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X Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer Job Requisition ID: 21070 Date Posted: 17 October 2026 Closing Date: 7 November 2026 23:59 CET/CEST Publication Method: Internal & External Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer, reporting to SAGA Project Manager within the RNC Projects Department in the Directorate of Resiliance, Navigation and Connectivity. The SAGA Project aims to develop and deploy an end-to-end space mission for Quantum Key Distribution. The project focuses on the development of critical QKD technologies by European industry up to preliminary service validation, which will become the EuroQCI 1st Generation component (space and related ground/user segment) and shall help to prepare for a EuroQCI operational system definition. Duties Your tasks and responsibilities will include: - manage the overall end-to-end system performance of the SAGA mission in close co-operation with industry; - lead the definition of all mission and system requirements, including external and internal (between segments) interface requirements, and allocating segment requirements; - monitor the traceability of requirements from user/service, to mission, to system, to segment and down to equipment/payload level; - manage performance models to estimate system-level performances of the SAGA mission (space, ground and user segments); - monitor and maintain the system level and segment performance budgets in line with SAGA mission requirements and space segment design during all mission phases; - monitor industrial development and verification activities to ensure proper verification including resolving non-conformances; supporting the assessment of deviations, waivers; - moordinate with PA, Space Segment, Payload & User segment and Security leads during development, integration and testing activities for the resolution of activity deviations; - provid...