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X FDIR System Engineer Job Requisition ID: 20836 Date Posted: 16 September 2026 Closing Date: 7 October 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description FDIR System Engineer in the FDIR System Group (TEC SY): the group acts as ESA's centre of excellence for Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery, within the Systems Department of the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality. You will work within a transversal team providing FDIR expertise across all ESA missions and directorates, covering the full mission lifecycle from early design through operations and lessons learned. The group leads the definition, harmonisation and validation of FDIR concepts, requirements and architectures, and supports projects in close coordination with system engineering, avionics, software and operations. You will provide functional support to assigned ESA projects as FDIR expert, contributing to project reviews, architectural trade offs, verification strategies, standardisation activities, R&D and training provision Duties Your tasks and responsibilities as FDIR team member in TEC-SY will include: - provide technical leadership and support to ESA Projects with respect to Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery across all system elements and all project lifecycle phases, acting as the focal point for FDIR within projects; - lead the integration and ensure full traceability of FDIR aspects across system design, implementation and verification, ensuring consistency across all project artefacts; - own, prepare, review and consolidate FDIR documentation for all mission phases, ensuring compliance with ESA internal processes, applicable standards and best engineering practices; - define, maintain and validate the FDIR concept in close alignment with overall system design and engineering constraints, ...