Production Engineer [25182]

Company Description

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialised in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.
We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.
HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting.
We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry. 

Job Description

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

• Identify cost drivers, critical processes, and improvement measures in the manufacturing, assembly, integration, test and logistics of European Space Systems generating detailed value stream maps highlighting critical processes and components.
• Track systems production progress, industrial capacities and capabilities, and status of projects.
• Monitor resource conflicts, signal deviations and propose solutions to keep plans on track.
• Review schedules, process flows, etc. to understand methods and activities in operations, integration and services, and solutions to improve efficiency and eliminate waste.
• Provide inputs to production engineering requirements for inclusion in industrial contracts.
• Analyse critical paths, identify critical areas and produce accurate and concise analyses and recommendations.
• Propose relevant supply chain optimizations to increase agility and competitiveness.
• Develop and maintain complex system and sub-system planning and schedules.
• Maintain the master document lists, Configuration Item Data List, As-Built Configuration List (ABCL) evolution, bilateral documents, engineering plans, requirements baseline, and other governing documents, ensuring that the content is consistent and accurately reflects the design baseline evolution, and coordinating review and approval processes.
• Monitor the sustainability of the systems supply chain by identifying and implementing relevant measures to reduce CO2 footprint by 40% - e.g. by reducing internal and external logistic effort and transport, reducing reworks, replacing environmental unfriendly & hazardous processes, supporting the usage of renewable or low-impact extraction methods, and reducing energy consumption – in cooperation with the ESA Clean space office.
• Collect, assess and sum up information on trends related to technical infrastructure and sustainability.
• Support in creating processes / methods to gather supplier contract and process activity data, designing control systems to minimise and resolve process and project issues.
• Provide support to management of ESA provided equipment, (e.g. equipment being operated in or on international partner modules).
• Support the project team in Technical Reviews with Industrial Consortia or International Partners (e.g. PDR, CDR, QAR, Manufacturing / Integration / Test Readiness reviews, Post-Test reviews, Pre-Shipment reviews, Delivery Review Boards), by reviewing the associated data packs for completeness, coherency and for proper change and waiver implementation.
• Provide review of technical industrial proposals, support project teams and technical meetings with industry or International Partners
• Plan and support audits / physical inspections regarding engineering and PA&S
• Support project teams in implementation of harmonized engineering practices throughout the Agency and its projects.
• Monitor engineering processes to be specific, accurate and controlled, yet agile and adaptable to allow rapid implementation of process improvements.

Qualifications

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Master's degree (aerospace direction) from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in with minimum 4 years of relevant experience;
• 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.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

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) by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-25182.

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.

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: 30/10/2025!