Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer
ESA · ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
About this role
Apply now » Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer Job Requisition ID: 20588 Date Posted: 15 July 2026 Closing Date: 4 September 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Appointment : 4 years, extendable to indefinite Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Noordwijk, NL #job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Grade Band : A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Alpstar is an ERS-EO project to develop a federated, resilient Earth observation system combining space and ground assets. It provides secure, timely and sovereign data access for civil, security and defence applications. Within this context, the Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer will play a central role in ensuring the technical end-to-end coherence and performance of the Alpstar system, with particular emphasis on the definition, verification and validation of interfaces between the space segment, the ground segment and operational elements within the Alpstar Cluster. In your role as Alpstar Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer, you will report directly to the Alpstar Project Manager. You will collaborate with a range of engineering disciplines,…