Description

The ESA Programme Related to EU Secure Connectivity, hereinafter referred to as Secure Connectivity, is intended to support the effective development and validation of the EU Secure Connectivity governmental infrastructure and the services provided by it, as well as the validation and demonstration of services based on the commercial infrastructure developed by the contractor(s) delivering the EU Secure Connectivity governmental infrastructure.
Reporting to the Head of the Secure Connectivity Programme Department, you will be responsible for all system engineering tasks to support the effective design and development, as well as all system validation tasks up to and including in-orbit performance validation and service validation, for the overall Secure Connectivity system of systems.

Duties

• Overseeing the end-to-end engineering of the Secure Connectivity system of systems, including the Space, Ground and User Segments;
• Supervising the technical requirements, including functional, performance, operational, service and security requirements, applicable to the procurement of the overall system infrastructure, namely the Space Segment, the Ground Segment and the User Segment and the associated operations and services, including launch services, and ensuring their overall traceability;
• Ensuring technical end-to-end consistency of all procurement activities at project level, namely those carried out at system and segment levels, including security as well as external interfaces such as service facilities;
• Ensuring implementation of all activities necessary to declare system validation and system qualification as required by the ESA-EU Contribution Agreement;
• Management of system tools, activities and test receivers to support system validation and qualification;
• Defining and implementing technology developments required to support the development of the system, assessing industrial and technological supply chain vulnerabilities and defining corrective actions;
• Preparing and implementing all engineering and R&D activities directly relating to the development and implementation of the system;
• Ensuring implementation of system security engineering activities, including security requirements flow-down, implementation follow-up, security operations engineering and maintenance of the System Security Requirements Statement of Compliance;
• Providing services engineering, including the concept of operations and the associated qualification tools, such as test user receivers;
• Ensuring integrated project-level schedule management, risk management and configuration control;
• Supporting the establishment and maintenance of the project-level cost plan and key performance indicators;
• Proposing corrective measures to respond to deviations from performance, schedule and cost targets established at programme level;
• Managing reviews relating to Secure Connectivity at programme and system level;
• Contributing to the reporting to ESA management and the European Commission in accordance with the Contribution Agreement in close coordination with the Head of the Secure Connectivity Programme Department, the Head of the Secure Connectivity Liaison Office and the Business Control and Programme Management Support Office;
• Close coordination with other project disciplines, including the Ground Segment and Operations Office, the Space Segment Office, the Programme Liaison Office and the Product Assurance and Safety Team.

In the execution of the above tasks, you will be supported by a dedicated team, for which you will have direct management responsibility.

You will also be responsible for identifying, assessing, managing and reporting the health and safety risks in your area of responsibility.

Technical competencies

Behavioural competencies

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

Education

A master’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline is required for this post.

Additional requirements

You should, in addition, have:
• proven experience of leading, motivating and developing a team of experts in a project environment;
• the ability to provide strategic direction to the individuals and teams within the Office and to relate team objectives to the overall, evolving organisational goals and context;
• the ability to drive performance and foster cooperation within and across teams throughout the organisation;
• demonstrated excellent leadership, relationship management and communication skills, both oral and written;
• a proven track record of representing the Agency’s interests to external interfaces;
• excellent cognitive, analytical, delegation, planning and organisational skills;
• the ability to anticipate problems, resolve complex issues and relate situations to their context;
• the ability to reach solution-oriented, pragmatic and timely decisions of a high standard and with integrity as well as to support others, such as team members, upper management and other stakeholders, in this process.

People management experience is an asset, as is international experience, i.e. outside your home country, as well as experience in diverse functional areas relevant to ESA activities.