About this role
X EO Future Mission End-to-end System Engineer (2 posts) Job Requisition ID: 21165 Date Posted: 23 October 2026 Closing Date: 13 November 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication Method: Internal & External Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Earth Observation (EO) Future Mission End-to-end System and Performance Engineer in the Mission and System Studies Section, Future Missions and Instruments Division, Future Systems and Architecture Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes (D/EOP).
Reporting to the Head of the Mission and System Studies Section in the Future Missions and Instruments Division, you will play a key role in shaping future Earth observation missions from their earliest stages. Working closely with colleagues across the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, particularly the Earth & Mission Science Division, and with Earth observation user communities such as Scientific Mission Advisory Groups, you will combine engineering, coordination and study-management responsibilities as Study Manager or Technical Officer for the preparation of future EO missions in Phase 0 and/or Phase A. You would also conduct internal technical work and provide support to your colleagues of the Future Missions and Instruments Division.
Duties
- Depending on the missions and studies assigned, your responsibilities will include some or all of the following: - acting as Study Manager for pre-Phase A and mission/architecture studies for future EO missions, including Earth Explorers, Missions of Opportunity, Copernicus and meteorological missions.
- You will define, negotiate, initiate and manage industrial activities and provide technical coordination to a small team of engineers; - acting as Study Manager for Phase A industrial activities for missions not yet approved for implementation, including Earth Explorers...