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Join ESA's innovative team to shape the future of Earth Observation and digital innovation
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Frascati, IT
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Become part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) pioneering Φ-lab, situated within the Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, where transformative and disruptive digital innovation in Earth Observation (EO) thrives. The Φ-lab aims to be the vanguard in EO advancement, fostering a collaborative ecosystem of cutting-edge capabilities across Europe and integrating transformative technologies such as AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.
- Organisation summary: ESA's Φ-lab promotes groundbreaking innovation, connecting a diverse network of expertise to revolutionize EO and related technologies.
- Role Summary:
- Drive digital innovation with a focus on beneficial impacts for ESA's core Earth Observation programs.
- Explore and integrate digital advancements in both space and non-space domains.
- Engage with and contribute to the innovation ecosystem, from ideation to execution.
- Analyze trends, develop plans for nurturing ideas, and promote their implementation and adoption.
- Initiate technical specifications and oversee competitive project tendering and execution.
- Role Requirements:
- A master’s degree in a relevant field; a PhD is advantageous.
- Experience in technology development and digital innovation.
- Strong creative problem-solving skills and the ability to conceptualize and implement innovative solutions.
- ESA seeks a diverse and inclusive workforce; applications are open to qualified candidates regardless of personal backgrounds.
- Applicants must be nationals from ESA member states or cooperating states.
You will work within the ESA ɸ-lab, an innovation lab of the ESA Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, and will report to the Head of the Φ-lab Explore Office (EOP-S8E). The Explore Office aims to promote and implement disruptive and transformative innovation in Earth Observation (EO).
The Φ-lab vision is to accelerate the future of EO and act as a hub and catalyst, connecting a growing ecosystem of innovative capabilities across Europe between EO and transformative technologies, for example from the ICT revolution. Φ-lab brings together experts from around the world to develop research on emerging digital technology topics, including AI, blockchain, IoT, cloud/edge computing, extended reality (augmented and virtual reality combined), HPC and quantum computing, in the context of EO.
You will contribute to transformative and disruptive digital innovation in the Earth Observation domain with a particular focus on positive impact for mainstream Earth Observation programmes within the Agency. You will be responsible for exploring, in the space and non-space domains, digital innovations for delivery with positive impacts on ESA mainstream activities and the ESA ecosystem of industry, academia and the scientific community.
Your tasks will include promoting the generation, connection and sharing of ideas to engage with the innovation ecosystem; analysing innovation trends and opportunities within the ecosystem; developing plans for nurturing and testing ideas and promoting adoption, with the ability to increase ideas’ TRLs, fostering their uptake; initiating and preparing technical specifications and statements of work and overseeing projects for competitive tendering and execution by industry.
You should have a master’s degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline. A PhD in a relevant subject is an asset. You should have relevant experience in technology development and digital innovation with a strong ability to think outside the box and deliver a plan for disruptive and transformative digital innovation creation or adoption within the EO ecosystem.
ESA is an equal opportunity employer, committed to achieving diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. We therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, beliefs, age, disability or other characteristics. Applications from women are encouraged. At the Agency we value diversity, and we welcome people with disabilities.
Please note that applications can only be 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, the United Kingdom and Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
