Space GNSS Resilience Intern

European Space Agency; Nederland; Híbrido; EUR 11.000 - 18.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

European Space Agency's Galileo and EGNOS Programme Department in Noordwijk, Netherlands, invites a university student to join the Resilient Navigation Systems team as an intern. You will explore how future positioning, navigation and timing can become more autonomous by leveraging space-based capabilities and reducing reliance on ground infrastructure.

This role emphasizes security awareness, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and hands-on analysis.

Formación

• Must be a university student in the final or penultimate year of a Master's program.
• Must be enrolled at the university for the entire duration of the internship.
• Good knowledge of English or French is required; knowledge of another ESA Member State language is an asset.

Responsabilidades

• Investigate architectures to improve resilience by leveraging the space segment and reducing ground dependence.
• Assess functions currently performed by the ground segment and whether they can move into space or be supported by space-based data exchange.
• Investigate inter-satellite links, distributed processing, orbital regimes, and how a common time/reference frame could be maintained.
• Identify missing elements to achieve greater autonomy and resilience, including potential new technologies or architectural changes.
• Develop, as a final objective, a roadmap toward a more autonomous and resilient space-based PNT system.

Conocimientos

English proficiency

Master's student

Educación

Master's student in a relevant field

Descripción del empleo

European Space Agency's Galileo and EGNOS Programme Department in Noordwijk, Netherlands, invites a university student to join the Resilient Navigation Systems team as an intern. You will explore how future positioning, navigation and timing can become more autonomous by leveraging space-based capabilities and reducing reliance on ground infrastructure.

This role emphasizes security awareness, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and hands-on analysis.