RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) Engineer - European Space Agency (Noordwijk)
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Job Requisition ID:20793
Date Posted:24 July 2026
Closing Date:21 August 2026 23:59 CET/CEST
Publication:Internal & External
Directorate:Technology, Engineering and Quality
**Location**
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
## **Description**
You will be assigned as RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety) Engineer in the RAMS Section, Quality and Product Assurance Management Division, Quality Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
The Section provides dependability and safety support to all ESA projects, and is also in charge of the development, implementation and maintenance of dependability and safety expertise and standards. It carries out technological research and development (R&D) in the fields of RAMS requirements, techniques, methodologies and tools. It also supports RAMS-related standardisation and training activities.
## **Duties**
You will report to the Head of Section and, within the technical fields described above, your main tasks and responsibilities when taking up duties at ESA will include:
* providing technical support and expertise to ESA projects in the RAMS field throughout all project phases; * supporting technical risk assessments of ESA missions during the conceptual design phase at the Concurrent Design Facility; * supporting the spacecraft safety submissions process in the context of launch campaigns; * contributing to the proposal, definition and management of R&D activities covering ESA’s long- and short-term needs; * contributing to the definition of technology development requirements and work plans for the Agency’s technology programmes; * contributing to ESA dependability and safety policies, requirements and standards; * maintaining Agency and industry technical competence through training, symposiums and workshops; * monitoring applicable scientific and technological trends, and maintaining state-of-the-art expertise; * contributing to the dissemination of the results of activities performed and the transfer of knowledge across the Agency.
Your duties may also include other activities within your field of competence.
## **Technical competencies**
General background and specific experience in the technical domains covered by the position
Understanding of related technologies and R&D trends and familiarity with the industrial landscape
Project support experience in a relevant domain
Experience in the management and monitoring of industrial activities, including participation in reviews
Experience with Space Quality Standards and their preparation and implementation
Experience with the application of RAMS tools and methods at System, Satellite or Payload level
Experience with the preparation and delivery of Dependability and Safety training
## **Behavioural competencies**
## **Education and professional experience**
A master's degree in an engineering discipline is required for this post together with five years of relevant professional experience.
## **Additional requirements**
Experience in performing RAMS analyses: reliability and availability predictions, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA) and hazard analysis.
Experience in performing other RAMS analyses (such as Petri-Nets, Markov graph or common cause analysis) would be an asset.
Experience with the preparation or review of spacecraft safety data packages in the context of the safety submission process for launch campaigns would be an asset, as would knowledge of space centre safety regulations.
An educational background with a specialisation in a RAMS discipline is desirable.
Position details
- Reference
- 1418653233
- Last Verified
- 24 July 2026
Position overview
This is the official EU Careers listing for RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) Engineer at ESA based in Noordwijk (Other). The vacancy reference is 1418653233.
Job Requisition ID:20793
Date Posted:24 July 2026
Closing Date:21 August 2026 23:59 CET/CEST
Publication:Internal & External
Directorate:Technology, Engineering and Quality
Location
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
## Description
You will be assigned as RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety) Engineer in the RAMS Section, Quality and Product Assurance Management Division, Quality Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
The Section provides dependability and safety support to all ESA projects, and is also in charge of the development, implementation and maintenance of dependability and safety expertise and standards. It carries out technological research and development (R&D) in the fields of RAMS requirements, techniques, methodologies and tools. It also supports RAMS-related standardisation and training activities.
## Duties
You will report to the Head of Section and, within the technical fields described above, your main tasks and responsibilities when taking up duties at ESA will include:
* providing technical support and expertise to ESA projects in the RAMS field throughout all project phases; * supporting technical risk assessments of ESA missions during the conceptual design phase at the Concurrent Design Facility; * supporting the spacecraft safety submissions process in the context of launch campaigns; * contributing to the proposal, definition and management of R&D activities covering ESA’s long- and short-term needs; * contributing to the definition of technology development requirements and work plans for the Agency’s technology programmes; * contributing to ESA dependability and safety policies, requirements and standards; * maintaining Agency and industry technical competence through training, symposiums and workshops; * monitoring applicable scientific and technological trends, and maintaining state-of-the-art expertise; * contributing to the dissemination of the results of activities performed and the transfer of knowledge across the Agency.
Your duties may also include other activities within your field of competence.
## Technical competencies
General background and specific experience in the technical domains covered by the position
Understanding of related technologies and R&D trends and familiarity with the industrial landscape
Project support experience in a relevant domain
Experience in the management and monitoring of industrial activities, including participation in reviews
Experience with Space Quality Standards and their preparation and implementation
Experience with the application of RAMS tools and methods at System, Satellite or Payload level
Experience with the preparation and delivery of Dependability and Safety training
## Behavioural competencies
## Education and professional experience
A master's degree in an engineering discipline is required for this post together with five years of relevant professional experience.
## Additional requirements
Experience in performing RAMS analyses: reliability and availability predictions, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA) and hazard analysis.
Experience in performing other RAMS analyses (such as Petri-Nets, Markov graph or common cause analysis) would be an asset.
Experience with the preparation or review of spacecraft safety data packages in the context of the safety submission process for launch campaigns would be an asset, as would knowledge of space centre safety regulations.
An educational background with a specialisation in a RAMS discipline is desirable.
Application timeline
This vacancy was first listed on 24 July 2026, today.
The application deadline is 21 August 2026, 27 days from today. Late applications are not accepted, so submit through the official EU Careers portal well in advance.
Last verified against the EU Careers feed on 24 July 2026.
Where to learn more
For headcount, mission, and other open vacancies at ESA see the ESA institution page; for the cost of living, correction coefficient, and other postings in Noordwijk see our Noordwijk location page.
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