Cyber Security Engineering Support – CyberCUBE Project

Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.

We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.

The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.

On behalf of the European Space Agency, we will be soon looking for A highly skilled Cyber Security Engineering Support – CyberCUBE Project to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

What is expected from you:

As part of the TEC-SES section at ESA/ESTEC, the selected candidate will contribute to the CyberCUBE project, developed under the Cyber Security Resilience Programme and led by the ESA Security Office . This initiative aims to support the development of advanced solutions to strengthen the Agency’s cybersecurity posture—both at the corporate level and within its space missions.

The CyberCUBE mission is based on a 3U CubeSat designed to serve as an in-orbit demonstrator for advanced cybersecurity capabilities. Equipped with reconfigurable technologies such as Software Defined Radios and FPGAs, as well as secure and configurable communication links, CyberCUBE will act as a flexible testbed for cyber-related experiments in space. Its main goal is to enable in-orbit validation of secure communication techniques, threat detection technologies, data monitoring mechanisms, and more.

The candidate will be a member of the CyberCUBE team and will be expected to:

• Provide support in the areas of cybersecurity and security engineering across all project phases.

• Support the development, integration, and testing of security functions and cryptographic primitives within the CyberCUBE ground segment infrastructure.

• Participate in co-engineering sessions and technical meetings with both internal ESA teams and external industrial partners, in order to define, refine, and implement cybersecurity requirements. This includes understanding interface constraints and aligning software development with the broader system architecture.

• Contribute to the development, testing, and validation of in-orbit cybersecurity experiments, including (but not limited to): Key negotiation and derivation mechanisms, secure software update processes, PKI implementation

• Support system reviews and technical assessments with a focus on cybersecurity considerations throughout the system lifecycle.

• Contribute to the definition and evolution of a reference security architecture for space systems.

This assignment is expected to require the candidate’s support under a service contract for a period of 6 months, with activities primarily conducted on-site at ESA/ESTEC

What we offer:

• 6 months contrat
• 30 days of paid annual leave, plus the days ESTEC is closed including public holidays (~12 days) based on a 40-hour working week;
• Hybrid working scheme (3 days in the office and 2 days remote in the Netherlands)
• Flexible working hours; you are in charge of your own agenda respecting core working hours
• Fully paid collective extensive health insurance scheme;
• A good pension scheme with no personal contribution;
• A career development (Coursera membership + training budget);
• Travel allowance;
• Extensive relocation package

Where:

You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don’t expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.

Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC

When:

Starting date: 14/07/2025

Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!