Junior Professional in Industrial EO System Engineering

Job Requisition ID: 20704

Closing Date: 28 July 2026 23:59 CET/CEST

Directorate: Earth Observation Programmes

This post is part of ESA’s Junior Professional Programme. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with up to 3 years of relevant professional experience after their Master's degree to join ESA for a four-year assignment. During this time, you will be actively working and learning on the job and will agevolazioni from valuable mobility and developmental opportunities that will prepare you for a successful career at ESA. Subject to performance, it is therefore the intention to offer you an indefinite contract which will start at the end of the four years.

Recruitment will take place at the A1 grade on the Coordinated Organisations’ salary scale. At the end of the fourth year and if you are offered an indefinite contract at the end of your Junior Professional assignment, you will be upgraded to the A2 grade.

Location
ESRIN, Frascati, Italy or other site, as required.





Developmental assignments form an integral part of the Junior Professional Programme and may entail a temporary relocation to another ESA establishment or other location.

Description

You will work in the Invest Office of the Φ-Lab within the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes (EOP). The Invest Office focuses on commercial aspects of Earth observation (EO) and is in charge of promoting investment in industrial innovation in the EO domain, developing partnerships with new actors entering the EO sector.

Φ-Lab manages the ESA Investing in Industrial Innovation (InCubed) programme. While institutional and private European space actors have created a flourishing EO sector in Earth science, meteorology, environmental and security monitoring, the EO market is undergoing rapid transition, with new implementation approaches, such as constellations of micro-satellites and vertical integration of spaceborne with non-spaceborne data, new i

📌 Junior Professional in Industrial EO System Engineering (Frascati)
🏢 European Space Agency
📍 Frascati