ESA


The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental* organisation offering exceptional career opportunities for Europe's highest calibre engineers, scientists and administrators with a mandate to provide for and promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes, cooperation among European States in Space Research and Technology.

You will be based at one of our Establishments in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy or France, or in one of our outstations around the world.

As part of a truly international team of Europe's top experts, you will be working at the forefront of space science and technology, bringing ambitious European space projects to fruition. ESA's programmes to develop innovative launchers and spacecrafts for science, telecommunications, navigation and earth observation are changing the vision of space in Europe.

ESA is a major partner in the International Space Station and, as the space race has given way to worldwide co-operation, plays an important role through creative interaction with the national space agencies and with aerospace industries.

It is part of ESA's mission to secure the future of the space industry by providing outstanding young graduates with experience and training. ESA is thus a natural partner for the universities. In addition to ESA's numerous staff recruits each year, invaluable opportunities can be offered to around 100 young scientists and engineers through our young graduate trainee programme.

Applications from women are particularly encouraged.

Our competitive employment conditions and salaries take into account the special needs of professionals and their families.

To obtain more information about the European Space Agency and keep up to date with specific job opportunities as they arise, we invite you to consult our web site regularly at

HTTP://WWW.ESA.INT


* ESA's 15 Member States are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In addition Canada and Hungary participate in some projects under cooperation agreements.