Human Exploration Software Intern: Medical Boards

European Space Agency; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

European Space Agency in Noordwijk is seeking an Intern in the Human Exploration Science Office to help design and develop software for human research projects. You will work with scientists to translate broad needs into technical solutions and contribute to maintainable software across life sciences data and medical boards interactions.

You will collaborate with teams developing the data infrastructure, focusing on secure development, user-centred design, and practical solutions with direct

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills and practical experience developing software applications.
• Experience with web applications, including frontend or user-interface development.
• Familiarity with application programming interfaces, relational databases and version control.
• Interest and/or experience working with human research data, including sensitive data protection.
• Ability to translate user needs into intuitive and practical technical solutions.
• Interest in user-centred design, data protection, secure development and maintainable software.
• Motivation to contribute within the field of human spaceflight and science management.

Responsibilities

• analyse user needs and existing workflows and translate them into software requirements for interaction with the Agency’s Medical Boards;
• design and develop intuitive web-based interfaces for viewing, editing and validating human research science activity information;
• build application services that connect the user interface with the common Human Exploration Science data infrastructure;
• integrate the application with relevant human research and Agency information systems;
• develop digital workflows for areas such as medical board interactions, project monitoring, proposal review, approval processes, publication validation and reporting;
• implement authentication, authorisation, user roles and appropriate data-protection measures;
• explore artificial-intelligence-supported functions for search, matching, extraction and validation where they provide clear user benefits across human exploration science activities;
• test and document the application to support reliable maintenance and future development and expansion across human research applications;
• receive mentorship and guidance by experts in the field;
• work on solutions with a clear operational relevance in human exploration science.

Skills

Programming skills

Web apps

APIs

Databases

Version control

Data protection

User-centered design

Education

Master's student

Tools

Git

REST APIs

Job description

European Space Agency in Noordwijk is seeking an Intern in the Human Exploration Science Office to help design and develop software for human research projects. You will work with scientists to translate broad needs into technical solutions and contribute to maintainable software across life sciences data and medical boards interactions.

You will collaborate with teams developing the data infrastructure, focusing on secure development, user-centred design, and practical solutions with direct