Gaia Data Legacy Intern: Modernize MDB Access

European Space Agency - ESA; Villanueva de la Cañada; On-site; EUR 7,800 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites applications for an intern in the Science Operations Department - Mission Management and Science Operations Division at ESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain. The internship focuses on future-proofing Gaia’s data access.

You will compare data formats such as Parquet, HDF5 and Zarr and help develop prototype conversion and validation tools with Gaia experts across Europe.

Qualifications

• University student in Master’s program and able to stay enrolled for the internship duration.
• Solid background in computer science, software engineering, or data science.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Java.

Skills

Python

Java

Data science

Structured data

Data models

Serialization concepts

Education

Master's student

Tools

Parquet

HDF5

Zarr

Job description

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites applications for an intern in the Science Operations Department - Mission Management and Science Operations Division at ESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain. The internship focuses on future-proofing Gaia’s data access.

You will compare data formats such as Parquet, HDF5 and Zarr and help develop prototype conversion and validation tools with Gaia experts across Europe.