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Join ESA's Future Navigation Programmes Office to Shape the Course of Next-Gen Satellite Navigation
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Salary No salary declared 😔
Location Noordwijk, Netherlands
Expires Expires at anytime
Embark on a stellar career journey with the European Space Agency (ESA), an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the exploration of space. ESA is at the forefront of global space navigation, constantly innovating and preparing for future missions. By being a part of ESA, you will contribute to groundbreaking research and development initiatives, and coordinate new navigation technologies that have a profound impact on society and the economy.
- Track and analyze developments in the GNSS sector, including satellite manufacturing and services.
- Scrutinize Navigation business trends and stakeholder needs.
- Produce and distribute market intelligence reports to ESA management and member states.
- Support the collection of market data and train users on business intelligence tools.
- Engage in socio-economic impact studies and propose innovative data analysis methods.
- Master’s degree in a technical or scientific discipline required.
- Strong interpersonal, communication skills, and ability to work in diverse teams.
- Proficiency in English and/or French, with additional ESA Member State language skills beneficial.
- Applicants must be nationals from ESA Member States or Associate/Cooperating States.
The Future Navigation Programmes Office is in charge of the elaboration and preparation of future navigation missions, including research, development and innovation initiatives, pre-developments and cross-directorate coordination of all new navigation technologies and advanced studies. In this context, a market intelligence function is implemented across the institutional, research and commercial space Positioning Navigation and Timing (PNT) activities worldwide, including socioeconomic impact analysis in support of the activities of the Navigation Directorate of ESA.
You are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int
This role involves market intelligence support to the Navigation (NAV) directorate. You will contribute to: Following developments amongst GNSS providers including satellite manufacturers and satellite service providers and Satellite Navigation markets on a daily basis. Analysing Navigation business trends and needs of internal and external stakeholders. Producing concise, timely market information to inform ESA management and representatives of ESA’s Member States. Supporting the systematic approach for the collection of market information. Training users of internal business intelligence tools. Suggesting business analysis tools to support the analysis of the changing environment. The collection, analysis, and dissemination of socio-economic impact data, looking for innovative new ways to extract insights from large volumes of data that may be available.
Through this traineeship, the successful Young Graduate Trainee will contribute to the further transformation of the Navigation (NAV) directorate programme and activities in response to the ongoing fundamental market changes to prepare future programmes in an horizon until 2040.
You should have just completed or be in the final year of your Master’s degree in in a technical or scientific discipline. You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and should be able to work in a multi-cultural environment, both independently and as part of a team. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. During the interview motivation and overall professional perspective/career goals will also be explored.
Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Member States, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus as European Cooperating States (ECS).
