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Paris, 17 May 2010

(English only)

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY

Vacancy in the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management

The European Space Agency is an equal opportunity employer

and encourages applications from women

POST VLSI Component Engineer in the Components Technology Section of

the Materials and Components Technology Division, Product Assurance

and Safety Department, Directorate of Technical and QualityManagement.

This post is classified in the A2/A4 grade band of the Coordinated

Organisations salary scale.

LOCATION ESTEC, Noordwijk (The Netherlands).

DUTIES The Materials and Components Technology Division provides direct

support to all ESA programmes for the definition, implementation and

control of EEE components. The postholder shall report to the Head of

Components Technology Section. The Section provides coherent support

in all phases of components development from process definition up toqualification and flight. More information on the activities of the section

can be found on the ESA portal: Space Engineering.

This post concerns VLSI components (in particular ASIC and FPGA).

Major ESA industrial collaborators in this domain today are ATMEL

and ST Microelectronics.

The main tasks in the post are as follows:

VLSI Technology definition, planning and implementation togetherwith National Space Agencies, end-users and semiconductors

suppliers. Planning and management of the related R&D contracts;

provision of expert technical support to ESA spacecraft projects interms of VLSI component selection, procurement, qualification and

failure investigations;

other day-to-day responsibilities include formulation,implementation, management and promotion of the European

Component Initiative activities, participation and coordination of the

appropriate ESCC and ECSS working groups, definition, review and

maintenance of component engineering standards and specifications

and manufacturer audits.

eCPB-2010-0698

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QUALIFICATIONS Applicants for this post should have a university degree or equivalent

qualification in physics, electronics or a related subject.

The candidate should be able to demonstrate existing professionalexperience as an expert in the VLSI domain on at least one of the two

major VLSI component type (FPGA or ASIC). Good knowledge of

working with engineering requirements for space or other demanding

applications (e.g. aerospace, military, automotive) is expected.

Professional background related to Product Assurance/Quality

Assurance activities or the aptitude to run laboratory testing and

qualification activities as well as familiarity with coordination and

management of large R&D activities is considered as significant assets.

The candidate should also have strong interpersonal relationship skills as

well as team spirit, leadership aptitude and easy capability ofnetworking.

Considering the variety of tasks to be performed and the ESA multi-

project environment, applicants should demonstrate to be highly

innovative, dynamic, pragmatic and interested in widening the

knowledge base in the context space applications.

The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good

knowledge of one of these two languages is required. Knowledge of

another member state language is an asset.

CLOSING DATE The closing date for applications is 14 June 2010.

Applications from external candidates for this post should preferably be

made on-line at the ESA Web Site (www.esa.int/careers). Those unable

to apply on-line should submit their CV to the Head of the Human

Resources Division, ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk ZH

(The Netherlands).

ESA staff members wishing to apply for this post should fill in the

Internal Application Form and email it to Apply2ESTEC

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Under ESA Regulations, the age limit for recruitment is 55. Please note that applications are

only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech

Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the

Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Priority will be first given to internal candidates and secondly to external candidates from

under-represented member states.

In accordance with the European Space Agencys security procedures and as part of the

selection process, successful candidates will be required to undergo basic screening before

appointment.

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