Space Navigation and Timing Intern - NovaMoon Mission

European Space Agency - ESA; Noordwijk; On-site; EUR 12,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

ESA invites university students to join the Future Missions Department at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands for an internship on the NovaMoon Project. You will work in an internal R&D group focused on lunar and Martian navigation system engineering and performance analysis.

You will help analyze ongoing programs, contribute to payload areas, time transfer, signal monitoring, and differential corrections, and participate in hands-on lab work and test campaigns, with English/French as working

Qualifications

• University student in final or second-to-last year of a Master’s program, enrolled for the entire internship.
• Good knowledge of English or French; motivation for interview.
• Knowledge in satellite navigation, position estimation, signal processing; familiarity with Python.

Responsibilities

• Review time-transfer techniques and navigation signal monitoring strategies for lunar missions.
• Aid in developing ESA software tools and simulators, including SDR receivers for positioning and timing.
• Participate in hands-on lab activities to design and set up a testbed aligned with the simulation environment.
• Plan and conduct a test campaign to evaluate system performance in laboratory conditions.
• Document test approaches and results and present findings to the engineering team.

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering / Space Engineering

Tools

Python

GNSS receivers

Software-defined radio

Time-transfer concepts

Job description

ESA invites university students to join the Future Missions Department at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands for an internship on the NovaMoon Project. You will work in an internal R&D group focused on lunar and Martian navigation system engineering and performance analysis.

You will help analyze ongoing programs, contribute to payload areas, time transfer, signal monitoring, and differential corrections, and participate in hands-on lab work and test campaigns, with English/French as working