Reporting to the Head of Section and within the technical fields described above, your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

? providing expert technical support and consultancy to ESA projects, programmes and general studies in the field of thermal control throughout all project phases;
? participating in feasibility studies, project reviews and the evaluation of procurement proposals;
? performing analysis as required to support thermal subsystem definition;
? participating in thermal testing activities and correlating analysis and test results;
? identifying critical development problems and assisting in their resolution;
? contributing to the definition of technology development requirements and work plans for the Agency’s technology programmes;
? defining, initiating and managing R&D activities covering both long- and short-term needs;
? fostering new application areas for multidisciplinary activities, placing emphasis on innovative concepts, cutting-edge technologies and system architectures;
? laboratory activities as required;
? monitoring applicable scientific and technological trends and maintaining state-of-the-art expertise;
? contributing to the dissemination of the results of the activities performed and the transfer of knowledge across the Agency.

Requirements: 

Education

A master’s degree in mechanical engineering or physics is required for this post.

Additional requirements

? Experience in spacecraft thermal engineering, related technologies and general knowledge of space thermal control analysis tools, for example ESATAN-TMS
? Experience in cryogenics may be required to support scientific and Earth observation missions