Current jobs at European Space Agency - ESA

Power Management Engineer

Job Requisition ID: 19598 Date Posted: 30 May 2025 Application Deadline: 20 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 ​ This is a non-renewable post for a limited duration of 4 years. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Components Engineer

Job Requisition ID: 19569 Date Posted: 30 May 2025 Application Deadline: 20 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Components Engineer in the Components Section, Avionics and EEE Division, Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.

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Cost Accounting Analyst

Job Requisition ID: 19448 Date Posted: 27 May 2025 Application Deadline: 17 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Internal Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Cost Accounting Analyst in the Cost Accounting Section, Accounting Division, Finance, Planning and Controlling Department, Directorate of Internal Services.

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Galileo G2A Satellite System and AIV Manager

Job Requisition ID: 19541 Date Posted: 26 May 2025 Application Deadline: 16 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Navigation Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Galileo G2A Satellite System and AIV Manager in the Galileo G2A Space Segment Management Service, Galileo Space Segment Management Office, Galileo and EGNOS Programme Department, Directorate of Navigation

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R&D Engineer for PNT Space Segment, security and PRS

Job Requisition ID: 19546 Date Posted: 28 May 2025 Application Deadline: 18 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Navigation Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Senior Ground System and Applications Architect

Job Requisition ID: 19581 Date Posted: 28 May 2025 Application Deadline: 18 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Operations Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Legal Officer

Job Requisition ID: 19579 Date Posted: 28 May 2025 Application Deadline: 18 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Strategy, Legal and External Affairs Workplace: Paris, FR Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESA Headquarters, Paris, France Description

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Optical Engineer

Job Requisition ID: 19583 Date Posted: 28 May 2025 Application Deadline: 18 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Optical Engineer in the Optics Section, Optics, Robotics and Life Sciences Division, Mechanical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.

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Business Applications Transformation Architect

Job Requisition ID: 19472 Date Posted: 26 May 2025 Application Deadline: 15 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Internal Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Paris, FR Frascati, IT Harwell, GB Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA HQ, Paris, France, or ECSAT, Harwell, United Kingdom Description

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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in MBSE & MDO of Cryogenic Liquid Propulsion Systems

Job Requisition ID: 19577 Date Posted: 26 May 2025 Application Deadline: 23 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Space Transportation Workplace: Frascati, IT Grade Band: F2 - F2 Location ESRIN, Frascati, Italy Our team and mission This research fellowship will be undertaken in the ESA Directorate of Space Transportation (D/STS) within the STS ESRIN Integrated Project Team

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Space Traffic Competitiveness Coordinator

Job Requisition ID: 19586 Date Posted: 26 May 2025 Application Deadline: 16 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Operations Workplace: Darmstadt, DE Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany Description

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Mission and Payload Manager

Job Requisition ID: 19535 Date Posted: 26 May 2025 Application Deadline: 16 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Science Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description PLATO Mission and Payload Manager.

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Flight Software Engineer

Job Requisition ID: 19570 Date Posted: 23 May 2025 Application Deadline: 13 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 ​ This is a non-renewable post for a limited duration of 4 years. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Project Controller

Job Requisition ID: 19536 Date Posted: 22 May 2025 Application Deadline: 12 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Project Controller (2 posts)

Job Requisition ID: 19539 Date Posted: 21 May 2025 Application Deadline: 11 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Navigation Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Project Controller in the Galileo Project Control Unit, Galileo and EGNOS Programme Management Support Office, Navigation Programme Management Support Office, Directorate of Navigation.

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Payload Validation Engineer

Job Requisition ID: 19521 Date Posted: 21 May 2025 Application Deadline: 11 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Science Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Payload Validation Engineer in the Payload Validation Section, Science Instrumentation Division, Future Missions Department, Directorate of Science.

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Head of the Management and Control Office for the Corporate Area

Job Requisition ID: 19576 Date Posted: 20 May 2025 Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Internal Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Paris, FR Grade Band: A5 - A5 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands or ESA Headquarters, Paris, France Description Head of the Management and Control Office for the Corporate Area in the Directorate of Resources and Services (D/RES).

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Earth Observation Service Manager

Job Requisition ID: 19574 Date Posted: 20 May 2025 Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Frascati, IT Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESRIN, Frascati, Italy Description

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Earth Observation Radar Campaign Scientist

Job Requisition ID: 19543 Date Posted: 20 May 2025 Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description Campaign Scientist in the Campaigns Section of the Earth Science Division of the Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes.

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Project Controller

Job Requisition ID: 19567 Date Posted: 20 May 2025 Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Frascati, IT Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESRIN, Frascati, Italy or ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Head of the Earth Explorer and Earth Watch Programmes Project Control Section

Job Requisition ID: 19561 Date Posted: 20 May 2025 Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Spacecraft Simulation for Integrated Mission Design

Job Requisition ID: 19088 Date Posted: 14 May 2025 Application Deadline: 4 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Operations Workplace: Darmstadt, DE Grade Band: F1 - F2 Location ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany Our team and mission You will be part of the Mission Analysis Section in the Flight Dynamics Division at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC)

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IPMA Senior Manager (2 posts)

Job Requisition ID: 19149 Date Posted: 14 May 2025 Application Deadline: 4 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Director General's Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A4 - A4 This post is classified A4 on the Coordinated Organisations’ salary scale with some possibility of being upgraded to A5 after one year were your performance to be judged to be excellent. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description

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Junior Professional in Optical and Quantum Communication

Job Requisition ID: 19518 Date Posted: 15 May 2025 Application Deadline: 5 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Junior Professional Directorate: Operations Workplace: Darmstadt, DE Grade Band: A1 - A1 This post is part of ESA’s Junior Professional Programme. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with up to 2–3 years of relevant professional experience after their Master's degree to join ESA for a four-year assignment

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Junior Professional in Innovative Optical Payloads for Future EO Missions

Job Requisition ID: 19527 Date Posted: 15 May 2025 Application Deadline: 5 June 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Junior Professional Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A1 - A1 This post is part of ESA’s Junior Professional Programme. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with up to 2–3 years of relevant professional experience after their Master's degree to join ESA for a four-year assignment

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