Space ISRU Mechanical Internship: Lunar Materials

European Space Agency; Nederland; Hybrid; EUR 6,700 - 10,000; Full time

Job summary

European Space Agency in Noordwijk, Netherlands invites an Intern in the Mechanical Department - Life Support and Physical Sciences Instrumentation Section. You will learn about ISRU processes and lunar materials, and contribute to sintering and characterization experiments essential for future missions.

The internship offers hands-on procedures development and collaboration within ESA’s labs, with exposure to diverse space-mission preparation activities.

Qualifications

• You must be a university student enrolled for the entire duration of the internship.
• Preference for final or second-to-last year of Master's level study.
• Good knowledge of English or French; other ESA languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Learn about lunar materials, lunar soil simulants, ISRU processes.
• Develop procedures to sinter lunar soil and simulants.
• Characterise samples using SEM/EDX, XRD, XRF, X-Ray Tomography.
• Support electrochemical experiments extracting oxygen from sintered simulants.

Skills

Result Orientation

Operational Efficiency

Fostering Cooperation

Relationship Management

Continuous Improvement

Forward Thinking

Education

Master’s student

Job description

European Space Agency in Noordwijk, Netherlands invites an Intern in the Mechanical Department - Life Support and Physical Sciences Instrumentation Section. You will learn about ISRU processes and lunar materials, and contribute to sintering and characterization experiments essential for future missions.

The internship offers hands-on procedures development and collaboration within ESA’s labs, with exposure to diverse space-mission preparation activities.