Human Spaceflight Safety Engineer

Job description

As part of the team you will have the following responsibilities:

• Support the ESA Safety Review Panel Chairs in the conduct of ESA flight safety reviews for the ESA human spaceflight mission projects as per.
• Provide technical support to ensure compliance with human spaceflight safety requirements;
• Perform preliminary assessments of the readiness of safety review data packages for flight safety review;
• Collect and consolidate feedback from technical experts to be provided to hardware developers;
• Communicate outcomes of reviews, including writing and distributing minutes of meetings and safety review closures;
• Assess safety analyses and compliance data packages from hardware providers, providing detailed written feedback;
• Offer human spaceflight safety engineering support to project reviews, CDF studies, TRL assessments;
• Track and process action item responses and safety verification closeouts;
• Maintain and update documentation in relevant databases;
• Prepare weekly reports on human spaceflight safety engineering activities
• Maintain an efficient database of training materials;
• Participate in outreach activities related to human spaceflight safety.
• Interface and liaise with NASA Mission Evaluation Room (MER), NASA Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) and NASA POIC safety functions;

Our benefits in The Netherlands!

We offer competitive compensation and our benefits packages are customized per location to better match local needs. Here in the spotlight are 3 of them for our employees located in the Netherlands at our industry customers.

Relocation Support

Financial Support for your relocation expenses and the company contributes up to 1500 euros for your accommodation during the first month of employment.

Contribution to health insurance

HE Space contributes a monthly amount to the statutory health insurance premium covering basic healthcare.

Training & Professional Development

Your individual training needs are important to us, and we support your attendance at conferences, e-learning, conventional group and individual classes.

Qualifications

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master’sDegreein a relevant STEM discipline
• Demonstrated experience in space projects/operations;
• Good experience with MS Office tools
• High capacity to interact and communicate effectively,
• High-level of organisational skills, with attention to detail, flexibility, ability to identify priorities and coordination of tasks;
• Ability to interface with multiple stakeholders in international environment,
• Fluency in English

Additional information

This job is located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Michaela Stevenson, by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-25161.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

Inclusive and committed employer, our company works every day to combat all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful working environment. That’s why, committed to gender diversity and overall inclusivity, we encourage all applications and profiles.

Last apply date: 25/10/2025!

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