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Octagon Professionals International is one of the main contractors to the European Space Agency (ESA) for Product Assurance & Safety (PA&S) services. We provide comprehensive professional services to public organisations, delivering engineering expertise and operational support across ESA directorates and programmes. Our teams work within ESA’s Quality Department and PA&S Offices, ensuring that processes and products meet the Agency’s quality requirements and directly contributing to Europe’s flagship space missions.

Job Responsibility:

  • Establish and maintain PA&S requirements baselines
  • Produce PA&S documentation, specifications, and inputs for ESA reviews
  • Review contractors’ PA plans and monitor NCRs, anomalies, failures, deviations, and waivers
  • Support Boards (NRBs, CCBs, MRBs, EEE, M&P, Test Reviews)
  • Participate in inspections, audits, test witnessing, and configuration checks
  • Support acceptance reviews and verification data?pack assessments
  • Contribute to project reviews, safety reviews, and working groups
  • Provide PA&S support during MAIT and launch campaigns, including possible extended missions
  • Deliver reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and lessons learned
  • Support training, workshops, and knowledge capture activities
  • Contribute to technology readiness assessments and R&D support

Requirements:

  • Master’s degree in Engineering
  • Significant PA/QA experience, ideally in the space or aerospace domain
  • Knowledge of ECSS standards (ECSS-Q branch)
  • Experience in ISO 9001 / EN9100 environments
  • Familiarity with RAMS, Safety, M&P, EEE, SW?PA, Cleanliness & Contamination (advantage)
  • Quality auditor experience desirable
  • Strong documentation, review, and reporting skills
  • Eligible for ESA/EU Personnel Security Clearance (PSC)

Nice to have:

  • Familiarity with RAMS, Safety, M&P, EEE, SW?PA, Cleanliness & Contamination
  • Quality auditor experience
What we offer:
  • Competitive salary and benefits depending on location
  • Up to 30 vacation days plus 12 public holidays (based on a 40?hour week)
  • Pension contribution to a tailor?made pension scheme
  • Yearly subscription to ESTEC gym facilities and swimming pool

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Job Posted:
December 10, 2025

Work Type:
Hybrid work
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