Space Exploration Data Infrastructure Intern

European Space Agency; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 7,800 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk, Netherlands invites university students to join the Exploration Science Office as an Intern in Data Infrastructure. You will contribute to the development of a common data infrastructure for Exploration Science, working with data sources and user requirements to structure, integrate, validate and maintain information.

This internship provides hands-on experience in data architecture and software development in a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of university course at Master’s level.
• Good knowledge of English (and/or French) is required.
• Background in computer science, data engineering, software engineering or data science is an asset.
• Strong programming skills, preferably in Python; familiarity with SQL, relational databases and data modelling; experience with APIs and version control.

Responsibilities

• Analyse existing data sources and translate information requirements into a structured data model.
• Design and implement a relational database with appropriate data-integrity rules.
• Build repeatable processes to migrate, clean and transform existing data.
• Develop data pipelines and interfaces for retrieving information from external sources, including scientific publication metadata.
• Implement data-quality methods for validation, provenance, deduplication and entity matching.
• Create reusable data services for applications and reporting tools.
• Test and document the data infrastructure to support long-term maintenance and future development.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modelling

ETL

Education

Masters student

Tools

Git

Job description

European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk, Netherlands invites university students to join the Exploration Science Office as an Intern in Data Infrastructure. You will contribute to the development of a common data infrastructure for Exploration Science, working with data sources and user requirements to structure, integrate, validate and maintain information.

This internship provides hands-on experience in data architecture and software development in a multidisciplinary setting.