Asteroid Observation Software Intern

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; Frascati; Presencial; EUR 10.000 - 15.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

European Space Agency in Frascati, Lazio, Italy, invites a university student to join the Space Safety Department's Planetary Defence Office for an internship focused on developing a software tool to identify asteroids in observational data. You will work with Python, NumPy, Pandas and Astropy on real datasets.

This hands-on project covers algorithm design, data processing and validation, with mentorship and daily tasks.

Formación

• University student in final or penultimate year of Master’s level studies
• Must be enrolled at university for the entire duration of the internship
• Solid Python programming skills and familiarity with scientific libraries (NumPy, Pandas, Astropy) are expected
• Knowledge of orbital mechanics or planetary science is a plus

Responsabilidades

• Develop a software tool to automatically search for asteroid identifications within existing observational databases
• Design, implement and validate the processing pipeline for asteroid observations
• Evaluate and rank potential matches using orbital information and uncertainties
• Validate performance against historical asteroid data and integrate into ongoing monitoring activities

Conocimientos

Python programming

Orbital mechanics

Data analysis

Large datasets handling

Data visualization

Educación

Masters level in astronomy/physics

University degree in related field

Herramientas

NumPy

Pandas

Astropy

Descripción del empleo

European Space Agency in Frascati, Lazio, Italy, invites a university student to join the Space Safety Department's Planetary Defence Office for an internship focused on developing a software tool to identify asteroids in observational data. You will work with Python, NumPy, Pandas and Astropy on real datasets.

This hands-on project covers algorithm design, data processing and validation, with mentorship and daily tasks.