ALTEC is looking for an Aerospace Engineer (or equivalent) to be inserted in the Product Assurance, Safety and Configuration Management department for the support to the ISS Columbus module of the European Space Agency (ESA), as part of the activities relevant to the TLO (Training and Logistics Operations) program.
As part of the activities relevant to the TLO (Training and Logistics Operations) services to ESA, PASO represents the Safety of Flight expert for the operations of Columbus and of ESA Payloads, as well as the owner of the process to resolve the anomalies faced during the operations.
**Duties**:
The most relevant activities that characterize the position are the following:
- Support to preparation and participation, in the real-time support, to operations during on-orbit activities and troubleshooting in case of failures, taking part, and organizing dedicated meetings as needed, in collaboration with the Ops Teams and Engineering;
- Strict collaboration with ESA Safety Review Panel (ESRP) and ESA Operations Safety;
- Coordination with the Columbus Flight Control Team for all the aspects related to the Safety of the Operations;
- Participation to periodic meetings with NASA in order to share information and have common knowledge on the actual Operations situation on board the ISS;
- Review and inputs provision to all Operational products defined in preparation and during operations phase (Flight Notes, Chits, procedures, etc.
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- System and payloads operational procedures (Operations Data File - ODF) review for all the aspects related to Columbus and crew Safety, by participating also to ODF Control panels;
- Anomalies management and resolution coordination, among the different actors involved during the process: ESA Operations Safety, Columbus Flight Control Team, USOCs, Engineering Services, etc.
- Columbus Anomaly response Team (CART) executive secretary / Multilateral Anomalies Resolution Team (MART) with NASA;
- Participation to periodical meetings with NASA Safety representatives;
- Participation to periodical workshops organized within the Columbus Operations Community;
- Reporting activities during dedicated Increment meetings.
- console and training on the job at ALTEC premises.
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**REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & TECHNICAL SKILLS**:
- Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering or equivalent.
- Fluent in English (spoken/written).
- Previous experiences in Operations support and/or Product Assurance/Safety departments will be considered as a plus but not mandatory.
**SOFT SKILLS**:
Excellent interpersonal skills are needed, together with a high degree of organizational and communication abilities, and comfortable with working in a multinational environment.
**ADDITIONAL SKILLS**:
None