Current jobs at European Space Agency - ESA
Business Applications Transformation Architect
Job Requisition ID: 19472 Date Posted: 22 July 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Resources and Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Harwell, GB Frascati, IT Paris, FR 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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ESTEC Workplace Project Manager
Job Requisition ID: 19733 Date Posted: 23 July 2025 Application Deadline: 3 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Resources and Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description ESTEC Workplace Project Manager, Real Estate and Facilities Management (REFM) Department, Directorate of Resources and Services.
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ESA Workplace Development Lead
Job Requisition ID: 19751 Date Posted: 28 July 2025 Application Deadline: 8 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Directorate: Resources and Services Workplace: Paris, FR Harwell, GB Noordwijk, NL Frascati, IT Madrid, ES Darmstadt, DE Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESA Headquarters, Paris, France, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESAC, Madrid, Spain, or ECSAT, Harwell, United Kingdom.
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ECSAT Real Estate and Facilities Management Site Manager
Job Requisition ID: 19747 Date Posted: 22 July 2025 Application Deadline: 2 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Resources and Services Workplace: Harwell, GB Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ECSAT, Harwell, United Kingdom Description ECSAT Real Estate and Facilities Management Site Manager, Real Estate and Facilities Management (REFM) Division A, REFM Department, Directorate of Resources and Services.
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4S End-to-End System Architect
Job Requisition ID: 19721 Date Posted: 22 July 2025 Application Deadline: 22 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Connectivity and Secure Communications Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Toulouse, FR Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands or Toulouse, France. Description
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Head of the ESA Washington Office
Job Requisition ID: 19712 Date Posted: 21 July 2025 Application Deadline: 24 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Strategy, Legal and External Matters Workplace: Washington, US Grade Band: A5 - A5 Location ESA Headquarters, Paris, France with a resident assignment to Washington, D.C. Description
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Exploration Studies System Engineer
Job Requisition ID: 19746 Date Posted: 18 July 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Human and Robotic Exploration Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description System Engineer in the ExPeRT Team, Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Programmes (D/HRE).
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Head of the Avionics Architecture Section
Job Requisition ID: 19765 Date Posted: 15 August 2025 Application Deadline: 12 September 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 Head of the Avionics Architecture Section, Avionics and EEE Division, Electrical Department, Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality.
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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Artificial Intelligence for Space Systems
Job Requisition ID: 19620 Date Posted: 16 June 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F2 - F2 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission
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Real Estate and Facilities Management Development Lead
Job Requisition ID: 19764 Date Posted: 13 August 2025 Application Deadline: 3 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Directorate: Resources and Services Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 This is a non-renewable post for a limited duration of four years. Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description
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Legal Officer
Job Requisition ID: 19752 Date Posted: 12 August 2025 Application Deadline: 9 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Strategy, Legal and External Matters Workplace: Paris, FR Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESA Headquarters, Paris, France Description
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IPMA Senior Manager (2 posts)
Job Requisition ID: 19149 Date Posted: 11 July 2025 Application Deadline: 24 August 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
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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Machine Learning for Advanced Control Systems
Job Requisition ID: 19626 Date Posted: 13 June 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F2 - F2 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission
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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Advanced onboard processing architectures for space systems
Job Requisition ID: 19625 Date Posted: 13 June 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F2 - F2 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission
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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Digital Twin Spacecraft and Simulation
Job Requisition ID: 19621 Date Posted: 13 June 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F2 - F2 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission
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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Product Assurance / ESA Mission Classification
Job Requisition ID: 19623 Date Posted: 13 June 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F1 - F2 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission
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Navigation Systems Evolution Engineer
Job Requisition ID: 19614 Date Posted: 10 July 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 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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Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in High-Speed Flight Vehicle Test Bed Design
Job Requisition ID: 19624 Date Posted: 13 June 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: External Only Type of Contract: Internal Research Fellow Directorate: Technology, Engineering and Quality Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: F2 - F2 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Our team and mission
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Director of Navigation
Job Requisition ID: 19734 Date Posted: 11 July 2025 Application Deadline: 5 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Director Directorate: Navigation Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade: Hors-Classe French version Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. Regular travel to other ESA sites is required. Description The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe's gateway to space
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Director of Operations
Job Requisition ID: 19735 Date Posted: 11 July 2025 Application Deadline: 5 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Director Directorate: Operations Workplace: Darmstadt, DE Grade: Hors-Classe French version Location ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany. Regular travel to other ESA sites is required. Description The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe's gateway to space
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EAC Real Estate and Facilities Management Site Manager
Job Requisition ID: 19719 Date Posted: 15 July 2025 Application Deadline: 26 August 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Resources and Services Workplace: Porz-Wahn, DE Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location EAC, Cologne, Porz-Wahn Description EAC Real Estate and Facilities Management Site Manager, Division C, Real Estate and Facilities Management (REFM) Department, Directorate of Resources and Services.
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Head of the Secure Connectivity System Validation Section
Job Requisition ID: 19666 Date Posted: 6 August 2025 Application Deadline: 14 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Connectivity and Secure Communications Workplace: Noordwijk, NL Grade Band: A2 - A4 Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description
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Cost Accounting Analyst
Job Requisition ID: 19448 Date Posted: 5 August 2025 Application Deadline: 16 September 2025 23:59 CET/CEST Publication: Internal & External Type of Contract: Permanent Directorate: Resources and 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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Technical Infrastructure Engineer
Job Requisition ID: 19715 Date Posted: 8 July 2025 Application Deadline: 31 August 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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Next Generation Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Optical Missions Lead End-to-End Performance Engineer
Job Requisition ID: 19717 Date Posted: 7 July 2025 Application Deadline: 22 August 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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