EO Constellation Mission Analysis Intern

EU Satellite Centre (SatCen); Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

ESA is offering an internship in the Future Missions & Architecture Department at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. You will work on developing a mission-analysis tool for Earth Observation constellation deployment and replenishment, applying mission analysis, systems engineering and software development skills.

Prerequisites include being a university student, enrolled for the full duration, good knowledge of English or French, and experience with Python.

Qualifications

• You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of university course at Master's level.
• You must be able to prove that you will be enrolled at your university for the entire duration of the internship.
• English or French proficiency is required; knowledge of another ESA Member State language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Developing lifecycle simulation models for constellation deployment, operations and replenishment.
• Developing algorithms to model how constellation performance evolves as satellites are launched, commissioned, reach end of life, fail or are replaced.
• Developing optimisation methods to identify efficient deployment and replenishment strategies.
• Developing models for launch preparation, commissioning times, spare satellite management and replacement policies.
• Developing capabilities to estimate the launch cadence required to achieve and maintain specified performance objectives.
• Implementing the developed methodologies within a mission-analysis software tool.
• Verifying and validating the tool using representative Earth Observation mission scenarios.
• Documenting the design, methodology and results of the tool.

Skills

Python programming

Orbital mechanics knowledge

Space mission analysis

Mathematical modelling

Scientific computing

Monte Carlo simulations

Software development practices

Optimization techniques

Education

Master's degree candidate

Tools

Python

Simulation tools

Job description

ESA is offering an internship in the Future Missions & Architecture Department at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. You will work on developing a mission-analysis tool for Earth Observation constellation deployment and replenishment, applying mission analysis, systems engineering and software development skills.

Prerequisites include being a university student, enrolled for the full duration, good knowledge of English or French, and experience with Python.