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Join the Future Missions Department at ESA as a Payload Validation Engineer and contribute to groundbreaking space science missions
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Salary No salary declared 😔
Location Noordwijk, NL
Expires Expires at anytime
The European Space Agency (ESA) is in search of a Payload Validation Engineer for their Future Missions Department. ESA oversees an array of exciting science programmes, including mission definition studies and technology development activities. The role involves conducting laboratory-based payload element validation with a focus on imaging focal plane technologies. This critical work supports the development of instrumentation for future ESA space missions. Key responsibilities involve leading the validation activities, supporting the development and maintenance of technical infrastructure, and managing stakeholders within scientific institutions and industry.
Role Requirements:
- Possess a PhD or master's degree in physics or engineering
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and multitask effectively
- People management experience, especially international and diverse functional areas related to ESA activities are desirable
- Strong communication and relationship management skills
ESA is dedicated to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment, and applications from all qualified candidates irrespective of personal characteristics are welcomed. Women are encouraged to apply.
We are looking for a Payload Validation Engineer in the Payload Validation Section, Science Instrumentation Division, Future Missions Department, Directorate of Science. Our department oversees mission preparation activities for ESA’s science programmes, including mission definition studies and technology development activities.
The Payload Validation Section is responsible for conducting laboratory-based payload element validation activities, with the emphasis on imaging focal plane technologies, to provide support for the development of instrumentation for future ESA space science missions. The main aim of the validation activities is to verify performance requirements under operational conditions, including assessing the influence of radiation.
As a Payload Validation Engineer, you will report to the Head of the Payload Validation Section, and your responsibilities will include leading the laboratory-based validation activities primarily in Vis-IR focal plane technologies, including both detector and readout electronics aspects. You will also support the development and maintenance of the general technical infrastructure needed to validate payload technologies.
Job requirements include a PhD or master's degree in physics or engineering. You should also be able to work in a small multidisciplinary team, be flexible and able to multitask, have the necessary relationship management skills to balance interactions with various ESA stakeholders, including scientific institutions and industry, and be self-motivated. People management experience would be an asset, as would international experience, i.e. outside your home country, as well as experience in diverse functional areas relevant to ESA activities.
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.
