ECSS RAMS Training

Why ECSS RAMS matters for space?

Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) is the backbone of mission success. In the harsh space environment, small design or process decisions cascade into system-level risks, cost growth, and schedule slips. A strong RAMS culture aligned with the ECSS Q‑series standards de‑risks development, improves reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR), and protects launch and in‑orbit operations.

• Reduce mission risk through structured analysis (FMECA, FTA) and quantitative models (lifetime data, reliability prediction, availability/Markov).
• Meet ESA/prime expectations by aligning with ECSS Q‑series dependability & product assurance practices.
• Accelerate decisions with clear RAM performance indexes (MTBF, MTTR, Ao/Ai, B‑life) and evidence‑based trade‑offs.
• Advance your career with a portfolio of RAMS deliverables that hiring managers recognize.

Overview of the ECSS RAMS Training:

Format: 100% live online (virtual classroom)
Duration: 2 days (total 16 hours)
Cohort: minimum 3 participants 
Software: ReliaSoft — complimentary 1‑month learner access; the instructor teaches and demonstrates analyses using the software during the training
Certificate: Double certificate issued by SEAC Space Academy and Eduardo Calixto.
Focus: ECSS‑aligned RAMS (Dependability & Product Assurance) with practical links to complementary standards used in aerospace and defense

• Apply ECSS Q‑series RAMS concepts across the lifecycle and into the bid phase.
• Compute and interpret RAM performance indexes (Reliability, B‑life, Ao/Ai, MTTF/MTBF/MTTR).
• Identify, quantify, and treat safety risks (risk matrix, failure rate‑based quantification).
• Understand organizational enablers and barriers for RAMS programs.
• Practice core RAMS methods (LDA, RAM analysis, FMEA/FMECA, RCM, functional safety, FTA) using ReliaSoft.

The skills you will develop

By the end of the RAMS ECSS you will be able to:

• Translate mission and product assurance goals into RAMS requirements and plans.
• Build and interpret reliability and availability models to support design trade‑offs.
• Execute and review FMEA/FMECA and FTA with defensible assumptions.
• Prepare bid‑phase RAMS inputs and articulate RAMS value to stakeholders.
• Tailor RAMS activities to program phase while staying ECSS‑aligned.

Participant Profile

Participants of the ECSS RAMS program are:

• Systems, RAMS & Product Assurance engineers seeking ECSS Q‑series alignment and hands‑on practice with ReliaSoft across the mission lifecycle.
• Safety engineers & compliance leads who need to quantify risk (risk matrices, failure rates per standards) and interface with ECSS Product Assurance.
• Reliability/Maintainability analysts transitioning from other industries to space, aiming to apply LDA, reliability prediction (e.g., MIL‑HDBK‑217/ERPD), MTBF/MTTR, and availability modeling.
• Test & Verification engineers responsible for qualification/acceptance planning, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, and verification control (VCD/matrix) traceability.
• Bid/Proposal and project managers who must embed RAMS requirements and evidence into offers, plans, and design reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR).
• Supply‑chain & QA managers working with primes/ESA who need to align suppliers with ECSS RAMS expectations and deliverables.
• Entrepreneurs & SME teams (New Space) aiming to institutionalize RAMS culture, processes, and deliverables early to reduce risk and accelerate development.

Included with enrollment