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Environmental Control and Life Support Engineer
2021-03-04 12:12:47| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
On behalf of the European Space Agency we are recruiting an Environmental Control and Life Support Engineer E3 to join our Modis Aerospace team in the Netherlands. Modis has proudly supported the Aerospace Defence industry in the Netherlands for decades. Our partnership with the European Space Agency ESA has been one of the many success stories allowing our people to expand their career horizons. Modis experts are contributing to some of the most important technical advances in Aerospace and Defence which impact the way we live our lives today, through specialised engineering expertise and other required skillsets. This could be your future. Become part of our successful team! Specific tasks to be performed The incumbent will work in the Life support and Physical Sciences Instrumentation Section in ESAESTEC. The main focus of our work is sustainable life support technologies, In Situ Resource Utilisation and small payload development for manned and unmanned spaceflight. The incumbent will Implement and supervise RD activities in the field of sustainable life support technologies e.g. MELiSSA, with a specific focus on bioreactors, biochemical processes characterisation, modelling and development Supervise the development of technology demonstrators on board ISS and follow up of operations over its life cycle Implement and supervise RD activities in the area of In Situ Resource Utilisation Provide project support for manned spaceflight and scientific experiments onboard the ISS Provide support to the management of the MELiSSA project, technical and scientific coordination with MELiSSA partners. General tasks to be performed Assistance in the provision of specific engineering support to ESA projects Provision of support in detailed technical specification of planned RD activities Assistance in the technical evaluation of development results, as well as designs from projects Conceptual planning and implementation of test setups in the microgravity laboratory Planning, settingup and execution of test activities in the laboratory Analysis, evaluation, reporting and interpretation of data of biological or physiological experiments Support of Breadboard testing and sample evaluation for Life Support activities. To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background experience is required PhD or Master in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology applied Microbiology or Physics Experience in specification, engineering and analysis of chemical and biochemical processes, knowledge of plantfood production Experience in multiphases processes characterisation and engineering is an asset Project skills, Management of RD contracts, academic and industrial experience Knowledge of space systems engineering is an asset Good interpersonal communication skills, team oriented. About ESAESTEC The European Space Agency ESA has sites in several European countries. The European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC, has grown into ESAs largest establishment and the technical and organizational hub of Europes space sector. Missions designed and tested at ESTEC are circling Earth, have landed on planetary bodies and have probed far into the Solar System. The infrastructure and equipment assembled here, together with the expert knowhow of its 2800 personnel, make ESTEC a unique resource for Europe. The work done here by teams skilled in every aspect of engineering for space has enabled the creation of novel communication, navigation and information services, creating new jobs and growth while improving the lives of European and world citizens. Please send your CV to recruitmentaerospacemodis.com before 29032021
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