FDIR Engineer (System Engineering)

Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit 🪐? To join an international group with a successful track record in Space Engineering? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come?

We are looking for a FDIR Engineer to work at ESTEC’s premises in Noordwijk, Netherlands.

About the client and location

The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) base in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. As ESA’s largest test centre, it is responsible for the majority of space technology and spacecraft development through varying phases of production.

💼 Tasks and activities

The scope of work will include:

• Taking part in the inclusion and traceability of FDIR aspects across all system elements and throughout all project lifecycle phases.
• Supporting ESA project teams in the preparation, review, and consolidation of FDIR documentation for all mission phases, ensuring consistency with internal processes and engineering standards.
• Contributing to the definition and refinement of the FDIR concept in alignment with the overall system design and engineering constraints within projects.
• Assisting in applying a rigorous and traceable engineering process for demonstrating the adequacy and fitness-for-purpose of FDIR solutions within projects.
• Supporting the collection, organisation, verification, and dissemination of FDIR-related information within the project team and to ensure consistency across design artefacts.
• Providing technical support to the project team in internal discussions regarding the identification of residual risks and the evaluation of FDIR strategies.
• Contributing to FDIR-related activities within the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), including the preparation of technical inputs and participation in internal sessions.
• Aiding in the development, review, and maintenance of FDIR-related internal standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Supporting the maintenance and regular update of the ESA FDIR Handbook, including the collection, documentation, and integration of lessons learned and current engineering practices to promote reuse and continuous improvement.
• Assisting with internal R&D activities focused on advancing FDIR methodologies, tools, and techniques, including the exploration and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital twin technologies.

🔍 Skills and experience

The following skills and experience are mandatory:

• University Degree or equivalent in engineering, physics or mathematics, or in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated System Engineering experience in phase C/D including verification and validation.
• System Engineering experience in software and FDIR.
• Experience with the use of DOORs.
• Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment.
• Solution oriented mindset, with a customer focused communication skill.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

📝 Why should you apply?

• You will have the opportunity to work within leading space organisations across Europe.
• We encourage everyone to think outside the box and to push the boundaries of traditional knowledge. This role is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and allows for a deeper understanding of the industry.
• To be part of a company that values integrity, inspiration, care and collaboration.
• Benefits include: competitive remuneration packages; unique career opportunities, including working in other countries; access to training and development programmes; flexible relocation support.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, all genders, LGBTQ+ individuals and ex-service personnel.

✨ About Starion ✨

Starion is one of two new legal entities rebranded from the RHEA Group, focused on space consultancy and space engineering services and solutions. Starion provides engineering expertise and solutions for space, defence and other critical infrastructures across Europe, pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our teams work on world-leading space projects that deliver the pioneering missions that provide us with the information and technologies we use today.

Starion offers over three decades of expertise in professional engineering services, developing and operating systems and solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. By combining space and system engineering with established and emerging technologies, such as AI and quantum, we produce innovative solutions that make a fundamental difference for our clients and for society.

Starion employees are located across Europe, close to our clients’ offices, enabling us to be responsive and agile. Our engineers and researchers are among the most trusted and respected in the industry, helping build space-based solutions that address major challenges on Earth such as civil security, climate change and deforestation.