Industrialization Engineer

Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.

We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.

The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.

On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a highly skilled Industrialization Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

Candidates must be eligible for a security personal clearance from an EU Member State national security administration

• Support the Centre of Competence for Manufacturing and Serial Production, by providing technical inputs and contributing to activities related to industrialisation and serial production matters.
• Contribute to interactions with industry, supporting ESA’s engagement with industrial stakeholders on topics of industrialisation and serialisation.
• Support coordination activities with ESA programmes and directorates, contributing to the alignment and harmonisation of industrialisation-related initiatives across the Agency.
• Provide inputs to cross-domain collaboration, facilitating exchanges between ESA core competences (e.g. Standardisation, modelling and simulation, artificial intelligence, industrial policy and smart manufacturing) and external partners.
• Support the identification and assessment of advanced production practices and technologies, contributing to the scouting of methodologies, hardware, software and automation solutions relevant to space manufacturing.
• Support the assessment and adoption of advanced production techniques, including automation, quality control and modular manufacturing approaches for space and ground systems.
• Contribute to collaborative activities with European manufacturers and production experts, supporting efforts to optimise supply chains, improvemanufacturing efficiency, and reduce costs.
• Provide technical inputs to training activities and digital maturity assessments, supporting the definition of benchmarks and best practices for industrialisation within the space sector.
• Contribute to the definition and preparation of demonstration facilities, such as model factories or testbeds, aimed at validating advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Support the development of digital frameworks, including concepts such as product passports for improved traceability, circularity, and supply chain resilience.
• Contribute to the evolution of ESA’s industrialisation strategy and related standards, including inputs to ECSS standards (e.g. ECSS-I) and policy discussions.
• Support the relationship-building activities, providing inputs to ESA’s engagement with industry, Member States, and partner agencies to foster a robust and innovative industrial ecosystem.
• Contribute to the creation and strengthening of industrial capabilities, supporting initiatives for the development of scalable production capabilities for space products and applications.
• Provide inputs to scaling-up initiatives, including demand forecasting, capability mapping, and assessments of industrial capacities and facilities.
• Support design studies and trade-off analyses, contributing industrialisation expertise to promote modular, standardised, and scalable approaches.
• Provide inputs to ESA’s tendering and procurement activities, supporting the assessment of industry’s capacity to deliver systems and equipment at scale.

• Master’s degree or equivalent qualification in in Physics, Engineering or Computer Science is required.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, configuration/data management and process monitoring, with ability to introduce automation and digital tools
• Experience in manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, logistics, and supply chain optimisation, including value stream mapping and sustainability measures.
• Knowledge of industrialisation and serial production methods and advanced production technologies.

• A competitive salary
• 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESA is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
• Hybrid working scheme
• Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
• Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme.
• A good pension scheme with no personal contribution.
• A career development (Coursera membership + training budget).
• Travel allowance.
• Extensive relocation package.

You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands, as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.

Deadline to apply: ASAP

Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC.

We look forward to receiving your application for this position