Power Management Engineer

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Power Management Engineer (2 positions)
Job Requisition ID: 20252
Date Posted: 4 September 2026
Closing Date: 18 September 2026 23:59 CET/CEST
Publication: Internal & External
Type of Appointment : 4 years, extendable to indefinite
Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality
Workplace:
Noordwijk, NL
Location
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Description
Power Management Engineer in the Power Management and Distribution Section, Power Systems, EMC & Space Environment Division, Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
The Power Management and Distribution Section provides functional support to ESA projects and carries out technological research (R&D) in the fields of power management and distribution for space applications, both primary and secondary, platform or payload. In particular, the Section covers power system design, power and energy budget assessment, power conditioning and distribution design and technology, analogue electronics for power systems, control of power systems, digital control of power systems, sensing techniques and high-voltage technology and design. Within this domain of competence, the Section is responsible for: - defining, promoting and implementing, in line with anticipated technology trends and project needs, the Section's contributions to ESA technology programmes and R&D activities;
coordinating, where applicable, the requirements of technology elements in the Section's domain of competence with the overall requirements of systems being developed under the - responsibility of other D/TEC areas; - maintaining state-of-the-art expertise, through the execution of the yearly plan for Technical Assessment and related hands-on activities, by keeping roadmaps up to date and driving the periodic harmonisation exercise in the Section's domain of expertise as well as by driving selected technology activities of specific importance for the Section or the...