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THThe Exploration Company

Principal Mission Assurance Engineer(m/w/x)

München
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Developing orbital vehicle safety and reliability strategy for reusable spacecraft. 8+ years RAMS, mission assurance, or systems safety experience required. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship offered.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in engineering or science
  • 8+ years RAMS, mission assurance, or systems safety experience
  • Team or project leadership experience
  • Proficiency with reliability tools (FMECA, FTA, RBDs)
  • Deep understanding of fault tolerance, redundancy management, FDIR
  • Technical knowledge of spacecraft systems and operations
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Effective project and task management skills
  • Resilience under pressure and technical challenges
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Experience developing and validating FDIR logic, watchdog strategies
  • Customer-facing experience with government customers (ESA/NASA)
  • Willingness to mentor and contribute individually
  • Passion for commercial space industry and human spaceflight

Tasks

  • Lead Mission Assurance team
  • Own end-to-end safety and reliability strategy
  • Ensure vehicle safety architecture meets requirements
  • Assess pre-flight risks and mitigations
  • Perform and review FMECA, FTA, PRA, and RAM analyses
  • Define and validate spacecraft fault management architecture
  • Implement fault management strategies with avionics and software teams
  • Support on-console operations and resolve in-flight anomalies
  • Ensure lessons learned improve design and FDIR
  • Lead and mentor safety, reliability, and fault management engineers
  • Set team priorities and review work
  • Champion mission assurance culture
  • Instill first-principles thinking and data-driven decisions
  • Report RAMS status and flight readiness to leadership
  • Drive corrective actions from anomalies and test failures

Work Experience

  • 8 years

Education

  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • FMECA
  • FTA
  • reliability block diagrams

Benefits

Other Benefits

  • Relocation assistance
  • Visa sponsorship
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