Senior Change

**Location**:
Luxembourg
**Security Clearance**:
EU Secret
**Reference No**:
VS/SES-05 / Luxembourg
Education/Experience
- Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Configuration Management within aerospace, defence, or governmental programmes.
- Proven experience working in multi-partner consortium environments governed by ESA, EC, or national space agencies.
- Strong expertise in ESA configuration management standards, specifically: MS-ESA-RQ-100, MS-ESA-RQ-108, ECSS-M-ST-40C.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and lead configuration management processes in large, distributed engineering programmes.
- Proficiency with PLM/CM tools (e.g., Windchill, Teamcenter, DOORS, etc.).
- Experience supporting ESA-style reviews and reporting structures.

Desirable Skills
- Exhibiting strong, proven leadership and team management skills.
- Demonstrating excellent analytical skills and sound judgement for complex decisions.
- Identifying and solving problems with a practical, solution-oriented approach.
- Translating customer and business requirements into technical design specifications with a service-centric mindset.
- Cooperating effectively across multiple functions and organisations, and mastering long-term negotiation.
- Working dependably and autonomously as well as collaboratively, with a proactive, assertive attitude and adaptability to change.
- Communicating excellently in verbal and written forms.
- Understanding space-based security architectures and experience on NGSOs.

Duties
- Defining and implementing the Configuration Management Plan (CMP) in accordance with MS-ESA-RQ-108 and ECSS-M-ST-40C.
- Establishing configuration management policies, procedures, and tools across all consortium partners.
- Ensuring alignment with the Product Assurance framework defined in MS-ESA-RQ-100.
- Developing and maintaining configuration identification, item structures, and baseline management processes (functional, allocated, and product baselines).
- Chairing the Configuration Control Board (CCB) and managing the full lifecycle of configuration changes, including evaluation, approval, implementation, and verification.
- Ensuring configuration integrity and traceability of all design, test, and operational data.
- Controlling evolution of baselines and maintaining coherence between engineering, manufacturing, and verification documentation.
- Supporting engineering teams in assessing configuration impacts and defining implementation plans for approved changes.
- Establishing and maintaining the Configuration Status Accounting (CSA) system for accurate, real-time visibility of configuration status.
- Maintaining configuration records, change logs, and baselines in compliance with ESA/EC requirements and programme DRDs.
- Managing and monitoring the use of PLM/CM tools (e.g., Windchill, Teamcenter, DOORS, or equivalent) across consortium entities.
- Producing configuration status and audit reports for submission to ESA, EC, and consortium leadership.
- Ensuring harmonisation of CM practices between system, space, and ground segments.
- Providing CM guidance, coaching, and process oversight to consortium partners and suppliers.
- Supporting major reviews (PDR, CDR, QR) and ensuring all baseline and change control documentation is accurate and up to date.

**Additional information**:
If you are interested, for further information, please contact the point of contact for this offer.