HE Space Operations is a steadily growing international human resources company specialised in the space market. For over 25 years we have provided our customers with consultancy services in Engineering, Science and Business Administration. We open the door to working directly on-site with our principal customers in the space sector who rank among the top 25 engineering employers in Europe: EADS and the European Space Agency.

We are witnessing a growing need for expertise to support space projects in their early development phases and to help young engineers in the development of their careers.

Activities:
You will be asked to support a variety ofnew projects such as a lunar orbiting mission, lunar infrastructure, the next eneration of sommunications satellites, new scientific satellites, etc.  You will be responsible for the  following activities:

- Project Management

• -  Oversee a team of young engineers in the early phase of a project
• -  Support project planning, milestones andcost life cycles
• -  Support procurement negotiations with subcontractors
• -  Manage subcontractors
• -  Support presentations at customer level

Or
- Systems Engineering

• - Development of system architecture options and operational concepts
• - Definition of requirements
• - Development of system perfomance models
• - Selection of hardware and software
• - Documentation of system design specifications and interface requirements
    specifications
• - Preparation of plans for system procurement, integration and acceptance
    testing, for facility preparation, material management and training
• - Product and quality assurance support

The work may be eyecuted on a flexible basis, potentially as part-time support or as an external consultant

Skills:
You ideally have the following qualifications and experience:

• - More than 30 years experience in a space company or agency
• - Experience in project management or system engineering for space projects
• - Specialisation on a subsystem level
• - Flexibility to relocate within Europe for certain periods
• - Be interested in transferring your know-how to the next generation of space
    engineers
• - Fluency in English is mandatory, German would be helpful