Lunar Navigation & Timing Intern – NovaMoon Mission

European Space Agency

Noordwijk

On-site

EUR 12,000 - 19,000

Full time

9 days ago

Get a reply from this employer

Your resume and cover letter, tailored to exactly what they’re hiring for.

Get past ATS filters

Job summary

European Space Agency in Noordwijk, Netherlands invites ambitious Master’s students to join the Future Missions Department for the NovaMoon internship. You will contribute to analysis of ongoing program activities and development of advanced PNT concepts for planetary exploration, focusing on navigation signal monitoring, time transfer, and differential corrections.

You will work in an internal R&D group, develop software tools and simulation models, participate in hands-on lab activities, and

Qualifications

University student, preferably in final or penultimate year of Master's level.
Able to prove enrolment for the entire duration of the internship.
Working languages: English or French.
Assets: knowledge of satellite radio-navigation, position estimation and/or sensor fusion, signal processing, GNSS receivers and SDR; knowledge of Python.

Responsibilities

Review state-of-the-art time-transfer techniques, navigation signal monitoring strategies, and differential correction methods for lunar navigation missions such as NovaMoon.
Contribute to ESA software tools and simulation capabilities used to assess candidate models and processing approaches, including SDR receivers for signal processing and positioning, timing engines.
Take part in hands-on laboratory activities to design and set up a representative testbed aligned with the simulation environment.
Plan and conduct a test campaign to evaluate system performance under representative laboratory conditions.
Document the test approach and results, and present the key findings and recommendations to the engineering team.