Your tasks and responsibilities will include:
? preparation of cost estimates in support of projects;
? cost and systems engineering support for ESA projects for design to cost;
? comparative analysis of industrial contractors’ estimates, prices and cost-at-completion;
? evaluation of industrial proposals for cost-related matters;
? participation in ESA project reviews;
? processing and analysis of ECOS files;
? support for industrial contract negotiation;
? cost engineering and system engineering tasks in assessment studies in the Concurrent Design Facility;
? development and maintenance of the Section’s (parametric) cost estimating models and databases;
? coordination of collaborative activities within the Section.

Requirements: 

Education

A master’s in engineering is required for this post.

Additional requirements

The following requirements are mandatory:

• Ability to work independently and establish excellent working relations within the Agency and with external partners and industries;
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary space mission design teams;
• Ability to coordinate collaborative activities involving multiple cost engineers;
• Autonomy and a proactive attitude.

Knowledge of the following technical domains would be an asset:

• Concurrent engineering and design taking into account cost, technical and programmatic aspects such as planning and risks;
• Commercially available parametric cost models (such as TruePlanning);
• ECOS, ESA’s costing software;
• ESA and its activities, programmes and policies;
• Management and negotiation.