade Band**:A2 - A4

**Location**
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

**Description**
Head of the Space System Section in the Space Segment Systems Engineering Division, Systems Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.Leading the Space System Section within the Space Segment Systems Engineering Division offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of space exploration and innovation. As the driving force behind a multidisciplinary team of experts, you will orchestrate the design, development and operational excellence of cutting-edge space systems—from platforms and rovers to advanced landers. Your leadership will empower the team to tackle complex challenges, pushing the boundaries of engineering and science while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. By developing forward-looking strategies, nurturing talent and advancing sustainability practices, you will contribute to groundbreaking and inspiring missions that strengthen ESA’s position as a global leader in space technology. This is a role that combines vision, technical competences and people-centred leadership to make a lasting impact on the implementation of space projects.Reporting to the Head of the Space Segment Systems Engineering Division, you, as Head of the Space System Section, will be responsible for the management of the Section, its resources and its activities. In addition, you will be accountable within the Agency for the outcome of operational activities conducted within the Section’s technical domain.The Section covers the systems engineering of the space segment to support space projects, covering the following in particular:

- Space segment system (platform, rover, lander, etc.) activities, including system design, trading and evaluation, requirements management comprising traceability, consistency, flowdown to subsystem/unit level and internal/external interfaces, VCD, system budgets, coordination of verification activities, support for the FDIR definition and system mode management;
- Support for the operations concept, launch and in-flight commissioning;
- Support for the implementation of space sustainability practices and policies;
- Support for interdisciplinary and cross-cutting initiatives;
- Support for the development of future space platforms.
The Section works in coordination with the other two sections of the Space Segment Systems Engineering Division, covering the following:

- Payload/instrument system activities, including payload design at spacecraft level in collaboration with optical/RF chain experts, payload requirements management and support for payload AIV/AIT.
- Space segment system AIV/AIT activities, covering all system-level and payload verification aspects, including assembly integration, and environmental and functional testing.

**Duties**
Within the technical domains defined above, your tasks and responsibilities will include the following:
- Developing the competences and skills to support the most innovative and complex space systems, keeping abreast of future trends and needs in the field.

Workload assessment and assignment:
- Establishing the multiyear plan of activities for the Section, covering required competences and assignment of resources;
- Establishing annual objectives and managing/coordinating on a day-to-day basis specialised technical support in the Section’s fields of expertise, in full collaboration with the functional managers;
- Actively contributing to increasing the agility/flexibility required to meet the short-notice and peak-period resource needs of projects;
- Being accountable for all activities and resources delegated to the Section, and for resolving possible conflicting demands on the use of the Section’s resources.
Talent management:
- Maintaining state-of-the-art expertise in the Section—identifying, developing, maintaining and tracking the technical competences needed to meet current and future strategic needs;
- Establishing individual talent management (competence and development) plans for the Section's members, covering technical and behavioural aspects;
- Collaborating with functional managers whenever needed;
- Driving the development of people within your area of responsibility, facilitating the development of people beyond your area of responsibility, and encouraging mobility when it serves the organisation's interests;
- Encouraging the integration of newcomers and contributing to their initial development plans, in particular in the first three years of their contracts;
- Managing staff functional mobility and changes (arrivals, departures, reassignments, probation and contract extensions) with minimum disruption to

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