EO Optical Payload Engineer - Emerging Sensing Tech

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; Noordwijk; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

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Job summary

European Space Agency seeks an Optical Payload Engineer for Emerging Sensing Technologies in the EO Future Missions group. You will define, engineer and breadboard innovative optical payloads for future EO missions, leveraging quantum and photonic sensing technologies.

You will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, assess performance, and lead instrument development during Phase 0/A, driving roadmaps for advanced sensing technologies within the Future Missions and Instruments Division.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or physics and 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in innovative optical sensing technologies such as quantum sensors, photonic sensors, freeform optics, miniaturised cameras or spectrometers.
• Experience working in a team or project environment.
• Strong motivation for investigating new sensing concepts involving emerging technologies.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate and interact within small teams or autonomously.
• Ability to coordinate and iterate with Earth observation scientists and users for mission needs and requirements.
• Contribute to development of mission concepts and instrument performance analyses.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end definition, engineering, breadboarding and pre-development of innovative optical payloads for EO future missions.
• Identify and investigate new observation principles and technologies and coordinate with internal and external partners.
• Define roadmaps for emerging sensing technologies and lead instrument pre-development.
• Act as instrument lead for EO future missions during Phase 0/A.

Education

Master's degree in engineering or physics

Job description

European Space Agency seeks an Optical Payload Engineer for Emerging Sensing Technologies in the EO Future Missions group. You will define, engineer and breadboard innovative optical payloads for future EO missions, leveraging quantum and photonic sensing technologies.

You will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, assess performance, and lead instrument development during Phase 0/A, driving roadmaps for advanced sensing technologies within the Future Missions and Instruments Division.