The Luxembourg System Integrator for Microsatellites & Aerospace Systems

LuxSpace Sàrl is a member of the OHB group family.

LuxSpace vision is to technologically enable the use of Space by players with great missions on Earth. Leveraging our flight heritage and our 15+ years hands-on experience, our team builds the vision by reshaping the way microsatellite solutions and Space based services are conceived, developed, and delivered.

LuxSpace focuses on:

• Complete microsatellite systems in the 20-200 Kg class
• Space systems and subsystems design, specification, procurement, manufacturing, integration, and testing. This includes structure, TT&C subsystems, electronics, Radio Frequency, power supply, AOCS, simulators, on- board software, GSEs and all major elements of satellites
• Satellite services and applications with a focus on Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Earth Observation (EO)

Our OHB LuxSpace Team is composed of highly skilled and motivated professionals having joined us from more than 15 (mainly EU) countries.

LuxSpace offers a dynamic and challenging, multinational, open minded and innovative work environment with a cooperative management culture and flexible working time options.

OHB LuxSpace is looking for motivated candidates to join our team for the exciting opportunity in the role of:

Software Product Assurance Engineer (m/f/o)

In the course of enforcing and expanding its project activities, LuxSpace is recruiting an experienced Software Product Assurance Engineer for permanent employment.

Job Profile:
The Software Product Assurance Engineer will support the Project Managers, the Software Department and the Product Assurance Manager for Software Product Assurance activity. The candidate has also to be able to perform technical tasks such as software analysis, architecture and design.
 

Tasks to be performed:

• Define the project SW PA baseline necessary to satisfy SW PA requirements (On-board software and Ground software PA requirements), and other project-specific requirements
• Ensure that an appropriate system is defined and implemented to obtain and demonstrate compliance to the applicable requirements
• Manage the reviews of the software products (including code and documentation) before the release to the customer
• Generate and maintain in-house standards for Software Engineering Product Assurance purposes (i.e. Software Life-cycle processes, procedures, guidelines and handbooks)
• Support, if needed, the Procurement Engineers for the Product Assurance of the subcontracted software

Typical Tasks include:

• Prepare and maintain the Software Product Assurance Plan (SPAP)
• Manage the Product Assurance actions list related to software
• Participate in Projects and Quality progress meetings as necessary
• Participate in Project Risk identification and analysis
• Support or participate in reviews performed at system level that include software aspects
• Control software related documents produced by the system engineering team
• Support to the Software Architect regarding Independent Software Verification and Validation (ISVV) activities
• Support the configuration management established at system level and related to software (e.g. CCB)
• Provide adequate reporting
• Provide a Software Product Assurance Report for each system review
• Maintain a Company Software Quality Handbook up-to-date
• Interface with the Project Managers, the Product Assurance Manager and Customer on all subjects related to SW PA
• Other tasks and duties assigned by manager(s)
• Temporarily or permanently performing other reasonable and equivalent duties

Required Skills, Experience and Ideal Candidate Profile:

• University degree or equivalent (Master/Diploma)
• About 5 years of experience in Software Engineering / Quality / Product Assurance tasks is a must
• Experience in product assurance of embedded software
• Understanding of ECSS standards related to software and PA (in particular ECSS-E-ST-40 and ECSS-Q-ST-80)
• Good technical background in programming languages (e.g. C, C++, Java) is highly desirable
• Comfortable dealing with customers and suppliers
• Ability to work and interface with a multinational team
• Methodical work-approach
• Taking responsibility and being proactive
• Readingess to work flexible in line with project needs and schedules
• Willingness to travel for business when required
• Good communication capabilities, analytical sense and priority setting abilities
• Languages: Good English language skills (spoken and written), German and/or French knowledge will be considered an asset

• In line with applicable (immigration) legislation, all candidates must be eligible to live and work in Luxembourg / be an EU / EEA citizen, and possess all applicable work and residence permissions for Luxembourg.
• Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from the applicants as part of the recruitment process.
• In view of the nature of projects concerned and job profile, candidates may have to undergo stringent reference and identity checks.
• Readiness and eligibility for EU / NATO security clearance procedures may be required from candidates.

Work Environment:

• Dynamic, innovative and challenging
• Join our team of highly skilled and motivated professionals.
• Living and working in Luxembourg info: www.guichet.lu 

Framework Information:

• Permanent employment contract
• Full-time (40 h / week)
• Flexible working time options

Your Online Application:

• Please in English language
• Let us know your motivation
• Your Curriculum Vitae (Europass appreciated)
• Kindly include your salary expectations (EUR annual gross)

Please apply solely online via the LuxSpace Career Page. Thank you!