HE Space is a successful international space company. For 40 years, we have been supporting our customers with qualified experts in the field of engineering, science and administration.

We hire space experts all over Europe across the whole spectrum of space-related activities, from engineering to science, software development, operations, marketing, finance and administration. Our employees contribute towards a wide range of groundbreaking space programmes including Galileo and Copernicus, ExoMars, Iris2, ESA BASS, ESA GSPT, LISA Pathfinder, Euclid, the Ariane and Vega launchers as well as the International Space Station.

HE Space has joined forces with CS Group and Sopra Steria to lead the engineering and digital space market in Europe and to provide highly skilled consulting. We are passionate about people and invest in you to support the development of the European space industry.

The activities performed by the key-person will be an input for the overall system and ground segment V&V activities. The key-person will typically be involved in tasks related to the EPS-SG or MTG V&V activities with focus on the Data Circulation test.

The following responsibilities are foreseen (not limited to):

• Create and maintain the IV&V system data circulation test plan, test specification and test procedures, test tools and test data;
• Coordinate and supervise the execution of the system data circulation tests (this includes coordination with external entities (ie. partners and industry);
• For all relevant test activities consolidate the test results, generate test reports and perform the necessary analysis;
• Identification of the suite of test tools and test data required to support V&V activities. • Contribution to the in-house development and validation of test tools and their maintenance;
• Support the acceptance of test tools / test data provided by partners (such as ESA, CNES, DLR), ie. instrument data simulator and ground processor prototype;
• Contribution to the preparation and execution of V&V tests of end-to-end processing chains, such as preparation of test specifications and procedures, test tools and test data;
• Development of test tool and test data;
• Participation in relevant internal and external meetings;
• Regular review of documentation dealing with requirements, system concepts, architecture and design, technical analyses, to identify information of importance for test tools / test data;
• Support for the preparation of documentation for system level reviews.

• University degree in the domain of engineering, physics or equivalent;
• Proven experience in the verification and validation of large complex systems;
• Hands-on involvement in data circulation V&V activities including generation of test plan, test specification, procedures and test reports;
• Experience with software specification, design and development and relevant standards;
• System requirements management and functional/architectural modelling, with support of tools (e.g. DOORS);
• Configuration Control processes and tools;
• Good skills in Python;
• Good skills in C++ and/or Java;
• Working with UNIX and Linux operating systems.

This position is based in Darmstadt, Germany.

If you believe you have what it takes for this position, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF format) to Andrés Izquierdo by clicking on the ‘Apply for this job’ button and quoting job reference 25209..

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

Last apply date: 10/02/2026!