Internship - Framework for spacecraft operations preparation test campaigns

Aerospacelab; Toulouse; Presencial; EUR 10.000 - 17.000; Jornada completa

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Career path

Impact on growth

Fast-paced

Flexible work

Descripción de la vacante

Aerospacelab in Toulouse is offering an internship to build a standard, reusable framework for spacecraft operations test campaigns. You will audit campaigns, define templates, and set up a testing infrastructure to support LEOP, commissioning and nominal ops.

As a systems or aerospace engineering student, you will work closely with ground segment teams, gain hands-on experience, and contribute to a scalable framework used across missions.

Formación

• Current enrollment in a Systems or Aerospace Engineering program.
• Interest in verification and operations.
• Ability to audit and standardize processes.

Responsabilidades

• Audit past launch campaigns and identify common cores.
• Write campaign templates with scope, entry/exit criteria and reporting.
• Collaborate with ground segment teams to improve testing setup.
• Develop a reusable test framework applicable across satellites and teams.
• Deliver initial campaign run using the new framework.

Conocimientos

Systems engineering

Aerospace engineering

Verification

Operations

Educación

Systems or aerospace engineering student

Descripción del empleo

Internship - Framework for spacecraft operations preparation test campaigns

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2026, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 450full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Context

Before each launch, spacecraft operations are prepared and validated through a series of test campaigns, from functional and compatibility tests to technical and operational qualification. These campaigns are critical: they confirm that the procedures, tools and interfaces are ready for LEOP, commissioning and nominal operations. Today they are largely rebuilt for each mission, with setups that differ between teams, which costs time and makes results harder to compare from one mission to the next.

As part of our Satellite Operations team the intern’s goal will be to standardize the preparation of these campaigns.

Objective

Build a standard, reusable framework for the test campaigns that validate critical spacecraft operations, supported by a testing infrastructure shared between teams.

Tasks

• Audit past launch campaigns and identify the common core for each testing level.
• Write campaign templates: scope, entry and exit criteria, test lists and reporting.
• Work closely with ground segment teams to improve the testing setup.
• Set up a framework that can be reused across satellites and teams.
• Campaign templates per level, a reusable test framework, and a first campaign run with the new framework.

Profile

Systems or aerospace engineering student with an interest in verification and operations.

What we offer

• Build your own career path
• Direct impact on the growth of the company
• Fast-paced environment
• Flexible ways of working
• Salary package consistent with your experience