Space Environments Intern: Lunar Plasma & Dust Modelling

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

Job summary

ESA in Noordwijk, Netherlands, offers an internship in the Space Environments and Effects Section (TEC-EPS) focusing on lunar surface environment modelling. You will learn the basic physics, run simulations using diagnostic tools used by ESA, academia and industry, and contribute to missions under study.

The internship supports a team preparing Lunar exploration scenarios. Applicants must be university students, ideally in the final or penultimate year of a Master’s program, and have a good

Qualifications

• Must be a university student enrolled for the entire duration of the internship.
• Master's level preferred, final or second-to-last year of study.
• Good knowledge of English or French.

Responsibilities

• Assist in numerical modelling of near-surface environments (plasma, dust, regolith) and interactions with spacecraft systems.
• Run simulations using ESA-state diagnostic software tools used in Agency, academia and industry.

Skills

Numerical modelling

Simulation software

English knowledge

Education

Master's student (final or penultimate year)

Job description

ESA in Noordwijk, Netherlands, offers an internship in the Space Environments and Effects Section (TEC-EPS) focusing on lunar surface environment modelling. You will learn the basic physics, run simulations using diagnostic tools used by ESA, academia and industry, and contribute to missions under study.

The internship supports a team preparing Lunar exploration scenarios. Applicants must be university students, ideally in the final or penultimate year of a Master’s program, and have a good