Configuration and Document Management Officer - IRIS² [26058]

About the Position

Configuration and Document Management Officer - IRIS² [26058]

Noordwijk, ZH, Netherlands

HE Space is a successful international space company, specialized in providing managed services and human resources to the international space sector for over 40 years.

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 programs 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.

Responsibilities

Product Configuration Support

• Establish liaison at operational level between the service team and the project control section for configuration management aspects and ensures that technical documentation is constantly aligned with the overall.
• Perform configuration and data management for project teams interfacing with European Commission and industrial consortium.
• Support implementation and maintain programmatic, contractual, and technical Baselines.
• Contribute to the generation of product documents such as Product Tree, CIDL, ABCL, CSAR, and CSR (Configuration Status Report).
• Follow-up and document product configuration evolutions from as-contracted, as-designed, as-developed, as-delivered, as-deployed, as-installed to as-operated.
• Perform configuration audits, inspections, and CI identification.
• Configure, operate, report from, and improve CM databases.
• Project Change Control support:
  • Prepare and follow-up as secretary of an entrusted Configuration Control Board (CCB) including improvement of the CCB Terms of Reference.
  • Support processing and disposition of CCB documents for review and approval including improvement of the relevant DMPs (Document Management Plan).
  • Provide status data and maintain a well-structured record system for relevant CM processes and transactions.
  • Contribute to or maintain entrusted project documentation such as BRN (Baseline Release Note), CISL, DRL, and DRDs where requested.
  • Support preparation formal CM requirements for inclusion in industrial contracts.

Review Support

• Support technical and non-technical project reviews by managing the relevant documentation in tools and provide product CM expertise.
• Register, distribute, and archive documents, as well as provide reproductions of documents and media.
• Regular review of the status of documents in the different archive and storage locations and align this information in the Documentation and Configuration Management System database.
• Generate and maintain the documentation and configuration tracking lists.
• Support the management of the User Account List to the Directorate’s servers and services.

Information Management

• Define and supervise processes and procedures for information and documentation workflows.
• Identify information contents for digitalization and automated processing.
• Organize document logistics for events such as project reviews, audits, and specific contract milestones.
• Identify information types and records and adequate processes for handling them.

Requirements

• Master in Engineering or equivalent university degree.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in Configuration Management.
• Proactive generation and review of document templates, information structures, metadata, system functions, procedures, and processes related to the systems in use by end users and the Navigation Documentation and Configuration team.
• Support to the Directorate Information and Records Officer (DIRO) in discharging relevant functions such as implementation of the Documents and Record Schedule, as well as ESA’s governance on data, records, archives, and data protection.
• Expertise with at least one PLM, asset management, or CM process relevant tool (Windchill, Jira, SAP, Eclipse, Hardcat, WAND, ClearCase/ClearQuest).
• Expertise in applying at least two CM process relevant standards (ex. ECSS-M-ST-40C, NASA IVV-10, CM-II-100, ITIL, SAE EIA-649, DOD-STD, MIL-STD, ISO 10007, IEEE Std-828, SEI-CMMI).
• Knowledge of industrial product data representation such as ISO 10303 is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

We Offer

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

About the Company

Inclusive and committed employer, our company works every day to combat all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful working environment. That's why, committed to gender diversity and overall inclusivity, we encourage all applications and profiles.

Last apply date: 09/04/2026!